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The Consumer Product Safety Act
I ask everyone who reads this to please go review The Consumer Product Safety Act and they are requesting comments. The act will require testing of all products even handmade products whether imported or made in the U.S. There is no exception for products that are unlikely to be harmful such as plain fabric items or items where their components ( Read more... ) -
Organization Recommendations
I fell off the FLYwagon this past week but I have climbed back on today. I am working on my sewing room this weekend and I have lots of spaces to put things but I cannot figure out how to categorize. Do you any of you have multiple tatting, stitching, etc. type hobbies? What are your preferred methods of organization for those materials ( Read more... ) -
My Sink is Still Shiny
I have kept my sink Shiny for over a week now. My family is responding to it and my kitchen looks better all the time even though it is not completely decluttered and organized. I also cleared my bed last weekend and it has stayed mostly cleared all week too. The bed being cleared and my laundry hung in the closet made it necessary for me to ( Read more... ) -
My Sink is Shiny
I know, I know, you are saying, "What does your shiny sink have to do with crafting?", I am going to explain. I have a terrible time finishing projects. I hyperfocus on things that are new and as soon as I learn them I get distracted by something else. Sometimes I just get lost in the enormity of a project. I know I can break it down to smaller ( Read more... ) -
More tatting questions!
Sorry.. I'm going to keep asking because it's driving me nuts ( Read more... ) -
Beginners help!
I'm stuck... I've just started tatting and I am now fairly happy with double stitch and getting picots vaguely even, but I can't work out how to tighten up the second/third etc motif.
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MicroFiber Cotton = Happy Tatting
Edit: I just realized I only posted this to my personal journal, so the pictures are in the previous postI am in tatting heaven right now. I just picked up some microfiber cotton crochet thread last week and it is AWESOME!! I am using it to needle tat and it works nicely, forgives well, you don't have to pull the stitches so tight they don't want ( Read more... ) -
WOW!! I am such a slacker...
I know I have not posted anything lately, I have been teh Busy and much tired too. Apologies.
I went to A-Kon 19; I was less than impressed with the outfits I put together but I think the leather corset I made was pretty good for my first time ever to make anything like that.
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Welcome andikaye
We have a new member, andikaye. I recommend checking out her journal and flickr, she has some gorgeous projects.
I apologize for not having much content just now, I am taking a couple days off from work today and tomorrow and I hope to get set up on some projects.
Peace be with you.
Just a Little
Stitch-n-Tat
with ~brat~
