tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36141442009-10-14T03:32:54.100-04:00Tales from the furry sideRandom musings and various things that I'm working on.beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-47400568545522720172009-04-05T23:24:00.003-04:002009-04-05T23:27:15.335-04:00Here's the latest finished project, it only took 60 hours, which is a lot faster than usual.The white material is glow in the dark embroidery floss, and sewing thread. I'm still trying to photograph that well, so it's visible. (I think it has something to do with exposure settings, but I'm not that good at this stuff)beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-80993354307248214572009-03-25T21:57:00.003-04:002009-03-25T22:07:43.662-04:00Okay, here's more of my trying to blog more regularly.This is the most recent finished project. I'll have pictures of the next one in a few days.This one is worked over wire, like the last one. The stitches are buttonhole, chain, french knots and woven picots around the center.The back is worked in detached buttonhole with stem stitch worked on top. Also the base is edged in detached buttonhole. beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-77429261281410335312009-03-20T23:41:00.010-04:002009-03-21T00:27:33.795-04:00Long time no post...."Let me 'splain... No, there's too much. Let me sum up."The reason for the break in posts, from last year, is that we moved. I no longer have the craft area that I had at the old apartment. But I'm still crafting. It's been an interesting year, and I'm now able to get out, and have been going to the local library (it's a 5 minute walk) to work on my embroidery. This is some beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-20641942891305324962008-05-12T12:19:00.003-04:002009-03-20T23:30:30.967-04:00Moving the desk to the front was a good idea. I'm able to fit a rug (just picked it up Saturday at IKEA) and the round worktable back there. It's starting to look a lot better. The unfinished state of the walls and floor is an annoyance, but I can live with it. I like the flow of the space better now too. I think it'll be much more functional once it's finished. This is the jewelry storage, it beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-35160734331735860442008-05-04T10:54:00.003-04:002008-05-04T11:20:57.645-04:00I've moved the desk to the front of the room. I think that'll work better, and maybe improve the wireless internet connection out there. (not so many walls, pipes, and stuff)And moving the desk has given me a dance floor in the rest of the room. It's a good space for a table and chairs, and laying out sewing. I've still got to work on the above-shelf storage. I'm not entirely sure how to set it beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-49568307608848116372008-05-02T09:35:00.005-04:002008-05-02T09:49:40.372-04:00Organization, part two....and an experiment.First, the experiment. I don't know why my pictures format the way they do, and that I can't get them in line with the text. Hopefully I'll figure it out in this post edited to add: It's figured out! Woot! (and I figured out, more or less, how to fix the previous postOn to the organizationThis is the "Clean Sweep" staging area for sorting stuff, it's beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-19861248924449724802008-05-01T23:29:00.006-04:002008-05-02T09:48:07.462-04:00Here are the before pictures of the craft space. The first picture is of the main bookcases and storage in there. I've let it get entirely too cluttered and hard to find things, this winter. The craft space is relatively unheated so it's hard to work in there.The second picture is towards the desk area. I didn't take a picture of the table in front of it, since there wasn't room to stand. (Yes, beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-83702171563983371052008-04-29T09:05:00.002-04:002008-04-29T09:09:26.650-04:00Organization.....or the woes of a long winter.It has finally happened, I couldn't stand my craft space any longer. I couldn't find my tailors' awl, my large format bristol paper...or the floor.Coming up will be pictures of the mostly before state (I took the pictures after already clearing it out a bit, so I'd have somewhere to stand. I'll also post pictures of the reorganization.I'm already beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-25939943104521457242008-04-15T21:54:00.007-04:002008-04-15T22:23:01.480-04:00An update on the new rug...and it's an experiment with using my camera and trying to figure out GIMP to modify images. (so far, trying to fiddle with 'level's' and 'histogram' have been an utter bust)If the sun is out tomorrow, I've got some jewelry to photograph.For those that are interested, punch hooking is a marvelous way to make one of a kind rugs, and use up those yarn scraps that seem to beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-82776378490265630782008-04-14T22:25:00.002-04:002008-04-14T22:31:16.471-04:00I've finally got the banner and front page of my shop at Etsy set up! Woot!In other news, I'm getting the camera figured out. Still nothing worth posting, but that'll change once I figure out the timer option thingie (I don't do well taking pictures when I have to press the button, my hand still tremors too much) Also, the kitchen is clean, the living room is tidier, and the rug is coming along.beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-64887826920693750132008-03-30T00:57:00.004-04:002008-03-30T01:05:22.910-04:00Here's that scroll that I was mentioning.And I got the computer working...YAY!And (again) I did get the rug started, I'm calling this one stained glass flowers. I should have pictures next week or so, and I'll have it posted on Etsy as well.beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-69231860926581284092008-03-24T10:34:00.002-04:002008-03-24T10:41:36.458-04:00Here are some useful documents for any craftsman or artist, from the Society of North American Goldsmiths (wonderful folks!)http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/Publications/Professional_Guidelines/it's a collection of pdf's and well worth browsing.Notes for today:finish the scroll for the East Kingdom (a Terpsichore, picture to be posted after Saturday)laundrytry to fix desktop computer so I can get beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-28235765021590852072008-03-21T18:14:00.000-04:002008-03-21T18:16:01.076-04:00YAY!! I finally got this damned thing to work again! WooHOOO!beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1091195403666604212004-07-30T09:45:00.000-04:002004-07-30T09:50:03.666-04:00It's been a while since I've updated. So here we go..... Projects that I'm currently working on: A luxurious velvet pieced throw with embroidered vines and flowers over it. The current colors are Red, Purple, Moss Green and a buttery brown color. It's more than a little decadent, and I love it :) I'm thinking instead of standard tufting, I'll over stuff it, and use buttons for the tie downs, of beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1089819176836205482004-07-14T11:32:00.000-04:002004-07-14T11:32:56.836-04:00Just a quick update...I'll be teaching a beginner's embroidery class this coming weekend and I've almost finished the kits for it. Most people, don't fill a canvas tote with needles, pincushions, scissors, embroidery hoops, floss and fabric for their students. That's what I'm doing. These folks will be well supplied.beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1089818985467788322004-07-14T11:29:00.000-04:002004-07-14T11:29:45.466-04:00Blogger Help Topic Advanced Usebeard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1082104002850477222004-04-16T04:26:00.000-04:002004-04-16T04:30:35.450-04:00Which Big O character are you?beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1082094919808252572004-04-16T01:55:00.000-04:002008-04-15T01:06:04.066-04:00My life is rated NC-17.What is your life rated?beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1080050894571719972004-03-23T09:08:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.073-04:00I am 70% British, just likeMichael CaineThough you know your way around London you are most likely to retire to the West Coast of the USA.Take the Brit Quiz atdarrenlondon.tripod.com/britquiz1.htmQuiz written by Daz beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1079741247107528412004-03-19T19:07:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.079-04:00Hey! This is the second time in one month that I've blogged! Hi EK!. Well, I'm diving into the waters of E-bay again. I just won an auction for a book that I've been needing for a while, and it's so hard to find it's almost mythical. And it's inspiring me to consider selling on e-bay. I've been weeding and purging through the house and have been inspired by the show "Clean Sweep" on TLC. So I'mbeard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1078282724115470042004-03-02T21:58:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.084-04:00Hmm, it's been a while since the last post, so... I went to a Nova Scola, and Baronial Birthday in Bergental (Western Mass) and had a wonderful time. I picked up some tips for blackwork, cardweaving, naalbinding and fingerloop braiding. There was a class on how to meet people and get involved in the SCA and it was wonderful, there was a wide range of folks, with different levels of experience beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1076908484030240672004-02-16T00:14:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.092-04:00The pretty red and cream check, with ecru embroidery turned out really pretty. The design is chunkier than I like, but it doesn't look bad. The white fabric pen worked magnificently. The lines are fine enough, and they show up beautifully on the ash gray linen smock. The hardanger is done! New projects. I finished a viking tunic in time for Birka, and it didn't suck. I'm going to add a bit beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1074826686731253422004-01-22T21:58:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.099-04:00Last night I had a mad-scientist moment (tm) and realized that with fabric paint and a stencil, I might be able to transfer an embroidery pattern to black wool. I tried it out, first, on some inexpensive cotton, a pretty red and cream check. I washed the fabric, pressed the fabric, and then got out the white fabric paint, a stencil, and a small stamping brush. After heat setting it, my worst beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1074316847964469402004-01-17T00:20:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.104-04:00Well, the cording worked great, and the dance belt, with pearls, gold beads and silver coins, looks wonderful. That weight is also wonderful for buttonhole edging on linen handkerchiefs. Not too much excitement here at the moment, finishing up a pillow, beaded and trimmed, for my sister-in-law. Doing some embroidery on a shirt for my brother. Oh, some excitement. Janet Arnold's "Patterns of beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614144.post-1070767019414307142003-12-06T22:16:00.000-05:002008-04-15T01:06:04.114-04:00I love this! http://userpic.livejournal.com/8446730/527968beard5http://www.blogger.com/profile/04005181542051113220noreply@blogger.com0