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:
Community Cast Video Day 18
A half a yard of days…. Having the feels today.
In today’s video, I talk through the process from straw to bonnet or hat. It is rougher than I usually do. Sorry about that.
Community Cast Video Day 16
Today’s video takes a little detour with one of my favourite modern products.
Community Cast Video Day 15
Today’s video shows how to make a simple workpocket that can have many 21st century uses as well as 19th century.
My “formula” for fabric length:
6 times the height by the width
6(h) x w
Examples:
For a 3″ high by 4″ wide pocket, cut a 4″ wide by 18″ piece
For a 6″ wide by 4″ high pocket, cut a 6″ wide by 24″ piece
Community Cast Video Day 14
Today’s video looks at Penny Dolls or Frozen Charlottes. It also shows a sewing tool I’ve wanted for years.
Mentioned in the video:
- Repro Dolls.com can be found on Etsy. Check out these great Frozen Charlotts fresh from the kiln (right)
- My seam ripper comes from Kaiser Ironworks, who can be found on Facebook.
From The Ohio Democrat and Dover Advertiser, February 28, 1840:
From The Rover, December 1843:
If I Had My Own Blue Box: 