Miscellaneous Recent Projects

Photography from Mississauga

Fabric Flowers

Soft Bound Small Sketchbook

My LARP character needed a little pocket-sized sketchbook to carry around, and I didn’t have one the right size, so I made one.  Work time approximately 1 hour.

Hand-sewn Fabric Flowers

Process pictures:

Final results:

 

For reference, I used tutorials I found here:  http://thecraftyblogstalker.com/how-to-make-20-different-fabric-flowers/3/

Needle Case

One of my LARP characters is a seamstress, and is developing a large collection of purpose-specific needles.  I decided she needed a way to keep them organized, so here’s her first size-specific needle case, for Tapestry needles, size 20.  If you want specific instructions on how I made this, drop me a message or a comment and I’ll write it up for you!

Ribbon Jewelry

On average, the sewing for each of these took about an hour and a half.  The lace ribbon I dyed with tea, and the dyeing process took the longest- while waiting for the dye I worked on the next one.

LARP Makeup Practice

Duct Tape Body Form

 

My partner made this body form for me yesterday.   It took us about an hour and a half, and I think a little more time would improve the results in the future.

We used these tutorials to make our form:

http://etsylabs.blogspot.ca/2007/03/dress-form-tutorial-want-to-make-exact.html

http://www.keabtium.com/the-best-duct-tape-dummy-tutorial/

The second one is especially good.

 

Wooden boxes

This is another project for my LARP (Live Action Role Play) characters.  I’m aging and staining these boxes, and eventually I’ll seal them with a clear coat.  I’m using a homemade coffee, vinegar and steel wool stain and also various colours of Varathane wood stains.  When they’re all finished, I’ll post more photos and include all the materials I used.  If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a comment or two.