Crafting Ideas wanted
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Comments (8)Karen..I like Sal's idea. Here's what my sister did. Her runner had pointed ends. She folded one point over onto the front, the amount she folded over was eyeballed until it looked right.this let the back fabric show on the front. She then sewed by hand through the back, catching the back of the folded down are with stitches, but did not let the stitches show onto the front of the folded down part. She stitched about 1 1/2 to 2 inches down...this made a casing. She then sewed a tassel onto the turned down part's point and pinned on a beautiful brooch she had that co ordinated with the fabric. (could use a fancy button too.) She then slipped in a piece of dowel rod painted to match the tassel color and about 6 inches longer than the runner's width. She placed cup hooks in the wall so that the runner hung just inside them. She put the dowell on the cup hooks, and then she hung satin cording with tassels off the ends of the dowells that stuck out. It looks like a beautiful bell pull..and hangs between her dining room and living room. I think these would make a stunning display grouped together...or on either side of a window or doorway. Let us know what you decide to do. Good idea!!...See Moreoff the beaten path craft ideas?
Comments (20)I'm the same in disliking "country" crafts and I'm not the typical girly girl either :) I like meatier projects myself. I've gone to firewood piles and taken logs, peeled them, sanded them till my fingers were falling off, put layers of polyurethane on them and topped them with a slab of beautiful flagstone that I sealed. I made a tall entry way table, coffee table and two end tables. I get into phases. I had my sheet metal phase and made a bunch of outdoor light sconces. It was a very inexpensive craft too. I bought rolls of sheet metal at the hardware store, I had tin snips. I made a pattern for the sconces, cut them out and used a nail and hammer to punch holes in a pattern to let the light shine through. I thought about carpel tunnel syndrome after about a half dozen of them and realized I'd better come up with a less complicated pattern because I had to punch too many holes!! I attached a back section with liquid nails with a hole cut out for the light bulb area. I then spray painted them hammered copper. Another sheet metal project I did for a while was making geckos, butterflies and dragonflies etc. I made patterns and cut them out and painted them. Then came the gourd phase and I made dioramas with gourds. I cut a hole in the gourd and set a little scene of a house, fire pit, plants, and pained a little scenery too. I wanted to put a light inside, but never got around to it. Then my favorite phase...is my Hanging overall planters. I take used childrens overalls and paint them with polyurethane and hang them with plants in them. They are really cute! I also have made wreaths with prickly pear pads (carefully!!) and they turned out great and very unique. I also found some grape roots that are similar to driftwood and decorated them with little wood quail and grass and hung them on the wall. I've also made tea cup bird feeders, helped make a wine barrel fountain with three tiers. Some projects I have in mind are a fountain with a half barrel with a watering can tipped into the barrel flowing water into the barrel. I've also come across an artist that makes twig sculptures that I want to try (I have a lot of twigs to choose from!!) and I want to paint our mailbox with a letter and a scene. I hope you can capture some inspiration from where ever you can find it and go for it!! I love to go to arts and crafts festivals and gather ideas and inspiration from other artisans! It usually gets my creative juices flowing again!...See MoreWANTED: Wanted fibre craft doll patterns
Comments (0)Looking for fibre craft doll patterns....See MoreCraft idea need input please
Comments (18)I think decoupage is a skill, I tried it last summer and although my project did not turn out badly, neither was it the beautiful examples that people had posted of their own work in the thread at the time. I think I am going to use fat quarters and velcro. The advantages are that if I want to change to another pattern or back to the original I can, and also with some effort a particular piece can be repositioned. There are companies selling packaged fat quarters for crafts so I ordered some on Etsy. I am going for a shabby chic bedroom look. Not everyone loves that but I do, but I could also see wanting to change back to neutrals at some point....See Moreont_gal
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