packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Wow where in the world did October go? How's your stitching, knitting, and crochet going gang? I'm working on a crazy quilt block using my hand dyed fabrics and trims.
I have been amusing myself this week by making a snood-style hair net as worn by ladies during the Civil War for future reenactment costume. I go with DH to his blacksmithing gigs where he dresses in period costume and so far I only have a pioneer dress. I need something for the Civil War era and also late Victorian. Hair net pattern is here: http://www.amazondrygoods.com/products/net-for-the-hair.html
I'm doing some hand sewing. And still cleaning/reorganizing fabrics and supplies. I am truly loving the magnifying lens on my Ottlite. No more hunching over or holding things too close to my face.
I looked at one of these last week, it was a floor stand unit which is good so I can move it around when I'm working in a room that's not my studio. OC noticed me looking at it and asked me if I wanted one, and I said yes... when it's 50% off!
I looked at one of these last week, it was a floor stand unit which is good so I can move it around when I'm working in a room that's not my studio. OC noticed me looking at it and asked me if I wanted one, and I said yes... when it's 50% off!
Kyrsyan... you can get reading glasses from Zenni for a very reasonable price. I'm talking about actual prescription "close up" lenses, not just the generic magnifiers available OTC everywhere.
Both hubby and I have severe astigmatism, and the OTC readers just don't work. But we can get a pair from Zenni for under $30...
I've got the formula on my computer (what numbers to enter from a bifocal prescription to only get reading lenses) if you want it, or you can just ask their customer service.
Summerthyme
LOL! So can I!
It's funny... the kids have been out of the house for almost 20 years now (boy, time really does fly!). I've still got a pair of orange Fiskars (long since relegated to common household duties... but you'll get my Ginghers and Mundials when you pry thrm from my cold, dead hands!) with faint, but still readable Sharpie lettering: "FABRIC ONLY! Touch and die!"
Summerthyme
I am crocheting along on the last of a Virus Meets Granny shawl and should have it off the hook by the end of the week. I will put together a shawl pin with antique beads to match the yarn color. That will be fun. Some of those were Mom's stash.
Also got back into loom work- barrettes, cuffs, hatbands, and some matching duster earrings with twist bugle and seed beads with the old patterns I used to do. I am doing some in 11/0 and some in 15/0 which gives a bit more design latitude. The colors available now are head and shoulders above what I started out with in those humble days. The Japanese shook up the glass bead market and showed the Czechs a thing or two. They came out with Unions a while back that combine Jap and Czech and I was lucky enough to get my hands on some. Just amazing colors that no longer rub off.
Back in the day, my patterns were graph paper and colored pencil. They took hours to make and if I changed it any, had to generate yet another pattern. I still have those slip sleeved in a notebook but now I have a shiny new updated copy of BeadTool. Oh my! I feel rich. I have used this thing for over a decade now and the updates just keep getting better. $50 bucks well spent. For those who cross stitch, it is a Godsend. Not just for the beaders.
http://www.beadtool.net/download
I caught a bunch of beads on clearance, so I get to play. Mo and Lali are being instructed by the last one out of the old Wreckin' Crew of nine Catahoulas how to approach mommy when she is beading. No oopses so far. They are curious, as all Catahoulas are, but restrained enough I can leave a saucer of beads on the table without having to worry it will turn into something between a dog toy and a missile. Love these guys. Having my two great loves in the same room (pups and beads) just makes me happy.
Thank you for the link, where did you get the beads on clearance at?
http://www.harmanbeads.com/
The Clearance section is on the left all the way to the bottom and it is in sections according to what you want. These guys do not sell small lots.
Thank you!
I am crocheting along on the last of a Virus Meets Granny shawl and should have it off the hook by the end of the week. I will put together a shawl pin with antique beads to match the yarn color. That will be fun. Some of those were Mom's stash.
Also got back into loom work- barrettes, cuffs, hatbands, and some matching duster earrings with twist bugle and seed beads with the old patterns I used to do. I am doing some in 11/0 and some in 15/0 which gives a bit more design latitude. The colors available now are head and shoulders above what I started out with in those humble days. The Japanese shook up the glass bead market and showed the Czechs a thing or two. They came out with Unions a while back that combine Jap and Czech and I was lucky enough to get my hands on some. Just amazing colors that no longer rub off.
Back in the day, my patterns were graph paper and colored pencil. They took hours to make and if I changed it any, had to generate yet another pattern. I still have those slip sleeved in a notebook but now I have a shiny new updated copy of BeadTool. Oh my! I feel rich. I have used this thing for over a decade now and the updates just keep getting better. $50 bucks well spent. For those who cross stitch, it is a Godsend. Not just for the beaders.
http://www.beadtool.net/download
I caught a bunch of beads on clearance, so I get to play. Mo and Lali are being instructed by the last one out of the old Wreckin' Crew of nine Catahoulas how to approach mommy when she is beading. No oopses so far. They are curious, as all Catahoulas are, but restrained enough I can leave a saucer of beads on the table without having to worry it will turn into something between a dog toy and a missile. Love these guys. Having my two great loves in the same room (pups and beads) just makes me happy.