You can always buy a heavy duty needle for the types of fabric you will be sewing. Or a smaller needle if you are sewing silk or something more delicate. The needles on sewing machines are changeable.…but I hardly ever change mine
Don't think you could call what I do "painting"!The button looks nice, and the eyes added more life to it. So you can paint as well?
You were brave to take a chance on that tote of precut pieces. The colors are very nice! You always show such nice quilting projects.I don't think I've shared this one, and in a couple days it'll be mailed to it's new home to be a couch quilt. I've been calling it "the ugly" quilt, as the fabrics for the top came in a box of fabric from an estate sale, the fabrics were pre-cut, and some what poorly done, there was no pattern, so I just started sewing, made a couple cuts and did more sewing. The back is a lovely floral print. It wasn't done in this pic, but it's the only one I've taken.
Wow. Looks rich and elegant. No wonder the group was so impressed.Last Sunday I was teaching kids about the tabernacle so I made one out of cardboard and paper and my craft supplies. The big box was from my new cart and the rest from supplies from our recent remodel.
I had it in a room across the hall and when we returned the kids sang so loud and were so happy that that ritual has been done away with!
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I didn't realize it was so much pre-cut pieces, as there were some uncut fabrics as well, I just picked boxes with fabrics i liked. Did give some away that didn't fit my needs/taste.You were brave to take a chance on that tote of precut pieces. The colors are very nice! You always show such nice quilting projects.
So creative.He is styrofoam, covered in mesh, then several layers of Thinset with three different sizes of glass tiles and a few seed beads, sprinkled here and there, and for the nostrils, and painted glass eyes.
That looks amazing. I like how its head is sort of reared up, as though looking around. With the thinset, would it be durable for outdoors? What made you think of such an interesting craft?I finally finished the snake, yay. I had to go back and look, I carved the foam back in August! Wow, I am slow.
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Those are my feet, so you can get an idea of size. And just for fun:
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He is styrofoam, covered in mesh, then several layers of Thinset with three different sizes of glass tiles and a few seed beads, sprinkled here and there, and for the nostrils, and painted glass eyes.
So what's next?I have a dream of making outdoor sculptures. I also love mosaics. The Thinset and the glass tiles are what you need for outdoor mosaics, so the snake should be durable for outdoors. The foam came from researching DIY outdoor sculptures. Turns out carving foam is quite common for movie props, theme parks, Halloween props, even signage and architectural elements. As for the snake's head position, generally, the snakes I see usually have their head up like that, and I thought it would look more interesting that way, too.
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