I just finished up a painting that I started a while ago, I should see if I can get a decent picture of it. it's not anything to write home about but I had fun working on it.
Yeah, while I'm kind of meh about the results (I like it more the more I look at it though) I think that I really enjoy the physical act of painting
I think it needs something to really catch the eye.
Something big and round, with an interesting landscape covered in various seas and craters. Maybe the light could be shining on it in such a way that you only see part of it, with a vague hint of the rest of it cloaked in shadow.
Just a random thought.
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Foolproofthats what my hearts becomein that place you dare not look staring back at youRegistered Userregular
Yeah, while I'm kind of meh about the results (I like it more the more I look at it though) I think that I really enjoy the physical act of painting
I think it needs something to really catch the eye.
Something big and round, with an interesting landscape covered in various seas and craters. Maybe the light could be shining on it in such a way that you only see part of it, with a vague hint of the rest of it cloaked in shadow.
Yeah, while I'm kind of meh about the results (I like it more the more I look at it though) I think that I really enjoy the physical act of painting
I think it needs something to really catch the eye.
Something big and round, with an interesting landscape covered in various seas and craters. Maybe the light could be shining on it in such a way that you only see part of it, with a vague hint of the rest of it cloaked in shadow.
Ordered a sewing ma-shinns! SO EXCITED omggggg I haven't sewn anything for years and years, and used my mother's awesome old Singer last time. Finally getting my own and I have the space for it! Let the overconfidence and ensuing frustrations begin!!
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It is true that everything is improved by the addition of a tyrannosaur. I volunteer to pose if required.
I have been feeling a hankering to make some bracelets recently, but I don't know how. I guess I should just go to a craft shop and look at the beads or whatever?
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Thank you michaels coupons for saving me like $25 on canvases
Good news is that even if I don't keep painting, I have lots of hobbies that use canvas!
Ordered a sewing ma-shinns! SO EXCITED omggggg I haven't sewn anything for years and years, and used my mother's awesome old Singer last time. Finally getting my own and I have the space for it! Let the overconfidence and ensuing frustrations begin!!
There is no task on the planet that is capable of making both my mother and my sister Melanie scream and swear at the top of their lungs as much as sewing does.
It's almost meditative for me though, so enjoy!
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I painted another thing
It's based off a photo that I took in Alaska at midnight:
Ordered a sewing ma-shinns! SO EXCITED omggggg I haven't sewn anything for years and years, and used my mother's awesome old Singer last time. Finally getting my own and I have the space for it! Let the overconfidence and ensuing frustrations begin!!
There is no task on the planet that is capable of making both my mother and my sister Melanie scream and swear at the top of their lungs as much as sewing does.
It's almost meditative for me though, so enjoy!
Haha yeah, I had quite a few frustrations when I sewed last time...but I think it was also partially due to the fact that I was a lot younger, and pretty impatient to "make things! Even if it's really complicated!". I'm still a bit impatient when it comes to that stuff now, but I think I'm a lot better over all. I'm going to start on smaller projects and super basic jeans-tailoring (sewing darts in the waistline, hemming the legs), and work my way up.
...Also, after having said all that, in the back of my head I am planning on making a blazer/jacket at some point, which is apparently one of the hardest things to sew, next to pants...heh!
I'm thinking of also making myself a personal dressform, somehow, seeing as how I'm planning on making myself some clothing. Apparently dressforms are also not the most basic things to make, but they're still on the "easier half" of projects. Premade dressforms are expensive as balls and I'm short and curvy so I don't think any of them would really fit me, anyhow.
Oh maaaaaan it's being delivered todaaaaaay I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. Probably blow a paycheck at the fabric store yessssss
My mom and aunt have duct-tape dressforms that they made together as a project. My mom uses hers a fairly good amount.
Sleeve tip: If your pattern allows for it (and most do) sew the sleeve to the arm hole before sewing the side seam. Then you just sew the side seam all the way down the garment and the sleeve together. It's much, MUCH easier than sewing the garment together and the sleeve together and then trying to fit the closed sleeve into the closed garment. So far I've had maybe one pattern (a pieced/boned Renaissance bodice) that didn't allow me to change up and add the sleeve this way.
Seriously a risk now tbh (and I don't have the space to be hoarding!)
Our ebay store has -98- pages of yarn for me to go through.
I can get one of those huge spools of Sugar 'n Cram yarn for like... 7 bucks. They sell crochet thread too, and omg I want to weave and crochet everything.
I'ma gonna research and then buy a bunch all at once in a month or so, I just bought a 1 TB hard drive/cheapo keyboard/SATA cable from our catalogue so I don't want to buy more unnecessary stuff for a little while at least. Give myself a buffer. (Plus I ordered some yarn from Michael's using that 4th of July 3 hour 40% anything sale they had a few days ago.)
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So my roller derby team is having a crafting night so we can make our new mascot before championships next weekend.
@#pipe how do I get in to this roller derby thing?
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#pipeCocky Stride, Musky odoursPope of Chili TownRegistered Userregular
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We were actually talking to @Usagi and @Fire Truck about it when we went to visit last month.
Portland's house league, The Rose City Rollers (their charter team is currently ranked 4th in the world) has a beginner's program called Rose City Wreckers
They have beginner skating lessons every Sunday and I know they have gear you can use if you don't have anything yet.
Derby is amazing and fun and has an incredibly community, one of the most queer friendly environments I've ever encountered, and a super good workout.
I would suggest starting by going to watch Rose City play some time. Their venue is awesome and their team is super exciting and incredibly high level.
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edited July 2014
I've been taking nature photographs while on my mushroom hunts. One that I took was submitted to and is being displayed over on the front page of the coast to coast site. So this gets me photographer rep and crazy guy rep, right?
I'm going to need to hold a car wash to raise the money for gear!
You really only need to spend big bucks on skates and a helmet.
Please spend a decent amount of money on a helmet. Concussions occur in derby all the time and a good helmet can make them 3 or 4 days of boredom instead of 6 months not being able to function as a human because you can't drive or work or use a computer.
The derby store here in Vancouver does Fresh Meat packages that get you everything you need to start skating - skates, wheels, knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, helmet and mouthguard for just under $300. It would be cheaper still in Oregon with no sales tax
Man, getting into a new hobby...I forgot how expensive it can be.
I feel like I've been slowly gathering all my supplies so I can sew things...got a sewing machine, nice scissors ("only to be used for fabric" as my mother hammered into my head as a kid), sewing machine needles, some fabric, a seam ripper, pin cushion, pins...and I just dropped 200 bones on a surprisingly nice dress form. I thought about it pretty hard and realized that making something that complex myself would likely be a bit too difficult...and adding some bewb and hip to a high-rated, pre-made one was likely the way to go, instead. Also, it's insane how expensive those things can get. I saw professional dress forms in the multi-thousand dollar range.
Once I get some thread, I should have everything I need to finally start sewin'.
On another note, every time I have to walk into a crafts store, or an art supply store, or even a Home Depot, my brain just explodes and I get excited about all the possibilities. "I could SCREENPRINT! Or build a DECK! Or make a BIRDHOUSE! Or MARBLE some paper! Or or or - "
Yeah, I figure with a dress form I'll have a much easier time with things. Plus, I can leave a half-finished project pinned there, and make tweaks and adjustments and see the garment all the way around, which will be hugely beneficial.
I'm just so tired of struggling so badly every time I want to find something in a store that will fit me. I figure I can struggle a bit at home, but in the end have something that's basically tailored to my shape and height.
The one downside is that it seems like 90% of sew-ers out there are quilters...so all the fabric shops cater more to quilting and upholstery fabrics (though there are some BEAUTIFUL upholstery prints out there), but there is a very very slim selection of apparel fabrics that have nice prints on them. A lot of them are really dated looking, or for kids, or Halloween projects, etc. It looks like I'll have slightly better luck shopping online, but then I can't touch and squish and stretch the fabric and see how thick it is. A lot of them have swatches available so I guess I'll try that out if I come across something I really seriously want.
I even looked into places that will print you custom designs on fabrics, but they are heeeeella expensive. "Spoonflower" is a website I looked up that seemed really nice, until I read lots of reviews that mentioned how their eco-friendly inks and printing process resulted in fabrics that fade 50% in the wash.
But oh well. There's still a number of cool things I can make even with those restrictions.
yeah ... where are you living again? i can't remember, but the back of my head is saying it's a proper big city?
In which case you wanna try and find the big fabric warehouses. You're right on, small stores tend to cater to quilters and/or rich hobbyists, but there'll always be places where actual tailors, etc, buy from. Usually somewhere out of the centre, in an industrial area or a shabby commercial district, etc. In australia they tend to be in immigrant-heavy areas but that's probably not a generalization that'll carry everywhere. But I've never lived or even visited a city of >0.5mil that doesn't have some resources like that.
Yeah, I'm in the Boston area. I've been to some larger stores here, and they're better, but still don't really have many apparel fabrics. I still have a few stores to check out, though. I've heard from a lot of reviews that if you're looking for a better apparel fabric scene, you need to go to NYC...which is expected, in a way. If I think "cool, nice, modern fabrics" my first thought goes to NYC or maybe somewhere in Southern California.
Getting to NYC from here wouldn't be too hard, and it's only a few hours by train (I need to visit my cousin at some point over there, any how) but it's definitely an event, and not something I can do too often. I just need to remember that I want to do that so I can schedule it in. :P
yeah or do the chinatown bus thing for cheap, it was like $20 return last time i was making that trip.
But you're right, Boston is oddly bleak in some ways. The only one I can think of to check if you haven't already is Sew-Low in the Cambridge area - or there's a few in Chinatown but I don't remember if they were any good.
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I will make it and shoot it over to you before Xmas, you can pay me when you got the funds
I think it needs something to really catch the eye.
Something big and round, with an interesting landscape covered in various seas and craters. Maybe the light could be shining on it in such a way that you only see part of it, with a vague hint of the rest of it cloaked in shadow.
Just a random thought.
paint three more so they can be hung like a window looking out.
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It is true that everything is improved by the addition of a tyrannosaur. I volunteer to pose if required.
I have been feeling a hankering to make some bracelets recently, but I don't know how. I guess I should just go to a craft shop and look at the beads or whatever?
Good news is that even if I don't keep painting, I have lots of hobbies that use canvas!
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There is no task on the planet that is capable of making both my mother and my sister Melanie scream and swear at the top of their lungs as much as sewing does.
It's almost meditative for me though, so enjoy!
It's based off a photo that I took in Alaska at midnight:
But I really like blue so it got way bluer
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Haha yeah, I had quite a few frustrations when I sewed last time...but I think it was also partially due to the fact that I was a lot younger, and pretty impatient to "make things! Even if it's really complicated!". I'm still a bit impatient when it comes to that stuff now, but I think I'm a lot better over all. I'm going to start on smaller projects and super basic jeans-tailoring (sewing darts in the waistline, hemming the legs), and work my way up.
...Also, after having said all that, in the back of my head I am planning on making a blazer/jacket at some point, which is apparently one of the hardest things to sew, next to pants...heh!
I'm thinking of also making myself a personal dressform, somehow, seeing as how I'm planning on making myself some clothing. Apparently dressforms are also not the most basic things to make, but they're still on the "easier half" of projects. Premade dressforms are expensive as balls and I'm short and curvy so I don't think any of them would really fit me, anyhow.
Oh maaaaaan it's being delivered todaaaaaay I don't know what I'm going to do with myself. Probably blow a paycheck at the fabric store yessssss
everything else is pretty straightforward though. Sewing is fun!
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Sleeve tip: If your pattern allows for it (and most do) sew the sleeve to the arm hole before sewing the side seam. Then you just sew the side seam all the way down the garment and the sleeve together. It's much, MUCH easier than sewing the garment together and the sleeve together and then trying to fit the closed sleeve into the closed garment. So far I've had maybe one pattern (a pieced/boned Renaissance bodice) that didn't allow me to change up and add the sleeve this way.
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That skein of $6.69 cotton yarn? boom I can buy it at $1.34
I AM SO HYPDED ABOUT YARN RIGHT NOW. I'm making a spreadsheet of what I want from what we sell.
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Our ebay store has -98- pages of yarn for me to go through.
I can get one of those huge spools of Sugar 'n Cram yarn for like... 7 bucks. They sell crochet thread too, and omg I want to weave and crochet everything.
I'ma gonna research and then buy a bunch all at once in a month or so, I just bought a 1 TB hard drive/cheapo keyboard/SATA cable from our catalogue so I don't want to buy more unnecessary stuff for a little while at least. Give myself a buffer. (Plus I ordered some yarn from Michael's using that 4th of July 3 hour 40% anything sale they had a few days ago.)
I can't wait.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
@#pipe how do I get in to this roller derby thing?
Portland's house league, The Rose City Rollers (their charter team is currently ranked 4th in the world) has a beginner's program called Rose City Wreckers
They have beginner skating lessons every Sunday and I know they have gear you can use if you don't have anything yet.
Derby is amazing and fun and has an incredibly community, one of the most queer friendly environments I've ever encountered, and a super good workout.
I would suggest starting by going to watch Rose City play some time. Their venue is awesome and their team is super exciting and incredibly high level.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
So we're besties now okay?
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You really only need to spend big bucks on skates and a helmet.
Please spend a decent amount of money on a helmet. Concussions occur in derby all the time and a good helmet can make them 3 or 4 days of boredom instead of 6 months not being able to function as a human because you can't drive or work or use a computer.
The derby store here in Vancouver does Fresh Meat packages that get you everything you need to start skating - skates, wheels, knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, helmet and mouthguard for just under $300. It would be cheaper still in Oregon with no sales tax
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I feel like I've been slowly gathering all my supplies so I can sew things...got a sewing machine, nice scissors ("only to be used for fabric" as my mother hammered into my head as a kid), sewing machine needles, some fabric, a seam ripper, pin cushion, pins...and I just dropped 200 bones on a surprisingly nice dress form. I thought about it pretty hard and realized that making something that complex myself would likely be a bit too difficult...and adding some bewb and hip to a high-rated, pre-made one was likely the way to go, instead. Also, it's insane how expensive those things can get. I saw professional dress forms in the multi-thousand dollar range.
Once I get some thread, I should have everything I need to finally start sewin'.
On another note, every time I have to walk into a crafts store, or an art supply store, or even a Home Depot, my brain just explodes and I get excited about all the possibilities. "I could SCREENPRINT! Or build a DECK! Or make a BIRDHOUSE! Or MARBLE some paper! Or or or - "
I'm just so tired of struggling so badly every time I want to find something in a store that will fit me. I figure I can struggle a bit at home, but in the end have something that's basically tailored to my shape and height.
The one downside is that it seems like 90% of sew-ers out there are quilters...so all the fabric shops cater more to quilting and upholstery fabrics (though there are some BEAUTIFUL upholstery prints out there), but there is a very very slim selection of apparel fabrics that have nice prints on them. A lot of them are really dated looking, or for kids, or Halloween projects, etc. It looks like I'll have slightly better luck shopping online, but then I can't touch and squish and stretch the fabric and see how thick it is. A lot of them have swatches available so I guess I'll try that out if I come across something I really seriously want.
I even looked into places that will print you custom designs on fabrics, but they are heeeeella expensive.
But oh well. There's still a number of cool things I can make even with those restrictions.
In which case you wanna try and find the big fabric warehouses. You're right on, small stores tend to cater to quilters and/or rich hobbyists, but there'll always be places where actual tailors, etc, buy from. Usually somewhere out of the centre, in an industrial area or a shabby commercial district, etc. In australia they tend to be in immigrant-heavy areas but that's probably not a generalization that'll carry everywhere. But I've never lived or even visited a city of >0.5mil that doesn't have some resources like that.
Getting to NYC from here wouldn't be too hard, and it's only a few hours by train (I need to visit my cousin at some point over there, any how) but it's definitely an event, and not something I can do too often. I just need to remember that I want to do that so I can schedule it in. :P
But you're right, Boston is oddly bleak in some ways. The only one I can think of to check if you haven't already is Sew-Low in the Cambridge area - or there's a few in Chinatown but I don't remember if they were any good.