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Wanted to make some miniature cross stitch threads for my Sunshine Family dolls. I couldn’t find any useful tutorials and ended up with the idea of using flat head pins in wood (balsa) to the make them the length I wanted. Tried an individual one first and once those tests worked out the size I wanted made a larger template that could make them in bulk - 16 rows of three (48 colours) . Filled it up three times and by the third set it was much easier. The first ones I did I originally wrapped the threads 6 times but decided to change it to 8 times so it was a bit of a mess, by the end of the second lot I started to get a rhythm to it and the third one was much faster.
I tried making miniature printed labels but I don’t have the program or the printer to suit so just went with plain black bands. Used 80gsm black strips of paper just cut with a paper cutter (which the blade needs to be replaced so they are not perfect but they worked).
Yes, the pin ends did hurt doing this if I wasn’t careful but by the time I was onto my third set I was adapt at not touching them. Used pointed tweezers and a pin for applying the glue, a lot of close up work and borrowed my partners 3+ glasses to be able to see what I was doing. Overall pretty happy with the results considering I don’t normally make miniatures or much for that matter :-).
Afterwards I ended up finding a tutorial for 1/12 scale threads on Ambers House blog which turned out similar except she used needles facing into a wooden block and used tracing paper coloured black and silk thread (I just used the threads I had).
This image has the framework I used, some completed ones (they are from my first set of 16 colours) and hung in the temp stand (make from balsa and the hooks are just jewelry head pins cut short and turned at the end). I have another stand idea in mind but if and when that will happen I don’t know as I am still investigating how to make it.
Christmas Eve, 2007, Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, Washington.
One last hurrah with the Fuji FinePix A340.
The Garden d'Lights festival is from November 24th through December 31. Inspired by plants found in Northwest gardens, hundreds of volunteers bundle strings of commercial grade outdoor lights into three dimensional flowers, shrubs, vines, and critters.
I'm absolutely loving the dof the 50mm f/1.8 can provide... but it's a bit of a bummer that the D50 can't provide a shutter speed fast enough to take a picture at 1.8 in broad daylight. So, bizarrely for someone used to poor old digitals, some of the best shots can be taken inside.
Picked up this lot of vintage threads and notions at an estate sale today. The threads are the prettiest but there's a whole box of notions in the silver box. Paid $3 at an estate sale.
having thread tension troubles this am. damn it! Would like to make some oversewn tees this am, but that's very delicate work, and I don't have the "groove" today. Some other time, perhaps. sigh.
I store my thread by fiber type and size in these plastic drawer systems. For more information about the five weights of thread find page 9 in the book Threads – The Basics and Beyond
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Yeah, I know. It's usually "needle and thread," but this blanket has been spending a lot of time with the needle & thread lately. It's something of a security blanket my son has had since he was little. When he gets upset lately, he pulls at it, and has ripped the tags off several times. This might not be a problem, except that he's particularly fond of the tags, and so comes to me in tears asking me to fix it.
So...blanket and thread.
(Theme: Togetherness...things that go together)
An online friend stitched in free motion, black thread , and gouache on a heavy manilla index card...photo at Sktchy. #the100dayproject 14/100
Kreinik metallic threads in bright lemon shades. Love this color with gray, cobalt, just about anything.
Video about these: www.kreinik.com/shops/Colorful-Kreinik-Metallic-Threads-b...
www.etsy.com/listing/224382286/gold-hanger-padded-hanger-...
• DIMENSIONS
→ 38 cm in length/15,75 inches
• COLOR
→ lavender
• MATERIALS
→ Strong wooden base is covered with a soft foam along the entire length that allows to keep a good shape of a hanger
→ Sturdy metal hook threaded through the full width of the wood core to prevent it from pulling out
→ Satin, satin ribbon
→ 1st grade of organic lavender buds