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« Reply #475 on: Nov 22, 2010, 10:23:16 PM »
Advent calendars rule! My mom has this ancient one my great grandmother sewed and embroidered, a wreath with snaps on it so you snap little things to it every day. She usually got some chocolate filled thing for us to do too, but the snap wreath has endured much longer Smile

Quote from: Maaik on Nov 22, 2010, 09:35:23 PM
Cats, if I send you pictures of my cats and an envelope with like money concealed in a mix cd, would you make tMO and I a pair of felt cats?
I can probably do this, if you are looking for cats similar to above, though if you don't absolutely need them right now can it wait until after Christmas?
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« Reply #476 on: Nov 22, 2010, 11:17:18 PM »
soitenly!
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« Reply #477 on: Nov 23, 2010, 08:34:55 AM »
Quote from: Bernard on Nov 22, 2010, 09:59:27 PM
Thought of your hams twice this week

Slammed by hams
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« Reply #478 on: Nov 23, 2010, 12:06:51 PM »
HamSlam 2000: Requiem
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« Reply #479 on: Nov 23, 2010, 05:41:02 PM »
Cram the ham in the jam-hole
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« Reply #480 on: Nov 28, 2010, 02:12:06 PM »
Ham is one of my default settings.
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« Reply #481 on: Nov 28, 2010, 03:56:54 PM »
I don't like ham.
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« Reply #482 on: Nov 28, 2010, 04:36:00 PM »
That is why the cat is so angry. It is entirely your fault.
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« Reply #483 on: Dec 02, 2010, 01:30:57 AM »
mixed cats, what else does one do with felt
I want to make these
http://www.purlbee.com/rose-barrettes/
but imagine I'll have a fair bit of felt left over
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« Reply #484 on: Dec 02, 2010, 05:37:46 AM »
FUZZY FELTS!!!!

http://redflax.felt.co.nz/browse/listing/14186/ON-SALE-Felt-Storybook-Fuzzy-Felt-Animal-Set-SAVE-15-for-a-limited-time

or Steiner/Waldorf inspired little stuffed animals (I could scan/copy some patterns if you want) I have another book in this series...

http://www.amazon.com/Feltcraft-Making-Dolls-Gifts-Toys/dp/0863151906/ref=cm_lmf_tit_3

(I know, I'm not mixed cats, but that's what I make out of felt)
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« Reply #485 on: Dec 02, 2010, 12:42:06 PM »
I welcome all persons with ideas about felt! As you can imagine, I am pro-Waldorf, at least when it comes to gifts. Have you seen the Froebel gifts also?

http://www.froebelgifts.com/gift1.htm

Forgot to say that if it's not too much trouble I'd love a scan, but don't worry if it's a hassle, I can always check the library. I'd love to make an advent calendar that doesn't involve chocolate, just yet.
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« Reply #486 on: Dec 02, 2010, 01:41:06 PM »
OH MAN I did not realize clare linked to Feltcraft. IT IS REALLY GREAT. I got it when I was 12 and it changed my life, haha

There's also The Cute Book! and several more in the series with similar projects.

You can pretty much do anything with felt. It's easy to make stuffed things out of because it doesn't fray, so you can just leave the stitching on the outside.
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« Reply #487 on: Dec 02, 2010, 02:42:42 PM »
I hate reviews that are all, 'This book is NOT about making felt, it's about making things WITH felt' and they give it a 1-star review. I am going to give Michael Bittman a 1-star review for 'How to Cook Everything' because I want to cook lizard eyeballs, a beaded coaster, and my nose, and it doesn't have a recipe for that. WTF is wrong with people.
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« Reply #488 on: Dec 02, 2010, 02:49:05 PM »
Yeah, those are people who bought it without bothering to read anything in the description. I hate those people. (I also hate the people who do Amazon reviews like eBay feedback. It's a product review, idiot, not the place for you to air your grievances over shipping delays.)
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« Reply #489 on: Dec 02, 2010, 11:16:10 PM »
I'm embroidering cat faces again, but I'm gonna just cut the felt out round to make ornaments.
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« Reply #490 on: Dec 07, 2010, 12:38:18 AM »
http://www.yarn.com/webs-knitting-crochet-yarns-fiber-cashmere/webs-knitting-yarns-jade-sapphire-mongolian-cashmere-2-ply/

check out the customer reviews
ZING! wasn't expecting to see zingers on a damn yarn site!
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« Reply #491 on: Dec 07, 2010, 02:12:10 AM »
Yarn is srs bzns

iPad wants to autocorrect that to Hamas. WTF.
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« Reply #492 on: Dec 20, 2010, 01:42:29 AM »
I made a jellyfish. (I'm assuming the dude who commissioned it is happy with it and I'm done. Which may be presumptuous BUT WHATEVER.)


zerp


you can see through it


detail of the bell part LOOK METALLIC THREAD SO FANCY
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« Reply #493 on: Dec 20, 2010, 02:02:56 AM »
Holy cow, very fancy indeed!
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« Reply #494 on: Dec 20, 2010, 06:40:33 AM »
Ooh. I love the tentacles.
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« Reply #495 on: Dec 20, 2010, 10:42:04 AM »
thanks! It's less pink in person; the purple threads overpower it. The tentacles are just some vintage trim sewn up like ruffles.. I made long tentacles to go around the outside edge, too, but it seemed like too much so I didn't use them (even after accidentally losing half of them down the sink drain and remaking them all).
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« Reply #496 on: Jan 11, 2011, 12:11:05 PM »
hey sewing peoples:  is a rotary cutter a big improvement over shears?  I was going to do this project sometime (as soon as I can pick a fabric):
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/06/sewing-101-roller-blinds.html
and they recommend a rotary cutter, but I don't know how much I'd actually use it...
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« Reply #497 on: Jan 11, 2011, 01:13:52 PM »
I love my rotary cutter and mat - it really does make squaring things off and cutting straight edges incredibly easy. No matter how well I mark, if I cut with shears it just doesn't turn out straight. If you don't sew a lot, you can use them on paper projects, too, but you'll have to replace the blade more frequently.
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« Reply #498 on: Jan 11, 2011, 01:29:10 PM »
I find rotary cutters are less precise  than shears in some cases -- with shears I can really precisely cut away a marked line, but more precise and certainly a million times faster and more convenient if I'm sliding the cutter along a ruler. I almost never use my shears anymore, in fact, because it's so rare that I need that degree of precision.
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« Reply #499 on: Jan 11, 2011, 02:34:21 PM »
thanks--good to know.  and I do already have several cutting mats, so it's probably worth the $10 or so for a rotary cutter.
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