tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8821519232742201362024-02-22T10:08:32.649-06:00Lilacs and butterfliesfor the joy of creativityMelody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.comBlogger918125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-4961519284802120172022-08-16T12:15:00.000-05:002022-08-16T12:15:17.084-05:00a new bag<p> Hi friends.</p><p>I wanted to make a bag that was smaller than my purse, but that I could fit my phone in and maybe some cash and ID. So I looked for some ideas and found a cute bag made from old jeans pockets. I dug through my stash and found an old pair of jeans that had pockets I thought would work. I cut the back pockets off along with the fabric behind them, which I trimmed close to the pockets except for the top edge, which I needed to attach closure flaps. </p><p>I made flaps from some fabric I like. Also, I made a long adjustable strap, so the bag could be a crossover. I used some hardware from my stash as well. The flaps close with velcro. I sewed the two pockets together back to back, but I need to do a little hand stitching in a place that would not go through my machine. </p><p>I decided that the bag needed a little bit of decoration, so near the bottom edge (on both sides), I stamped a butterfly with archival ink. Because I was stamping on fabric, some of the ink soaked into the fabric, and wasn't very dark. </p><p>I used a tiny brush to paint the butterfly with acrylic paints, working in stages for the different colors and for both sides of the bag. I used a stylus to put white dots on the wings. When all the paint was dry, I went over the black outlines with a sharpie marker to darken them. Then I gave the butterflies a coat of matte gel medium. </p><p>I really love how the butterflies turned out. And I'm happy with the bag. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GCAR5EwqjM1lvkcS9yXAQZamENAOzhCr2sZxp-VWY6XgX7-o_M4aUEIhMOpKsK_yoVxwOH1kwuEwNF2VA-BYN051UbfR_LykwPuFvE3L6t6nh0M5umYOtciHyR_nHdIj0X1VdZ2d1i_0DycXU3Cz1VNMRZUboXi6YjBP6oG9N4g4vCGVBt9lxh-iMw/s3637/IMG_0191.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3637" data-original-width="2898" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1GCAR5EwqjM1lvkcS9yXAQZamENAOzhCr2sZxp-VWY6XgX7-o_M4aUEIhMOpKsK_yoVxwOH1kwuEwNF2VA-BYN051UbfR_LykwPuFvE3L6t6nh0M5umYOtciHyR_nHdIj0X1VdZ2d1i_0DycXU3Cz1VNMRZUboXi6YjBP6oG9N4g4vCGVBt9lxh-iMw/w510-h640/IMG_0191.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><br /><p>Thanks so much for taking time to visit today. Have a wonderful day. </p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-19235097816957285732021-04-05T14:16:00.003-05:002021-04-05T14:16:28.680-05:00signs of spring<p>Hi friends. The temperature has finally gotten warm enough for the flowers to start blooming. Other than a few puffy yellow things, these beauties are opening.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVuifZtRNqdDrzDSrq3gNR5oq0O-fSRS_vi9TRnUTt0Of5gYQFfb9MU1M4unkhpc4_bmas6Ay7tAHpWzD71KwV7_C4gBV1P-u8LVbki1lctkqa2ZUnRI1d8vip8XqfXRY759wP-P_TaWb/s1987/IMG_3795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1987" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaVuifZtRNqdDrzDSrq3gNR5oq0O-fSRS_vi9TRnUTt0Of5gYQFfb9MU1M4unkhpc4_bmas6Ay7tAHpWzD71KwV7_C4gBV1P-u8LVbki1lctkqa2ZUnRI1d8vip8XqfXRY759wP-P_TaWb/w640-h480/IMG_3795.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtAxi54mvCjB6T2bimWAb8B9fnD2zNTAZgWrJ9JdR4ws2KRBlB0kT1OW1WvstEObbaHI3uNyIfh59j8-YKYkTN_KK3AwKsmNehUX_xgcDIR4Dllt3u_dxI_FNU2Fc34DX0RLErPXLLcG-/s849/IMG_3794.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="849" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtAxi54mvCjB6T2bimWAb8B9fnD2zNTAZgWrJ9JdR4ws2KRBlB0kT1OW1WvstEObbaHI3uNyIfh59j8-YKYkTN_KK3AwKsmNehUX_xgcDIR4Dllt3u_dxI_FNU2Fc34DX0RLErPXLLcG-/w640-h540/IMG_3794.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcMTcN5JRAEgJLIQtbiUWByMe6xGA5vCOJfRKIi1MDGe_iMGXirQ2WCW9dOr-RzC75qlUMeYk7nZ7iS1D6fHd2dDEgTXCxYnGAD6UV3r0KCdcyxuBWPbQq1gTcPPKzb_spIHiTsXdQ9Sd/s883/IMG_3793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="882" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcMTcN5JRAEgJLIQtbiUWByMe6xGA5vCOJfRKIi1MDGe_iMGXirQ2WCW9dOr-RzC75qlUMeYk7nZ7iS1D6fHd2dDEgTXCxYnGAD6UV3r0KCdcyxuBWPbQq1gTcPPKzb_spIHiTsXdQ9Sd/w640-h640/IMG_3793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed week.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-69099732091746633182021-03-08T10:00:00.001-06:002021-06-01T02:16:23.326-05:00rag quilt<p> And just like that, it's March already. About 2 weeks ago, I was talking to my son and he wanted to know what we were going to give his sister for her birthday. I told him I was planning on making her a flannel rag quilt. His response was, "in two weeks?" Well, that kind of threw me. I thought I had more time. So I had to get going on it. I went down to my fabric stash and pulled out two bins of flannel fabric. I decided to make the blocks 6" finished, so I needed to cut them 7". I wanted to make the quilt 12 blocks wide and 12 blocks high, and because it's a rag quilt, I needed double the number of squares, so a total of 288. I was putting batting in, so that meant 144 6" squares of batting. I can cut pretty fast with my rotary cutter, so away I went. I think I had all the block cut by the end of the day. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYTW51MK7bRfEsGj0LNbDGRT0FIyhlAv7efpFyfaWyBsvYiVDK_OyKuQANA99DwBObMhKjFNuZl5uMgED53YCtZ-cTgxEjMc-kptLHlhH1d1Tk7CKHqoPz5V2sA6ze8XXpinVwYEuGABU/s2048/IMG_3628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1736" data-original-width="2048" height="542" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYTW51MK7bRfEsGj0LNbDGRT0FIyhlAv7efpFyfaWyBsvYiVDK_OyKuQANA99DwBObMhKjFNuZl5uMgED53YCtZ-cTgxEjMc-kptLHlhH1d1Tk7CKHqoPz5V2sA6ze8XXpinVwYEuGABU/w640-h542/IMG_3628.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsUR73mnzfYVxCTwLz-1A6jY8CsSbsr-sjr-E8EPycGt1K7Ac-aZYb9a4T_BcNDirWbB5qjID-ZUWgoKdqmrwanT7wQjEy0dkDlgaKHy91-hVBwYFTS-KDPWI0qJ7nMffxDjxTlgJ15Ne/s2048/IMG_3630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1976" data-original-width="2048" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsUR73mnzfYVxCTwLz-1A6jY8CsSbsr-sjr-E8EPycGt1K7Ac-aZYb9a4T_BcNDirWbB5qjID-ZUWgoKdqmrwanT7wQjEy0dkDlgaKHy91-hVBwYFTS-KDPWI0qJ7nMffxDjxTlgJ15Ne/w640-h618/IMG_3630.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>The next step is making little sandwiches of fabric and batting. You put the fabric wrong sides together with the batting in the middle. I pinned once along each edge, so I could sew from corner to corner. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRP28knITxi1h0DpzDLeNhb2_sCRsoL7-x-Z3ZWSs_Qel9D5y1sxvux0Vux8-BYWk5wzl-0ldiHrLWMBzjtB3ZSeeA9vqq2Au701Y7klNFdc3wqrXZqt87pkxiLdwWaGwM1tVtYPNdM_sy/s2048/IMG_3632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2006" data-original-width="2048" height="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRP28knITxi1h0DpzDLeNhb2_sCRsoL7-x-Z3ZWSs_Qel9D5y1sxvux0Vux8-BYWk5wzl-0ldiHrLWMBzjtB3ZSeeA9vqq2Au701Y7klNFdc3wqrXZqt87pkxiLdwWaGwM1tVtYPNdM_sy/w640-h626/IMG_3632.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /><br /><br /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GmMNj2elMGsi0dP8kV1M_suU6vIPOxOYHt_41W380OMo4xix59cHpWR0b2GET9i5tiIFxqcNzei-SP5023zgOb3qJzFxYl_xx-CiNsuRrfhcEXtQWHF62vd5hSsesKSr43wjbc_YpofF/s2048/IMG_3633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2048" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GmMNj2elMGsi0dP8kV1M_suU6vIPOxOYHt_41W380OMo4xix59cHpWR0b2GET9i5tiIFxqcNzei-SP5023zgOb3qJzFxYl_xx-CiNsuRrfhcEXtQWHF62vd5hSsesKSr43wjbc_YpofF/w640-h390/IMG_3633.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtAWKzXtQxmg9_jCBs5Gg7DjDPBQX4KRliNx6vPm0KR6Bqb6q8inQ3K-njQxiPdyQrCSxmA6vcsPQk2O_EvYdw1_lkARDBlDstgukC7oYauXV1UWPpiA2SYWCHKgMNPA0nJZ3KE4MZqDQ/s2048/IMG_3634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1991" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEtAWKzXtQxmg9_jCBs5Gg7DjDPBQX4KRliNx6vPm0KR6Bqb6q8inQ3K-njQxiPdyQrCSxmA6vcsPQk2O_EvYdw1_lkARDBlDstgukC7oYauXV1UWPpiA2SYWCHKgMNPA0nJZ3KE4MZqDQ/w622-h640/IMG_3634.JPG" width="622" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2Y5k7Vo41ZxicpEu2PVFHNwjvQcX41C4Yo3ogCgy8HoID4VZKHVmzQFMgfFIyqrNLEPBNX3XqS8A-A8K5mFe2XtDE_annD35bEeeHs5J-_7T6Z8-8t_7qG297k8ylatEkbGiBayUvTGC/s2048/IMG_3635.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2Y5k7Vo41ZxicpEu2PVFHNwjvQcX41C4Yo3ogCgy8HoID4VZKHVmzQFMgfFIyqrNLEPBNX3XqS8A-A8K5mFe2XtDE_annD35bEeeHs5J-_7T6Z8-8t_7qG297k8ylatEkbGiBayUvTGC/w480-h640/IMG_3635.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><br /> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I used almost all solids, except for one print, and made each sandwich the same on each side, so when I put the blocks together, I didn't have to be concerned about the back side layout. I counted how many I had of each color and punched 1" squares of colored paper and lay them out on a 12" grid. Once I was satisfied, I stuck them down with a temporary adhesive, so I had something to follow. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDydTd_jTyzPSR9-0AzdOq49nhQKGVea3AsQz-YJ3aIO4Ngz4SNiI9qFkc-L-s5cIkBYY-s0aWnbTMHQiD8_PkKXfVGm7mCIzf92YpU6C82ERezvLL5m1sQ7uqEmOh5h9S-8ZRLiqmn28j/s2048/IMG_3638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="2048" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDydTd_jTyzPSR9-0AzdOq49nhQKGVea3AsQz-YJ3aIO4Ngz4SNiI9qFkc-L-s5cIkBYY-s0aWnbTMHQiD8_PkKXfVGm7mCIzf92YpU6C82ERezvLL5m1sQ7uqEmOh5h9S-8ZRLiqmn28j/w640-h638/IMG_3638.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>That made it easy to put all the blocks in rows and start sewing. I tend to sew in couples or groups, so I took one row, sewed pairs of two squares together all across. Then I sewed those groups together, until I had the row completed. I continued in that manner until I had 12 rows. Then I did the same thing with sewing the rows together -- two at a time, then grouping. The seam allowance is 1/2", because those get clipped and frayed. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4hyhQW3Sek_mLoVl4UNM3tiU_4ppFZSsTFXr6jcUZPVdAso7b0RDGt9RYgPOmcdiecqJ0Z89YFyS7JKH7YWn8eODmHW7FZaN4uyrbXSAwfUd-FsvuPEzNAIHXgH3RlLI6acgTWe5iaC-/s2048/IMG_3639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4hyhQW3Sek_mLoVl4UNM3tiU_4ppFZSsTFXr6jcUZPVdAso7b0RDGt9RYgPOmcdiecqJ0Z89YFyS7JKH7YWn8eODmHW7FZaN4uyrbXSAwfUd-FsvuPEzNAIHXgH3RlLI6acgTWe5iaC-/w480-h640/IMG_3639.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>You can see how it looks as I started to clip the seam allowances. You just have to be careful that you don't cut into the stitching. I used my applique scissors, because they are razor sharp, and you are clipping through four layers of fabric. Your fingers and hands get pretty tired and stressed. I had to take a lot of breaks. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVt6MAN77hnIwmy-f1Kn6yhonx5fb23C1kxzopgKE0tGLpVcmktRnwRAkpFCOX-_DCh7TKI3KHeG9l6lfzHzsS8Qg-pZTigM5VLV2wBD7D7V8ENRy9orctopEZnzOJF8v2eACL2FeCUcK/s2048/IMG_3643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1803" data-original-width="2048" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBVt6MAN77hnIwmy-f1Kn6yhonx5fb23C1kxzopgKE0tGLpVcmktRnwRAkpFCOX-_DCh7TKI3KHeG9l6lfzHzsS8Qg-pZTigM5VLV2wBD7D7V8ENRy9orctopEZnzOJF8v2eACL2FeCUcK/w640-h564/IMG_3643.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Once all the seams are clipped, then you wash and tumble dry the quilt. That cause the clipped seams to fray and get a nice fuzzy look. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB5YgHU46QUhqInXlFGWH2CPXss9BHzXcHlc_O__aUwsSugZ2Ygx4VIjruhDpEpG8sz114va33Oar0Xyih1juUpuk-MLmL-vt0UQIAm2z2YrRaHJa9xZvkMP5wXDwSgo3q5hkSwTs0d_3/s2048/IMG_3644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1593" data-original-width="2048" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigB5YgHU46QUhqInXlFGWH2CPXss9BHzXcHlc_O__aUwsSugZ2Ygx4VIjruhDpEpG8sz114va33Oar0Xyih1juUpuk-MLmL-vt0UQIAm2z2YrRaHJa9xZvkMP5wXDwSgo3q5hkSwTs0d_3/w640-h498/IMG_3644.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />Here's the finished quilt. It took me six days from start to finish. I broke one needle on my sewing machine and donated blood about five times, because I had some aggressive pins. But I got it done in time for her birthday. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiDEHy3zA96kUoLQvxhsJen_Nd2c4ro8hBgQ4_-duK-3DFsWk3zBnkK3kIVL3YY9GlJygWV8iOsER8A1P0ZnWBV66sxrg_t387ybCisZfycOutCYxLXSJGGICMUW2TJEniB9xzTAcNM16/s2048/IMG_3645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1439" data-original-width="2048" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiDEHy3zA96kUoLQvxhsJen_Nd2c4ro8hBgQ4_-duK-3DFsWk3zBnkK3kIVL3YY9GlJygWV8iOsER8A1P0ZnWBV66sxrg_t387ybCisZfycOutCYxLXSJGGICMUW2TJEniB9xzTAcNM16/w640-h450/IMG_3645.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbvYs57N1N3iuQGzq8vwZzOMruqvJ_maHtww9eTmi4M5n7qrQZZ7ZQCxbxZlp86gjoPwx7dZzMqF3BOFBEEogYhBr6iH-DJZwWIdu6eCqxQgmlKSihhLQzCwEqOZgZ7Dutcwb8UT0llHj/s2048/IMG_3646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIbvYs57N1N3iuQGzq8vwZzOMruqvJ_maHtww9eTmi4M5n7qrQZZ7ZQCxbxZlp86gjoPwx7dZzMqF3BOFBEEogYhBr6iH-DJZwWIdu6eCqxQgmlKSihhLQzCwEqOZgZ7Dutcwb8UT0llHj/w480-h640/IMG_3646.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br />I'm setting this post on a delayed publish, because I don't want her to see it, just in case she checks my blog. <br /><p></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-23889366504572198912021-03-05T00:49:00.001-06:002021-06-01T02:32:31.170-05:00a big M<p> Hi friends. How time flies. I've been working on something a little different this week. A few years ago, I picked up a big letter M. It's 12" across and 12" high. I think it's made of wood, because it's pretty heavy. But it's covered in vinyl. Unfortunately, it was PINK, and I don't do pink. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do to it, so while I procrastinated, it sat. </p><p>One day I decided to try and paint it, using acrylic paints. I used blue, but it really didn't cover well, so it sat some more. </p><p>I finally decided that I was really going to do something. I tried painting over it with brown, but that didn't work either. Finally, I decided to cover it, so I tore up some old music and proceeded to decoupage it with the music. I already liked it better, but still, I wasn't what I wanted. </p><p>So I got out my gelatos, and scribbled just a little with blue and turquoise. Then I grabbed my watered down gesso and a paint brush. The gesso smooths out the gelatos, but, because it's diluted, it doesn't completely cover whatever is underneath. This is exactly what I wanted. </p><p>But it was still too plain. So I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets, Petal Prints from Stampin' Up and stamped one image randomly all over the letter with ultramarine stazon ink. Now, I was really liking it. </p><p>But I decided to go one step further and add some flowers. Daisies and butterflies. I played around with them for awhile and decided on a layout, but it was late, and I was too tired to do leaves, so I just left it on the table. When I came down the next morning, the flowers were all rearranged, in a nice neat pattern up and down the legs of the M. Someone was in trouble! And since I hadn't bothered to photograph the layout, I had to go through that process all over again. Then I glued the flowers and butterflies down, and realized that I had forgotten the leaves. So I cheated. I punched leaves and sponged the edges. Once I decided where I wanted to put them, I glued them on right over the top of the flowers. Then I stamped a few more flowers and cut them out and glued them on top. Not quite the way it should have been done, but I was not going to try and peel off the first ones. I probably would have messed up everything, and I had already spent too much time to mess it up, so I just fixed it the easy way. You can't tell by looking at it anyway, so it's all good. I gave it two coats of decoupage finish and it's done. <br /></p><p>And I have to say that I really LOVE how it turned out. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqISmf7y-u00hDKHfOzJIWIXyr2eB4aGZcDRJnU4xA-1Wr3sXldjuDTCJS7Q255vp_RkStmYsWPvDwf2BDnD0EC4wdIacSCi2AnLEtxQDEc3uzDwQQTP65vB-YHYmAAjXpFeNE2O0IRM42/s2048/IMG_3659.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2032" data-original-width="2048" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqISmf7y-u00hDKHfOzJIWIXyr2eB4aGZcDRJnU4xA-1Wr3sXldjuDTCJS7Q255vp_RkStmYsWPvDwf2BDnD0EC4wdIacSCi2AnLEtxQDEc3uzDwQQTP65vB-YHYmAAjXpFeNE2O0IRM42/w640-h636/IMG_3659.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Thanks so much for taking time to stop by for a visit. <br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-67670380482484861152020-12-09T00:40:00.000-06:002020-12-09T00:40:00.606-06:00Christmas snowflakes<p> Hi friends. One of my favorite crafts is crocheting. Little stuff mostly - no yarn - only crochet threads. Back in January of 2017, I posted about <a href="http://lacyquilter.blogspot.com/2017/01/4-months.html" target="_blank">crochet motifs</a> I was making into a shawl (actually two shawls - one white, and one multi-colored). </p><p>Neither shawl is finished, but I found out that a single motif makes a great snowflake ornament for the Christmas tree. So I've also been making a lot of those. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7os4KDfpvZHxQ5LKeji_HhRmniHQ5__Y0D8sikrxECFCbk6JUQJXALUidyLOtwGKeu4kCwbbGXwQhoeJCyKO9g47OlN9JjNAywdSd9oXVdkhsBz9OFKRardGcsDbbSk5NPwgCEwZl8sZ/s2048/IMG_3349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW7os4KDfpvZHxQ5LKeji_HhRmniHQ5__Y0D8sikrxECFCbk6JUQJXALUidyLOtwGKeu4kCwbbGXwQhoeJCyKO9g47OlN9JjNAywdSd9oXVdkhsBz9OFKRardGcsDbbSk5NPwgCEwZl8sZ/w480-h640/IMG_3349.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Last year I gave some to family and friends for their trees. This year I decided to make a bunch and give them away. <p></p><p>After crocheting the motifs, they need to be stiffened with a glue/water solution and stretched, so they look nice on the tree. I made a couple of cardboard mats for that. Several layers of corrugated cardboard taped together. Then I traced circles the size I needed, divided by eight, and poked a hole at each point so I could pin the snowflakes on it to dry. Then I wrapped the cardboard with plastic wrap, so the snowflakes won't stick to it. I'm using brass quilting pins, because they don't rust, but I wish I could find brass T-pins instead. They would be much easier to work with. I suppose I could cut off part of the pin. I may have to try that, and see how it works. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6ayDtyVYTJE3SPpe9O9SkU-DJh98bUi0t9C9RmT-lxyQah5eejgl8OWtv7FcV-xYPCtIrcS2tBXaoQZjOp7qP4rq1VitqtqSQN2L2bs50h63BYA4xZGC6TWJ1WEvcosbNwW3j1p22PDi/s2048/IMG_3344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1695" data-original-width="2048" height="530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_6ayDtyVYTJE3SPpe9O9SkU-DJh98bUi0t9C9RmT-lxyQah5eejgl8OWtv7FcV-xYPCtIrcS2tBXaoQZjOp7qP4rq1VitqtqSQN2L2bs50h63BYA4xZGC6TWJ1WEvcosbNwW3j1p22PDi/w640-h530/IMG_3344.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39-HbR9arcNzX1rfh6rPZdGvTp-FXJja1a9ZoDIGG46hXyY0vpPK9jzq4gq5Zt81DmfvZNYasWLNM5YY1Jvsb1uphs4fO_-_99GIfrSO4o3_lZX2p59viJk7XQq2vNEDpwkscqOUP2lzq/s2048/IMG_3345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1920" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi39-HbR9arcNzX1rfh6rPZdGvTp-FXJja1a9ZoDIGG46hXyY0vpPK9jzq4gq5Zt81DmfvZNYasWLNM5YY1Jvsb1uphs4fO_-_99GIfrSO4o3_lZX2p59viJk7XQq2vNEDpwkscqOUP2lzq/w600-h640/IMG_3345.JPG" width="600" /></a></div><br />Most of the snowflakes are white or off white, but I have made some light blue ones and some yellow ones. I guess the yellow ones would be stars instead of snowflakes. I made a couple with some odd colors of crochet thread - a pink one and a dark green one. I ended up painting them with some metallic acrylic paint, but didn't take pictures of those. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjntsJzXI7DEx8tt3jnTwpdg69PJXlIz5S6-H-IN1WKcZeOxvPU-obxK2S5kbn6lmlLGmDMRZEg2oq06LpMVhyphenhyphenvjGZ20J11JorFW33wNEzBvDmqw5-LcrIcm58UZYa-GkMQKAMooHENTDU/s2048/IMG_3346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1973" data-original-width="2048" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjntsJzXI7DEx8tt3jnTwpdg69PJXlIz5S6-H-IN1WKcZeOxvPU-obxK2S5kbn6lmlLGmDMRZEg2oq06LpMVhyphenhyphenvjGZ20J11JorFW33wNEzBvDmqw5-LcrIcm58UZYa-GkMQKAMooHENTDU/w400-h385/IMG_3346.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifeRZYTR-VmlIQIwufH0LXqcNfu8AvsNtmHhoJ7u0d9a9JRt2JIUfwTqtoOctP4K-k_t0AiJENtmCUUKz_CYpPWuE_W9pMbgQBC_YAWmc4DFK-oFMBHNS231CpwQK4munUQK0WY7gJ0xa/s2048/IMG_3347.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1612" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifeRZYTR-VmlIQIwufH0LXqcNfu8AvsNtmHhoJ7u0d9a9JRt2JIUfwTqtoOctP4K-k_t0AiJENtmCUUKz_CYpPWuE_W9pMbgQBC_YAWmc4DFK-oFMBHNS231CpwQK4munUQK0WY7gJ0xa/w315-h400/IMG_3347.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><br />I made little pockets for the ornaments, and included a little thank you note. I needed something to put them in, so I covered a cardboard box with wrapping paper, added a handle and some decorations. Today I coerced my husband to go with me to the hospital to take them to
some of the deserving folks out on the front lines working with
Covid-19 patients. During this year, I've barely been out of the house, so this was a new experience for me. When I went inside the hospital, they took my temperature, and then they had to figure out what to do with the ornaments or how to distribute them. I think I made 145, which is really just a drop in a bucket, compared to how many medical personnel work in even one hospital, but I hope they are an encouragement to those who receive them. <br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4Zi9mqXr6cQS2U8rG4uEIvCgs3oXwvPrJY61zVM6l9CJe06OAEpC7LFq4hGzgFQi21qnueYE0OiOc7twKsYBn8xprCIYUVwg4XA_Ctmho79AnjVBX11SFcfbsqnuw2xfe2pmbNtBD_ja/s1671/IMG_3367.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="1671" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4Zi9mqXr6cQS2U8rG4uEIvCgs3oXwvPrJY61zVM6l9CJe06OAEpC7LFq4hGzgFQi21qnueYE0OiOc7twKsYBn8xprCIYUVwg4XA_Ctmho79AnjVBX11SFcfbsqnuw2xfe2pmbNtBD_ja/w640-h456/IMG_3367.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLGTEBBGJSzjgN4EGHxCuK2RBSfDW72W91wyGTU7oclZUVQZnMsQZWzYpC7B-gNIZFOfcuH29VEOIYtYijCfHs8iFU0UB6xKPDxscFdyNsTzet7xYy1mBWVxyDOvTYX9NKVObTLk1XNlY/s2048/IMG_3351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLGTEBBGJSzjgN4EGHxCuK2RBSfDW72W91wyGTU7oclZUVQZnMsQZWzYpC7B-gNIZFOfcuH29VEOIYtYijCfHs8iFU0UB6xKPDxscFdyNsTzet7xYy1mBWVxyDOvTYX9NKVObTLk1XNlY/w480-h640/IMG_3351.JPG" width="480" /></a></div>Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas this year in spite of things being abnormal. God bless. <br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-28816728290486269302020-10-13T21:40:00.001-05:002020-10-13T21:40:45.031-05:00more round boxes<p> Hi friends. Can you tell I like making these little boxes? I made one for a contest that required a pumpkin. So... I made the pumpkin... a pumpkin box actually. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs2zl6TPBL1PgMxJfP24Dw6ji2pcHtDmAMKJL2JoSTkkxxZffX73RhNAjXAr4R-9kaI_8qAJs8Rwetqz7yKCTnwgC-KRaF3XyYryED3jdaDUkBhpUKt3bhR7YSpHekf399bnetzxubsgr/s1937/IMG_3216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1937" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBs2zl6TPBL1PgMxJfP24Dw6ji2pcHtDmAMKJL2JoSTkkxxZffX73RhNAjXAr4R-9kaI_8qAJs8Rwetqz7yKCTnwgC-KRaF3XyYryED3jdaDUkBhpUKt3bhR7YSpHekf399bnetzxubsgr/w508-h640/IMG_3216.JPG" width="508" /></a></div><p>And a better view of the cover. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu43myoo9_4WIKTOy-sLoVCfDeYRnlZf95X8KBtwANlNNTJ76zeSFUpPp_MLCegWXWNQ_vZfzrYaMOsN9XYlIPF2DVuYBBn7cqj1716gEpNJUekETzafwV-6miMg92okpnkUvl83dKx8j3/s1933/IMG_3212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1933" data-original-width="1894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu43myoo9_4WIKTOy-sLoVCfDeYRnlZf95X8KBtwANlNNTJ76zeSFUpPp_MLCegWXWNQ_vZfzrYaMOsN9XYlIPF2DVuYBBn7cqj1716gEpNJUekETzafwV-6miMg92okpnkUvl83dKx8j3/w628-h640/IMG_3212.JPG" width="628" /></a></div><p>I used some silk leaves, which I cut down a bit so they fit better. I went outside and picked up a few sticks to use as a handle. They were really dry, so I hope it doesn't break. But I guess it would be easy enough to replace if it did. </p><p>This next box was a special request by my cousin. She really liked the floral one I made, so this is pretty similar. I used a different flower stamp, and the flower on the cover is paper, whereas the other one was silk. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcwJ6JMt33OQccsUAGsvR4D1lIOw22Bcjxk1rOLah21oZZlmHN-91FZFH4blZuTPoiCNDmLvWqNHFHrcecExmQYGYlq5dGUBrMvqMdnN4DwEbUB6CFmPj1RGk8jl-79cxdlK1AWte1imA/s2048/IMG_3217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1488" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRcwJ6JMt33OQccsUAGsvR4D1lIOw22Bcjxk1rOLah21oZZlmHN-91FZFH4blZuTPoiCNDmLvWqNHFHrcecExmQYGYlq5dGUBrMvqMdnN4DwEbUB6CFmPj1RGk8jl-79cxdlK1AWte1imA/w464-h640/IMG_3217.JPG" width="464" /></a></div><p>And here is the cover. I punched and die cut some different sized flowers, and cut the petal separations deeper. Then I sponged all the edges with candied apple distress ink. I turned them over and used a stylus and a thick foam mat to give them more shape and dimension. Then I glued all the layers together, added some leaves, and glued the flower onto the cover. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxqGXPcES8U2XqubnvT-rvBV0OQLqr1QEsolP-QFawgdpY3PwSN2wSi2fBsT36Z7Fns-BBd-lTqhyphenhyphen_hIWzEzRujbuvVPULREt88VqisymPd0kL9ALGe1i6p2syBWRHS6OCy3F3MU5i2PK/s1966/IMG_3219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1966" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKxqGXPcES8U2XqubnvT-rvBV0OQLqr1QEsolP-QFawgdpY3PwSN2wSi2fBsT36Z7Fns-BBd-lTqhyphenhyphen_hIWzEzRujbuvVPULREt88VqisymPd0kL9ALGe1i6p2syBWRHS6OCy3F3MU5i2PK/w640-h490/IMG_3219.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I remembered that I had some decoupage medium (hmmm... actually I have four jars) that would work to give this a nice smooth finish. Although I didn't check, I'm pretty sure that all the jars have been opened, so hopefully, they are still all usable. The one I used just needed to be stirred a bit before use. I normally use matte mod podge, but I only have a little bit left, and I've been procrastinating going shopping for more. Plus, sometimes it leaves the surface a bit sticky. I think that may have something to do with the humidity. I've really been trying to use up what I have instead of buying more. A while back, I was watching a video, and the girl used a 1:1 mix of water and white glue as a finish. I absolutely would do that, but I've also used almost all of my white school glue, because I ran out of tacky glue, which is really my favorite for putting this type of project together. I like it because it's not so runny and dries with less bubbling. But I found if I use a very thin layer of white glue, that works quite well, too. </p><p>Thank you so much for stopping by to visit. I always appreciate that. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-81955261691373342512020-09-17T10:41:00.001-05:002020-09-17T10:41:21.381-05:00and one more...<p>I really loved the look of the last box I made, but thought a few more details would make it even better. The last two boxes went to the neighbors, since both of the kids had birthdays. So I made another. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pBfOY5fFIMMyoK3kwS4fgFKMnl8fJ8IPLrp5kVte6YVGCmKUG5uPkJixky8GBXn4CA76lJEJkQxBYxwv_1IW-wPcj9UNiFNa0-3FAvNf9cOenLHA7BlJKXq7j0qiCNg1I9jky-UwFK36/s1844/IMG_3171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1844" data-original-width="1480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9pBfOY5fFIMMyoK3kwS4fgFKMnl8fJ8IPLrp5kVte6YVGCmKUG5uPkJixky8GBXn4CA76lJEJkQxBYxwv_1IW-wPcj9UNiFNa0-3FAvNf9cOenLHA7BlJKXq7j0qiCNg1I9jky-UwFK36/w514-h640/IMG_3171.JPG" width="514" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwPCvQfIbDN1Kse2FlbWSwBspmEUBGcMmEYe8I8SqLaRGiXJK2kz1RZuwyayUIB9szl5Z4JwySoYiYF5dYEz3vQbTFqR1oWUjUnjIQm9kvsDfHaA-gpUhzdUcVgGeYBGMS0QzDb73Q7Cp/s1962/IMG_3180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1962" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnwPCvQfIbDN1Kse2FlbWSwBspmEUBGcMmEYe8I8SqLaRGiXJK2kz1RZuwyayUIB9szl5Z4JwySoYiYF5dYEz3vQbTFqR1oWUjUnjIQm9kvsDfHaA-gpUhzdUcVgGeYBGMS0QzDb73Q7Cp/w640-h450/IMG_3180.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>If you want details on how I made this, please check my previous two posts. </p><p>Thank you so much for taking time to stop by today. Be blessed. </p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-84995055682031284942020-09-12T10:28:00.002-05:002020-09-13T16:48:52.172-05:00Can't make just one<p>Hi friends. You probably know by now that I can't make just one. I've made a number of these little boxes over the past few years. Well, I figured that I really needed to make one for the boys. Yeah. No flowers or pretties on it. How about WOOD? Well, yes, I would if I weren't afraid to use some of those woodworking machines. So what's the next best thing? Faux wood, of course.</p><p>I use faux wood techniques quite often in cardmaking, so why not on a box. The basic technique to create faux wood is to drag ink pads down the paper, repeating with several colors - mostly working in browns, but other colors work as well. </p><p>Recently, I discovered a variation from my friend Ann on Split Coast Stampers. What I like about this technique is the color is smoother than simply dragging the ink onto the paper. </p><p>Please refer to my <a href="http://lacyquilter.blogspot.com/2020/09/my-latest-project.html" target="_blank">last post</a> for more details on the basic construction of the box. </p><p>I used a 4"x12" piece of barely banana card stock and smaller pieces for the cover and bottom. Start by scoring lines every half inch across the card stock. You can vary the width between score lines if you want. The next step can be done on either side of the paper. I prefer to use the bumpy side, because the ridges pick up the darker inks and give board delineations. The other side portrays those lines as the color of your light card stock. Either way works. Put some white glue (I'm using Elmer's school glue) on the paper and use an old gift card to spread it all over the paper. Then let it dry. I'm pretty sure you could speed up the drying with a heat gun, but the heat will bubble the glue, so I prefer to just let it air dry. </p><p>Once the glue is dry, drag your ink down the card stock in the same direction as your score lines. I used distress inks: antique linen, tea dye, vintage photo, and early espresso. The two lighter colors, you can use a heavy hand when dragging, but you want to go lighter on the vintage photo, and much less with the early espresso. I also will lightly swipe the edge of the darkest color randomly to add a bit more detail for wood grain. </p><p>Once that was dry, I measured and trimmed the ends to meet without overlapping. Then I attached the strip around the box, cut wedges along the bottom and glued those to the bottom. Circles were cut from the faux wood for the bottom and cover of the box. </p><p>I painted the edge of the cover brown to blend in with the wood. Everything was given a coat of Matte Mod Podge. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig21onsh5OcDk1Ns9yyy6u9SwvJxLX1Bkdi683TMYG_wSHTtda3gZ5a97OxWiYvbeHN207PUd7MeTPCegsnuApfJP7XuduHS5BhYInA6Ee7ZAZYFTth1WpmKICeuw1RV4unVjm6zKovDvP/s1983/IMG_3168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1983" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig21onsh5OcDk1Ns9yyy6u9SwvJxLX1Bkdi683TMYG_wSHTtda3gZ5a97OxWiYvbeHN207PUd7MeTPCegsnuApfJP7XuduHS5BhYInA6Ee7ZAZYFTth1WpmKICeuw1RV4unVjm6zKovDvP/w625-h466/IMG_3168.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /> I see in the photo that I managed to get the seam right in the front, so you can see how that works. It shows less on the wood grain than it did on the previous box, but I do like the flat seam better than overlapping. <br /><p></p><p>This box went together much faster than the previous box, because there was no stamping required. Other than drying time, the faux wood is a very quick technique.</p><p>Thank you so much for taking time to stop by today. Have a wonderful day. </p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-24635858494361626762020-09-11T01:20:00.002-05:002020-09-11T01:23:47.856-05:00my latest project<p>Hello my friends. A friends daughter just had a birthday, and I wanted to make something for her. Since I do a lot of thread crochet, I have the cardboard spools left from the thread. I save them unless they are really mutilated. They make great little boxes. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsJmYHVKMvMQrspwP3sgkMYUOmh9w5rL0HVAGHRO03PO7tYm6GsT16wKzqkVNnl7C2M_yGuymzePZbKWZHMoI-Sp_4bdOBAqmnt1tu7gJSu9JkHtYk6Ajja8fehz4j_2WBKMcbIoiOW50/s1872/IMG_3163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="1872" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsJmYHVKMvMQrspwP3sgkMYUOmh9w5rL0HVAGHRO03PO7tYm6GsT16wKzqkVNnl7C2M_yGuymzePZbKWZHMoI-Sp_4bdOBAqmnt1tu7gJSu9JkHtYk6Ajja8fehz4j_2WBKMcbIoiOW50/w500-h310/IMG_3163.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><p>Since these are open-ended, it's necessary to add a bottom, and I normally also want to have a cover. I have a number of circle dies, so I try to find one that fits the diameter of the tube. Then I use chipboard to cut the circles. I keep chipboard from cereal boxes, cracker boxes, the backs of paper pads, etc., anything that is sturdy and not all bent. If necessary, I glue layers together to make it sturdy. </p><p>For this box, I only used a single thickness for the bottom, but the cover is six layers -- three the sit on top and three that fit inside the box to keep the cover in place. Since it's difficult to cut multiple layers, I cut the circles individually, and then glue them together. I place them beneath some old encyclopedias, while the glue dries, so they remain flat. </p><p>Then comes decorating. For this box, I stamped some poppies on a 4"x12" piece of light yellow cardstock. Then I colored them with watercolor pencils and blender pen. Over the top of the flowers, I randomly stamped a crackle background and old writing. I glued the strip around the tube. Instead of overlapping the strip as I usually do, I trimmed the ends to meet, creating a smoother box. Along the bottom edge, I cut out wedges, and folded the points over to the bottom and glued them. I added another cardstock circle on the bottom to cover those. <br /></p><p></p><p>I sponged the edges with coffee archival ink, and then sponged on a thin layer of matte mod podge to seal it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxuLPvn23FvkAdQzn2at86EGeihy-JxAQedJ5MYwpomoNDnB4yicjfMNVjwcLexKW4rPo6ai9JOiWK1EpYvqJwzv27urYqOrIFu8pwTKlvc_pxSFSrQLXwnMuZMd5Sj_zerOgUiQkmOXk/s1580/IMG_3154.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1293" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLxuLPvn23FvkAdQzn2at86EGeihy-JxAQedJ5MYwpomoNDnB4yicjfMNVjwcLexKW4rPo6ai9JOiWK1EpYvqJwzv27urYqOrIFu8pwTKlvc_pxSFSrQLXwnMuZMd5Sj_zerOgUiQkmOXk/w513-h625/IMG_3154.JPG" width="513" /></a></div><p>For the cover, I first glued all the layers together. I used an emery board to smooth the edges. I glued cardstock circles to the top and bottom of the cover. Then I stamped a different poppy five times on some scraps of cardstock, colored them the same as the others, and cut them out. After stamping the background, I glued the cut flowers around the top of the cover. I sponged the edges, and added the matte mod podge. I decided I wanted to add some metallic gold lumiere paint randomly to the whole box, so I used a dry brush technique for that. It doesn't really show up in the picture. For the center of the cover, I used some silk flowers. I put a jewel brad in the center to hold all the layers together. Then I painted the flower petals with some shimmery paint. The flower is attached to the box with hot glue. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMjWNdbT6nHPeLXBaWdgb5ttnl30-EMKMKIL1SF1e5f2B2MTVnXHuUK-hMCnqOJgyX9115SdG5IzhZOjymka8S6fX1YihfsrNCdcm5lTH4DmCvmPfDxT0S6Pfn60zFHVXXn13on7_90iu/s2048/IMG_3157.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2048" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMjWNdbT6nHPeLXBaWdgb5ttnl30-EMKMKIL1SF1e5f2B2MTVnXHuUK-hMCnqOJgyX9115SdG5IzhZOjymka8S6fX1YihfsrNCdcm5lTH4DmCvmPfDxT0S6Pfn60zFHVXXn13on7_90iu/w625-h625/IMG_3157.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><p>One last special touch was to decorate the underside of the cover. I die cut a fun little medallion and painted it gold for the center, and then I added a special message with die cut letters, because we all need to be reminded. The letters are actually red; I'm not sure why they look pink. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg2Vla_nH-aSxJRl2WzxPAhDbPVqWLfrCUz5rhijgDaXEtkw7uHdsvA-_H9T6-oxLIfRn7l8opZJmWELvTPcQp9FzvGURmIB3YJeVG-Yd9JLxNcRvx2nJAQD8adKK2Du6hEmQqULvYRbS/s1523/IMG_3166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1523" height="618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg2Vla_nH-aSxJRl2WzxPAhDbPVqWLfrCUz5rhijgDaXEtkw7uHdsvA-_H9T6-oxLIfRn7l8opZJmWELvTPcQp9FzvGURmIB3YJeVG-Yd9JLxNcRvx2nJAQD8adKK2Du6hEmQqULvYRbS/w625-h618/IMG_3166.JPG" width="625" /></a></div><br /><p>Thank you so much for taking time to visit today. I hope you are staying safe and well.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-26835806706700563322020-08-07T16:19:00.000-05:002020-08-07T16:19:11.776-05:00The SU ink topper<p> Hi friends. Well, I did it. I spent quite a bit of time yesterday and today putting it together, but I finally finished small rack for the top of my SU ink storage. I have 15 older ink pads which didn't fit in the main rack, and whenever I wanted to use them, I had to literally dig them out from where they were stored. Now, they are with all the others. I store all my inks alphabetically, but for the moment, I'm not going to incorporate these into the rack with the rest, for the simple reason that I've gotten so familiar with the position of the inks in the rack, I don't really have to look for them. I know certain ones are at the top or bottom, etc. I may change my mind on that later. </p><p>Since there was plenty of space, I added slots for the ink pads, an open area on the side of those for the few refills that I have matching these inks, and a deeper spot in the center for markers. </p><p>Because there's a bit of a well in the top of the wood rack, I added several layers of corrugated cardboard beneath the new storage rack, so that it sits above the wood. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to use the bottom slots. </p><p>Here's the picture.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iZ2J3JZEpa5irbrSR8bOIYh2L8ilbrzzI4pvNTt7zNqmKyqmdQwDhWBGXQS91clTJWeL29g3AFG6vjugrOPmi46UaSbzmIL-PtsimPNrRdSXuXXtFL2QW2FjMtzWAGSZBf1zpKFxw5bh/s2048/IMG_3021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1704" height="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8iZ2J3JZEpa5irbrSR8bOIYh2L8ilbrzzI4pvNTt7zNqmKyqmdQwDhWBGXQS91clTJWeL29g3AFG6vjugrOPmi46UaSbzmIL-PtsimPNrRdSXuXXtFL2QW2FjMtzWAGSZBf1zpKFxw5bh/w665-h800/IMG_3021.JPG" width="665" /></a></div><p>Thank you so much for visiting today. Have a wonderful day.</p><p><br /></p>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-75589470465351827742020-08-05T23:55:00.002-05:002020-08-05T23:58:14.571-05:00More ink storage<div>Hi friends. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After making the large revolving rack for storing my distress ink pads, I knew that I also wanted to make storage for other inks that I have, since they were being stored in places not very accessible. So, using the same method I used for building the other rack, I made four more smaller racks that fit my other ink pads. Since these were not all the same size, I made them to fit groups of similar ink pads. Which means they are different sizes. But I moved my ribbon, so I could put these in a place easy to reach. <br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qdelQIGP8aZtCp3UEn_gvohnfNx___nQO_3_76njyTjS0rrsv7EeIhLbswQlgN2Iarj-VY3Nb_oSruVccnTTjdt3PSK8p__JDwYp7x55N5ulCuSy6BJreqDvkFS3NmZOVjiJfswNYMWO/s2048/IMG_3016.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2025" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8qdelQIGP8aZtCp3UEn_gvohnfNx___nQO_3_76njyTjS0rrsv7EeIhLbswQlgN2Iarj-VY3Nb_oSruVccnTTjdt3PSK8p__JDwYp7x55N5ulCuSy6BJreqDvkFS3NmZOVjiJfswNYMWO/s640/IMG_3016.JPG" /></a></div><div>The upper left unit holds archival and a couple other Adirondack inks, VersaMark, Encore, and Fabrico inks. Lower left holds Brilliance and Stazon inks. Upper right holds ColorBox pigment inks. Lower right holds ColorBox Chalk inks and a few thicker pigment inks. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I do have some Kaleidacolor inks, but haven't decided yet if I will make a unit for those. I probably will. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My Stampin' Up ink pads, refills, and markers are stored in a wooden revolving rack that I won years ago. However, I have more inks than fit in it, so I'm planning to make a small rack (or more than one) to fit on top of that revolving unit to hold those extra inks. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While in the process of all this building, I also made a couple of boxes to hold some things. I have a stand that I wanted to make some open boxes for. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YkU_Yq-umgthDnhxannL95Px9wdpVTErQDN46cGIgJvPxf0TyjV1URmOG8uqe_2xFYnM-aipZFj3nb4Y1jTOArXchiOqJVmsz2Uj9p8VCq1q3OeYwwIoEpmNT151AwPs7QKyeaXRKpCW/s2048/IMG_3020.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1545" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YkU_Yq-umgthDnhxannL95Px9wdpVTErQDN46cGIgJvPxf0TyjV1URmOG8uqe_2xFYnM-aipZFj3nb4Y1jTOArXchiOqJVmsz2Uj9p8VCq1q3OeYwwIoEpmNT151AwPs7QKyeaXRKpCW/s640/IMG_3020.JPG" /></a></div><div>There are ridges near the center and the center post, so I needed to work around those. I made 4 parts for each shelf, but because of the angles involved, and the chipboard is thicker than I usually work with, they were a little too big, and didn't fit. So I glued them together where the angles meet, added a bottom piece and made these instead. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqdI0Vzgp2587fe1t7xhkbDr4uFzdZJG70IRCww1zgBiog3T9tk-V8VkvbzP7dWnqrN93HYk6LPkyLySXL2liBLak71xoTPfaX05hyphenhyphenoetqU_WYNmHangGfzRbCVqkDOrXfbj_gCcg2x1r/s2048/IMG_3019.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2033" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqdI0Vzgp2587fe1t7xhkbDr4uFzdZJG70IRCww1zgBiog3T9tk-V8VkvbzP7dWnqrN93HYk6LPkyLySXL2liBLak71xoTPfaX05hyphenhyphenoetqU_WYNmHangGfzRbCVqkDOrXfbj_gCcg2x1r/s640/IMG_3019.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPo-mMrt5h3DdePlt5KXFa5Tecza5E-NZjXnzGw3DMo-e6wjnjSipaoIDHxORrYE79vZZIoT8TsEZ98q2S_UaCA8VSchmYIh2D-5wTMp1mcW4OfKxUHn7NQVetcdO1mQ-zPQjaQKkC0dV/s2048/IMG_3018.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1743" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPo-mMrt5h3DdePlt5KXFa5Tecza5E-NZjXnzGw3DMo-e6wjnjSipaoIDHxORrYE79vZZIoT8TsEZ98q2S_UaCA8VSchmYIh2D-5wTMp1mcW4OfKxUHn7NQVetcdO1mQ-zPQjaQKkC0dV/s640/IMG_3018.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div>I don't know how to figure the angles, so it was mostly guesswork. They are not perfect, not fancy, and not pretty, but will work to hold something. I haven't quite decided what yet. I will probably try again to make something that fits, but not this design. I know I can add a filler and just build on top of the ridges, which would make it much easier, so I may do that. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks so much for taking time to visit today. Stay safe and be blessed.<br /></div>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-14939502419279682842020-06-27T14:54:00.000-05:002020-06-27T14:54:44.916-05:00And the gazebo on topHi friends. In my last post, I showed you my new ink storage unit, which now houses all 120 of my distress and oxide ink pads. I wanted to make some sort of cover over the top to keep the dust off the items stored there. So I decided on an open gazebo. Without going into all the detail, I made supports, both vertical and horizontal, from 2" wide chipboard, folded into a square tube. I added decorative sides and a slanted roof, with a little decoration on top. Not being an engineer, the roof was totally guesswork, and I was thrilled that it worked on the first try. The gazebo lifts off for easy access to the supplies stored beneath it. <br />
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This is the full unit. My distress inks are on two sides, and distress oxides on the other two. I store them alphabetically in vertical columns. I have room enough to add 24 more ink pads. These are the regular 3" pads. So far stored on top are blending brushes and blender pens. I'm not sure what else will go there yet, but most likely things that I use all the time, so they are within easy reach. <br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day. <br />
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<br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-54016582811485487852020-06-22T13:28:00.000-05:002020-06-27T14:57:05.092-05:00My new ink hotelHello. I know it has been a long, long time since I posted. Maybe my life is just that boring? Well, I don't think so, so I guess I have no excuse. I know I'm a big procrastinator.<br />
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Anyway, for mother's day my daughter made a new header for my blog as you can see. I had completely forgotten that I'd asked her to make one, so that was a nice surprise.<br />
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Six years ago I created an ink pad holder for my distress ink pads. You can see it <a href="http://lacyquilter.blogspot.com/search/label/ink%20pads">here</a>. Well, it wasn't too long after that Ranger introduced some new colors, so all my inks didn't fit in the holder. Then, they also produced all the colors in distress oxide inks. These are the things I put on my wish list for my family to buy as gifts, so I now have the full set of those as well.<br />
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So I decided that it was time to make some new storage. I wanted all the distress inks in one place, so I started construction. Now be advised I'm not an engineer, and I design as I go, so the final product is certainly not perfect or even designed well, but that's OK by me, as long as it works. My husband kept calling it a roach hotel, but I think ink pad hotel is a much better description, since we do not provide housing for roaches here.<br />
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I should warn you that this will be a long post with lots of photos. I wanted to give a lot of the step by step procedure that went into the making.<br />
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I built the entire unit from cereal box (cracker box, pizza box, etc.) chipboard, corrugated cardboard, and tacky glue. There is also a small amount of stamped cardstock.<br />
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I started by cutting pieces which would hold the ink pads. These are cut 2-1/2"x8", and scored at 1", 4" and 5". I taped the edges together. The ink pads will hang out the front by about 1/2", so I can pull them out easily. The total unit will hold 144 ink pads, so that's how many I cut and folded. <br />
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Yes, that 2nd picture is the whole bunch! Then I started gluing them into towers of 12 each.<br />
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The next step was to add extra chipboard on the sides for support and then glue towers together in sets of three. <br />
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As I said earlier, I design as I go, at this point, I thought it would help if they were brighter, so I painted all the insides with white acrylic paint -- not spray paint, because I didn't have any -- with a brush. A lot of work, but it made such a difference. After I finished painting, I added a back panel. These were already white on one side, so I didn't need to paint them. <br />
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Because of the way I was going to put the towers together, one side needed some decoration, so I stamped white card stock with ultramarine stazon, and then sponged places with azure stazon, and coated them with matte mod podge to help keep them clean. I attached these panels before gluing the triple towers together.<br />
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Now, since it's obvious that with four sides, the unit needs to turn, so there is access to all four sides. I had an 8-sided lazy susan that I decided to use. There is a small indented cavity on the top, so I decided to utilize that to keep the unit from sliding off the base.<br />
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Since the towers act like walls, there is a large open area in the center. I did the same stamping procedure to cover the top around the opening. <br />
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I built a base that fit into the cavity, as well as up into the open area of the storage unit.<br />
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The unit sits nicely on top of the base.<br />
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I thought it made sense to use that open area on top for additional storage, so I made a partitioned box to hold my blending brushes, and some other items (which I haven't figured out yet).<br />
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Since this box was going to be sitting at the top, I needed to add some braces for it to rest on.<br />
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I added an additional flat square made from two layers of corrugated cardboard on top of the braces, and the box sits on top of that.<br />
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Here is the completed unit. The base is not permanently attached to either the unit or the turn table, and the storage box on top is also not permanently attached. <br />
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And here's a photo with some ink pads in it. I did not fill it with all my ink pads, because I thought it would be too heavy to move, and it needs to go into a different room -- as soon as I clear a space for it. <br />
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Thanks so much for taking time to visit today. I hope you enjoyed the process of building my ink hotel. <br />
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Edited to add: Please see my next post to view the unit with the gazebo dust cover on top<br />
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<br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-78768637520241971702018-11-17T12:33:00.000-06:002018-11-17T12:33:24.780-06:00butterflies continued...Well, hello! I can't believe I haven't posted in almost a whole year - since January. Shame on me!<br />
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If you remember, back in 2016, I wrote a post about a <a href="http://lacyquilter.blogspot.com/2016/05/butterflies.html">butterfly quilt</a> that I was making using hand applique.<br />
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Well, a few months ago, I finally had all the blocks finished and ready to put together. Once a month I get together with some other ladies at a bobbin lace guild meeting in Fort Atkinson. We meet in a good sized room at the local library, so I knew I'd have some floor space. I took all my butterfly blocks and laid them out on the floor in rows. Then I played with the positioning of the blocks, trying to separate like colors, so that I didn't have a glob of one color. Of course, it helped to have input from the other lace members as well. There really isn't a "perfect" layout, because it's a scrap quilt, so at some point, I just had to say "done" and go with it. <br />
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As you can see, I must have been having so much fun making the blocks, that I have four extra. Or when I was counting, the fabric stuck together, and I counted wrong. Hmmm... the beginning of new project?<br />
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Once I was satisfied with the layout, I took a few pictures on my phone, and then pinned a block number on each block (A1, A2, etc.), so I would know what order to put them together (just in case they got dumped - gasp! and all out of order). I removed all the pins after the blocks were sewn together. <br />
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Here's a couple of pictures of it on a bed. <br />
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The blocks are sewn together, but I haven't decided what to do for the antennae. I may just do those as part of the quilting. I may or may not add a narrow border around the outside. And I have yet to choose some backing material and put the layers together. <br />
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And here's a close up of a small portion. <br />
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I want to hand quilt this, so I'm sure it will be years before it's finished. <br />
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The extra blocks may end up like these pillows. The pillow casing overlaps in the back so the pillow can be slipped in. The band just slips over the pillow. You can change the bands for seasonal decorating, and it makes for easy laundering. <br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by. <br />
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Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-53511345305373301442018-01-08T00:30:00.000-06:002018-01-08T00:30:50.294-06:00another doilyHi friends,<br />
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Our Christmas celebration with my husband's family has been delayed until after the new year, so I had time to make another doily for my father-in-law's wife. I chose a pattern that didn't look too difficult, and decided to use one of my older crochet hooks this time. What a difference that made. <br />
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Here is the pattern I used. <br />
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I really love the two colors on this, but also know that takes longer when you need to switch colors and then weave in all those ends. So, instead, I chose a variegated thread. This one was started on a Saturday evening and finished by late afternoon on Monday. I actually surprised myself that I was done so quickly. <br />
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Here is the full doily. I sure does look different in this thread. This one is 15" across. I simplified the final round. <br />
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And here is a closeup bit. <br />
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Thank you so much for stopping in to visit today. Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-39362377130138963962017-12-26T10:00:00.000-06:002017-12-26T10:00:33.205-06:00Christmas doilyHi friends,<br />
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I hope you've all had a wonderful Christmas and were able to spend time with friends and family.<br />
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I'm scheduling this post for after Christmas, because I'm going to show you a gift I made for my sister. There are times when I just have to make a gift rather than browse the store aisles for something, especially when I don't know what to give. I decided to crochet a doily, since I know she likes them. I started this on December 7th... yes, THIS month! It took me two weeks, working on it for a bit every day. I actually crochet pretty fast, or I would not have gotten it done. It measures about 21 inches across.<br />
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I pulled out some of my old crochet magazines and looked for a pattern that didn't look too difficult... in other words, no complicated stitches. This one is mostly chains, single and double crochet, with a few treble crochet stitches. Double crochet is actually the fastest for me, but I was using a new crochet hook, and I was having some comfort issues with it. It's the same brand I always use, but it's slightly shorter, the shank (part above the thumb grip) is shorter, and the handle is longer and slightly thinner. It just feels different. I was probably half finished with the doily before I started to get used to it. Here's a photo comparing my new one on the bottom and an older one above. The differences are subtle, but I was not pleased with the new one. <br />
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I also changed the size of the thread and hook from what the pattern called for. The pattern listed size 40 thread and I was using size 10, which is thicker. The pattern said about 500 yards. I forgot to take that into consideration, and was a bit concerned that I would not have enough thread to finish. That would mean trying to match the thread with another ball. I bought this crochet thread at Good Will, and there was only one ball. I 'may' have more that matches, but there are so many shades of ecru from one manufacturer to another, that it isn't easy to get a match unless you get the same brand and dye lot. There was no label on this one, so it would have been totally guesswork.<br />
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Here's a small portion as a closeup. <br />
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By the time I got to the final round, it was looking very likely that I would not have enough thread. I did a couple of the points to see how much I was using, and knew I wasn't going to make it. So... I had several options -- leave it without the points, try to match the thread, change the color completely on the last round, or change the design. I opted for changing the design of the final round. Instead of using treble crochet, I changed to double, and I left off the picot in the center of each point, thus using less thread. And I made it all the way around -- just barely. This is how much thread was left.<br />
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You can be sure I breathed a sigh of relief.<br />
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Thank you so much for joining me today. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year.<br />
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<br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-77284777555944540402017-09-07T20:47:00.000-05:002017-09-07T20:47:43.671-05:00pop up cube cardHi friends. You may have noticed that I haven't posted anything in ages. I think there are days (maybe weeks, even) that I completely forget that I have a blog. Must be senior brain cells at work. <br />
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Anyway, today I made a couple of birthday cards for the neighbor boy and girl across the street. They have birthdays on consecutive days. <br />
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I made a girlie girl card for her. <br />
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The stamp is one of the Prima mixed media dolls by Julie Nutting. I did paper piecing for the dress, shoes and crown, and colored the hair with watercolor pencils and blender pen. I added some streamers, which were cut with deckle scissors, and added some rhinestones. <br />
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Because he is very involved in baseball, I had to make some sort of baseball card of course. Some time ago, I made a fun pop up cube box following <a href="http://www.madebygemmacrafts.co.uk/2017/01/stampinup-cool-treats-poppin-box-card.html">this video</a>. It's really a fun card, but the thing I don't like about it is that it isn't flat, so it doesn't mail easily. I did a little browsing online and found some ads showing more of a wrap than a box, so I decided to figure out how to use that instead of the box. I did see a video that made a cube inside of a card, but the dimensions were smaller and the girl doing the video used a tool which I don't have, so I would need to refigure all the dimensions, and I really didn't have time to, if I wanted to get the card done today. Instead, I realized that the 3" cube would fit inside a <span class="smallfont"> 3-5/8"x6-1/2" envelope, so I made the wrap 3-1/2"x6-1/4" to fit that, and the cube fits inside flat. </span><span class="smallfont">This is the front outside of the wrap. </span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">This is the back side. I made a slit and a tab to fit in it, which holds the card closed. My camera died last week, so I've been using my phone to photograph my cards. I've no idea why this came out vertical. </span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">The paper is kraft, so I used a sponge dauber and white pigment ink to press and twist a bit to make the baseballs white. I heat set them to make sure the ink was dry. When you pull the tab out, the cube inside literally flies out - really fun. I think it actually works better than in the box, because if you don't pull the box out quickly, you really don't get the pop.</span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">Here is the card open. </span><br />
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<span class="smallfont">Thanks so much for stopping by. </span>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-50747738482896133142017-05-15T02:00:00.000-05:002017-05-15T08:39:37.716-05:00box with a secret drawer tutorialHi friends. I have another tutorial for you. I thought it would be fun to make a little box with a pull out drawer inside. I started with a white one, and then added some pretty paper and a flower on the outside of the box. I also made one from some heavy designer paper with a cream colored drawer inside. The only tools you need are a ScorPal or other scoring tool, scissors, a 1/2" corner rounder & a 1/2" circle punch.<br />
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For the drawer, you need a 6-1/8"x7-7/8" piece of card stock. Score each side at 7/8" and 1-3/4". Marked in green on the diagram below.<br />
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On the short sides, cut on all 4 scores to the 2nd cross score. On the long sides, cut on the outer scores to the 2nd cut; cut on the inner scores to the 1st cut. This will remove the 3 corner squares, creating tabs. Cuts are marked in black. The highlighted areas are being cut away. <br />
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The sides of the drawers will be double for added durability. Cut the tabs and the outer sections at a slight angle. It should look like this.<br />
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Valley fold all scores. Bring the small tabs to the inside and glue them to the adjacent panels on the ends of the drawer. Then glue all the remaining panels to the inside of the drawer. The tabs will be hidden between the layers. You can add pretty paper to the sides and inside bottom of the drawer, if desired. <br />
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For the box, you need an 8-1/2"x7-1/2" piece of card stock. On the long side, score at 1", 3-3/4", 4-3/4", and 7-1/2".<br />
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On the short side, score at 1", 5-1/2", and 6-1/2".<br />
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Referring to the diagram below, cut on the score lines as shown, creating tabs and removing highlighted areas.<br />
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Cut the small square tabs at a slight angle. Valley fold all scores. Use a 1/2" corner rounder to round the corners on the piece extending at the bottom of the diagram. (I forgot to do that before taking a picture.) <br />
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Fold the left edge in at the 1st score, add adhesive to that folded panel, bring the right side of box over to the edge and flatten to form a tube. If you are decorating the outside of the box, it's better to do so before you glue the end closed. However, it is possible to decorate after the box is all put together. That's what I did. <br />
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Glue the tabs to the outside of the end panel, and then glue the 2nd end panel over the tabs, hiding them between the panels.<br />
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On the open end where the flap tucks in, punch a half circle notch in the top panel. This will make it easier to open the box and pull out the drawer. <br />
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I added a flower and leaves to the top of the box.<br />
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And here it is with the drawer tucked inside.<br />
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On the second one, I added the same paper to the inside and outside of the drawer.<br />
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Here they are closed. When you open the box, finding a drawer inside is a fun surprise. The dimensions of the box are 4-1/2"x2-3/4"x1". The drawer is about 1/8" smaller in each direction. <br />
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I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial and make lots of boxes with secret drawers inside.<br />
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Thank you so much for taking time to visit today. Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-69076436075518843432017-05-06T14:37:00.003-05:002017-05-06T23:58:00.286-05:00prism pop up tent card tutorial<span style="font-size: small;">Hi friends. Would you believe I have another tutorial for you? I saw this fun pop up card in an ad, and I just knew that I had to figure it out and make one, or two, or... well, you know how that goes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are a lot of photos, because I think it helps to explain things, and I don't have a clue how to make a video. So, here we go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I figured out the mechanism to make the card work, I also wanted to make sure that it would mail as an A2 card, so that is the basis for all the measurements. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">card stock for the prism part of the card: </span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">4¼</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">x
8</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">½</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">" (1) - groovy guava used here</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">card stock for pull tab A: 5</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">¼</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"x2-5/8</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">" </span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(1) - </span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">groovy guava used here</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">card stock for</span></span></span></b> pull tab B: 5</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">¾</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">"x2-5/8</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">" (1) - </span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">groovy guava used here</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">pattern paper for </span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">layers on</span></span></span></b></span> pull tabs: 5"x2-3/8" (2) - dictionary pages used here</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">stamped card stock for layers on prism: 4"x2</span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">¼" (2) - dictionary pages used here</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Fiskars cutting tool (or craft knife & mat)</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">adhesive</span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">corner rounder </span></span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"></span></span></b>I made this one earlier in the week, posted it on Splitcoaststampers, and got a number of requests for instructions. Hence, the tutorial. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Place the prism piece on your ScorPal with the long side on top and score at 2-1/2", 5", and 7-1/2". </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mountain fold all scores and round the corners. Although they will not show on the finished card, rounding
the corners helps the mechanism work smoothly. I used a 1/2" corner
chomper. I'm using white card stock for many of the photos, since it easier to see the folds. I marked them with green. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Place pull tab B on your ScorPal with the long side on top and score at 1/2". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">On the prism piece, at 1-1/4", 2-1/2", and 7-1/2", cut a slot from 3/4" to 3-1/2" (marked in black). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Lay the prism piece so the smallest panel is on the right and the folds are valley (this is the inside of the prism). Adhere the left end of pull tab A to the small panel of the prism, centering the edge along the slot. For the mechanism to work properly, be sure everything is straight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Before attaching pull tab B, it helps if you fold over pull tab A and mark the edges where pull tab B will be placed. (next 2 photos - note the green horizontal marks) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">With the 1/2" panel of pull tab B to the right, align the fold with the slotted fold on the left of the prism, again centering along the slot (if you marked as above, you will be placing the 1/2" panel between the marks). Adhere the 1/2" panel to the right of the slot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is what is should look like now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And standing up. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now is the time to add your layers to the pull tabs. They will go on the sides that face the center. Once the mechanism is in place, these will face the front of the card. I stamped on a dictionary page, using branches and leaf lines (SU sets). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tuck pull tab B (left one) through the slot under pull tab A. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tuck pull tab A from the outside through the slot on the opposite end and back out the next slot. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Turn the card over to the front. You can now see the ends of the pull tabs. Make sure any directional design is in the correct position when placing the front layers on the card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Add your stamped card stock layers to the front of the prism. I stamped a Hero Arts image on a dictionary page and painted the image with Koi watercolor paints and a water brush. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pull both tabs to open the card and stand up the prism. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This card will stand on its own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is how it looks from the top and the back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">After I got this far, I decided I wanted to sponge the edges with vintage photo distress ink, so I opened the card back up in order to do the edges of the pull tabs. Here is my finished card. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To close the card, you simply push the pull tabs back towards the center and the card will flatten to fit in an envelope. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I hope you enjoyed my tutorial and will try making this very fun, interactive card. If you have any questions or confusion with the instructions, please feel free to email me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thanks so much for taking time to visit today. </span>Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-19496948171260052022017-04-28T18:14:00.001-05:002017-06-20T00:11:31.256-05:00house boxes tutorialHi friends. Sorry it's been so long since I've posted.<br />
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The last couple of days I've been working on a little box - shaped like a house. I know there are some dies out there that you can use to create something similar, but I was sure I could make one without a die.<br />
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I remember my dad making little wooden houses and other buildings from 2x4's for my siblings and myself when we were children. He painted them, including windows and doors. These little boxes remind me of those.<br />
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I wasn't sure what size to make, so I started with a prototype from a JoAnn's flyer, which was 6"x11". I ended up cutting a half inch off the end.<br />
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But, I really wanted it a bit taller, not a lot, just a half inch, so I ended up using card stock that was 6-1/2"x10-1/2". On the long side, score at 3", 5", 8", and 10". I used a green marker to show the score lines. <br />
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Then turn 1/4 turn to the left and score at 4" and 6".<br />
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Turn 1/2 turn and at 5", mark the top edge, and score across the 2" panels and the 1/2" panel.<br />
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Turn 1/4 turn to the left and mark the top edge at 1-1/2" and 6-1/2".<br />
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Use a straight edge and bone folder to score diagonally from these marks as shown in the next diagram.<br />
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You need to do diagonals in both directions to form the roof peaks. This is what your score lines should look like. <br />
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Next, cut on all the vertical scores; from the bottom up to the 2nd cross score, and from the top down to the 1st cross score. The cut lines are in black. <br />
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At this point, you will need to trim away the sections that are shaded below.<br />
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On the 3 bottom tabs and the side tab, trim at a slight angle to make fitting easier. Your house should now look like this.<br />
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I proceeded to put the box together and forgot to stamp it. You really want to do that while it is still flat. You may want to add designer paper instead of stamping, or get really creative with mixed media. Any dimensional embellishments can wait until the house is all together. <br />
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Once you have the sides stamped or decorated, you can start putting it together. I flip it over; fold the 2" and 1/2" panels toward the center. Using whatever adhesive you choose (I used Tombow Mono multi glue) by putting adhesive on the 1/2" tab. Fold over the farthest panel and press onto the tab.<br />
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To form the roof area, the angled tabs are adhered to the straight flaps. It is easiest to put them on top rather than underneath. They will get covered by the roof, so they will not show. <br />
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For the roof, cut a piece of card stock 2"x4-1/4"; score at 2-1/8". I embossed this one in my Tim Holtz notebook embossing folder, and then inked it with vintage photo distress ink. You can use any embossing folder you choose, or make shingles using a border punch or die. I know I want to make one with corrugated cardboard for a roof. You'll see another house below with shingles using Tim's vintage rooftops die. <br />
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Glue the rooftop onto the house. It does not have any overhang. If you want that, you need to cut this piece a bit larger.<br />
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Close the house box at the bottom. Now you can add any other decorations you wish.<br />
I added the designer paper after I had the house all glued together, but it would have been much easier to do it first. I only added embellishments to one side. The finished size is 4" high, 3" wide, and 2" deep. <br />
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Here's one I made from the same card stock, but stamped the sides.<br />
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And another one from designer card stock. This is the one with the shingles.<br />
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And here they are all together.<br />
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I hope you like my tutorial and will try these. This will make a nice gift box or you could make a whole village. I know I will be making more.<br />
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<br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-21377323370627247292017-01-20T23:10:00.000-06:002017-01-20T23:15:24.598-06:004 months!Hi friends,<br />
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4 months? Oh, my! I had no idea it has been that long since I've posted here. I guess I should try to do better.<br />
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I've been doing a lot of crocheting. I started a shawl and what I think will be more of a lap blanket. I'm using size 20 crochet cotton thread, so they are a lot different than using yarn. I get a lot of partially used balls of thread at Good Will, and I'm generally not too picky about the colors, so I wanted to make something that would use those and wouldn't matter if I ran out of a color. So I found a motif pattern that's pretty easy to work up. I've never worked with motifs before, so this was a new experience for me. This particular pattern gets connected on the last round of the motif, and then there are smaller motifs for fill in between the larger ones.<br />
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The colored one will be the lap blanket. The fill in motifs are black, which is very hard to work on at night or even a cloudy day, so I tend to add a row of large motifs before going back on a sunny day and working in the black. You can see where the black has not yet been added.<br />
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The white one will be a shawl, but because all white thread is not identical (you know, like 50 shades of gray?, but white...), I will most likely dye this one when it is finished.<br />
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I'm thinking maybe dark blue. Here's a close up of the motifs.<br />
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Something else I've discovered is that there is a great amount of disparity between brands of crochet thread. Although all of these are size 10, they really are not all the same size. But, I don't think it's going to matter on these projects... size is pretty flexible.<br />
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Another thing I did recently is make a trivet from wine corks.<br />
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I cut them in half & hot glued them together. I wish I would have made it thinner, so the next one will be. I'm cutting the corks into quarters this time. Here's a picture where it doesn't blend into the background so much.<br />
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And, after about a month of not touching my stamps, I have done some stamping. I was about 11 weeks behind in the <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/splitcoast-challenges-f40/alphabet-challenge-round-6-a-t611701-181.html#post21400524">alphabet challenge </a>on SCS, and I'm now completely caught up.<br />
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I also had my classes this month, so I needed to make cards for those. And sometimes I like to do the technique that is posted each week in a special tutorial. This week was a <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/facetedbox/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=">faceted box</a>. I made one.<br />
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And thought maybe I would not make another. But when I showed it to my class ladies, they wanted to make one, so that is on the agenda for next month. I changed up the instructions a little on the size of paper to start with, because it didn't make sense to make it longer than necessary & then cut off the excess. This also made scoring the long sides the same measurements on both sides.<br />
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Thanks so much for stopping by to visit my very neglected blog. Have a great weekend. Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-69055016587292744332016-09-24T20:48:00.000-05:002016-09-24T20:48:06.358-05:00choo chooHi friends. I've been having fun with waterfall cards lately. Originally, I think these were meant to be vertical, so they actually represented a waterfall, but I've seen also some horizontal ones. I've been using the horizontal layout. Sometimes, I think either would work, but occasionally, the horizontal style is necessary. They appear to be a complicated card, but really are rather simple. I've also done some experimenting with the size of the actually moving parts. Here are some I've recently made. <br />
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I made this floral one for a <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/try-new-technique-f44/tlc602-~-dont-go-chasing-waterfalls-%7B09-05-2016%7D-t612713.html#post21314325">technique challenge on SCS</a>. Then I used it as one of the techniques in my class this month. I realized that as long as the moving parts fit underneath the brace strip, I could pretty much do anything on this. The butterfly extends beyond the pull strip, but is on on stationary part of the strip. <br />
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This one was a card request by my DH for a friend he plays volleyball with. These are the colors on their shirts. <br />
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And this one was made for a little 4 year old boy who loves trains. He just had some surgery and I hope this will cheer him up. I really stretched the parameters on this one. I made the pull strip 1/2" wider than normal, and all of the train cars extend above or below the strip, but I made sure they would still fit under the brace. Because this card will most likely be played with a bit, I doubled the eyelets on the brace for more stability. The engine.<br />
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The coal car. <br />
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The box car. <br />
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And the caboose. <br />
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Thank you so much for stopping in for a visit today. <br />
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<br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-40044464574356546122016-08-23T09:00:00.000-05:002016-08-23T09:00:08.473-05:00another mug rugHi friends. I apologize that this blog has been so neglected. It's not that I haven't been creating, because I have. <br />
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The last weekend of July and the first week of August was the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge scramble (haha, for want of a better description) on SCS. The challenges are for SCS fan club members only as a special thank you for supporting the site. This is an annual event, and this year there were a total of 42 challenges during that week. There are random prizes drawn for participants, and some special prizes for those who create a separate card for each challenge, also called the challenge queens. I qualified as a queen this year, so by the time the week was over, I was pretty exhausted. I happened to win one of the prizes this year, which I think is pretty cool. It's a $25 gift certificate for Serendipity Stamps. I'm going to have a hard time choosing. <br />
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Here are a few of the cards I made that week. For Dina's challenge:<br />
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For Alba's challenge: <br />
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For Angie's challenge: <br />
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For Sabrina's challenge - the flowers on this one were colored with milk & heated - a rather fun technique: <br />
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For Robin's challenge: <br />
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For Bev's challenge: <br />
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For Nancy's challenge: <br />
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I could add more, but maybe in another post. <br />
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I also wanted to show you the special mug rug I made for Lydia's birthday, which is Wednesday. She has a couple of rescue cats, and designed a <a href="http://137251.spreadshirt.com/">cat image</a> for some merchandise. I wanted her mug rug to be meaningful to her, so I used her cat image as a starting point. The cat is hand appliqued and the features are machine appliqued. I did a lot of funky hand quilting in the background. <br />
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I hope she loves it. She should have received it, so I feel free to post this. <br />
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Thank you so much for stopping by today. <br />
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<br />Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-4694418441737335862016-07-19T13:12:00.000-05:002016-07-19T13:12:19.272-05:00just saying helloHi friends. Today I made a card for last week's <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/splitcoast-challenges-f40/alphabet-challenge-t606893-44.html">alphabet challenge</a> post #2183 on splitcoast. It was week 26, which meant the letter Z. A 2nd part of the challenge was to add up the numbers in your zip code & also use the letter that number represented. Mine added up to 25 (Y). <br />
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I thought I had finished my card, took photos, & started to write this post, when I realized that I had forgotten to do part 2 of the challenge. Oops! So back to add some yellow for Y, retake all the photos, crop, etc.... and here I am. <br />
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I made a waterfall card. It's a fun interactive card that looks really complicated, but actually is not hard at all, if you have some good directions to follow. Splitcoast has a great <a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/waterfall_card/">tutorial</a>, and there are also others online, including videos. I used a bit of both, but then made some slight alterations in the measurements to fit the stamp image. I also made my waterfall mechanism horizontal instead of vertical. I also added the round tab punch to act as a pull tab. <br />
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Here is the card before you pull the tab to activate the waterfall. I made some stripes with black and white cardstock.<br />
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And as you pull the tab, each image becomes visible. <br />
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Here is a closeup of the zebra image. <br />
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If you've never made a waterfall card, I recommend that you try it. It's really a fun card. <br />
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Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a great day. Melody (lacyquilter)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17198199947118029741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882151923274220136.post-59975227916778517902016-07-11T11:35:00.001-05:002024-02-05T19:18:32.189-06:00don't hide the elephantHi friends. Yikes! I can't believe how long it's been since I posted! <br />
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I've been steadily working on the butterfly quilt blocks. I have a lot of them appliqued (haven't been counting), but still need to add the antennae. I think I'll embroider those on with black embroidery floss. I still need to pick out a few more fabrics for the backgrounds. I'm planning a total of 90 blocks, so it is a big project. I watch basically no TV, except for the Brewers baseball games. This is time that I can do handwork -- thus a quilt such as this. <br />
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Something else I've been working on is some mug rugs. <br />
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In May, Mark & I, and some friends since back in his GE days went up to Westby, Wisconsin for a weekend. Westby is a little town not too far from La Crosse. It is also the home of Branches Winery, owned and operated by another former GE friend, Gene Burgholz & his wife, Therese. The winery has only been in operation 3 years, but we were quite impressed. And there wasn't a single wine that we didn't like. If you get the opportunity to visit, I would definitely recommend doing so. <br />
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Besides the winery, Gene took us out to his house to see his 'collection'. Apparently over the years, he has gone hunting in Africa a number of times. He has a large room filled with his prizes from the hunt. And center stage is the head of an elephant! He explained to us the process of mounting it -- quite an undertaking. I wish I had thought to take some photos. <br />
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So, back to the mug rugs. I wanted to send a thank you gift to Gene & Therese, so I made them each a mug rug. I thought an elephant would be perfect for Gene, so I searched for a silhouette online, and then adapted & simplified it to work for an applique. This one is machine appliqued and hand quilted. (Don't look too closely at my quilting stitches.) Here is the elephant (front and back). <br />
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Since Therese is a quilter, I used a quilt block on hers. The hexagon flower was an extra from the quilt top that I finished last year (that still needs to be quilted). This one is hand appliqued and hand quilted. <br />
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