Super short video. I have a migraine.
Community Cast Video Day 26
Today’s video shows how to make a spool holder.
Original spool holders of this style:
Materials:
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1 sheet of pasteboard (8.5”x11”)
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ilk pieces – 2 approx 8.5”x11”
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Matching wooden spools of thread (number based on shape selected.)
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Length of 1/4″ to ½” wide silk ribbon – Approx ½ yard
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A sharp awl and a bodkin
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Long straight pins (optional)
Templates:
(You may need to copy and paste these into MSWord to size them and print. Use the 1″ line for guidance.)
Community Cast Video Day 25
Today’s video is a little short. I feel off today. There are also a couple pauses for the noise outside. And then the bag of fabric isn’t the right bag. Watch with gentle humor.
Community Cast Video Day 24
For today’s Millinery Monday, I talk about the anatomy of a bonnet and styles of hats. I also give an update on the patriotic doll project.
Community Cast Video Day 23
Today’s video includes an introduction to my next doll project, a patriotic doll, with a bit on the next next doll, a fortune teller doll, and my attempt at fabric eggs for the window.
Community Cast Video Day 22
Today’s video is split in two parts. I had a slight space ooops. This video shows how to make a pear. It is the last of the velvet vegetables and fruit, for now.
I am setting up the new printer at this moment (12ish.) I will be listing hats soon.
Community Cast Video Day 21
Today we continue making velvet vegetables and fruit. In this video, I show you how to make a chili pepper. You can use the same template for a carrot
This shape can also make a parsnip. Check out the article on how to make parsnips tasty on the GCVM Blog.
Mentioned in this video:
- A magnetic Pin Keeper and long, balled bodkin. Both are from Chestnut Bay. Check out the selection of Needle Minders here.
There is a nice collection of vegetables and fruit up on eBay currently. Here
Community Cast Video Day 20
Today’s video shows how to make a velvet tomato. This is the same shape for making a pumpkin or apple as well.
Templates:
Remember, you don’t need to cut these exactly. If you don’t have a printer, draw these by hand as big or a small as you want. Cut 3 or 4 or 5 leaf shapes for your tomato or apple or pumpkin.
These are the wool pieces I used for the stem and leaves:
Millinery & Me Update
I want to thank everyone who purchased an e-publication this past week. It was a nice relief to see little orange Etsy icons appear on my screen. Support like this is both helpful financially and emotionally for artists & craftspeople right now.
I hope you are enjoying the videos I’ve been doing. I find they help motivate me to do something each day. I am trying to balance what I talk about between millinery, FanU, and other things. The videos are single takes. So, I hope you don’t mind the raw footage. I could do fully edited videos with picture in picture, but I let my Wevideo lapse.
If you or someone you know is looking for something to read or a project while they can not leave home, I have a few e-publications available. The balloon bag and the pillow ball pincushion can be made out of most people’s stash or even scraps.
I have been sewing straw millinery the past few weeks. I am going slower than usual. After much indecision and some guidance from friends, I ordered a printer and scale so I can ship from home, with the Post Office picking pieces up. I will start listing millinery as soon as my new printer and scale arrive.
In the meantime, if you are interested, I started a Patreon account:
Community Cast Video Day 19
Today is the first day of a multi-video look at recreating velvet vegetables and fruit. Today, I show you the basket of velvet vegetables I made in 2016 for the Agricultural Society Fair. In the coming days, I will share how to make some of these.
Tomorrow:
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 