Diabetic Craft Club

[LaurenMoffitt]

I'm a Girlguiding leader and get up to all sorts. Commented so I don't loose the thread. Will be looking for inspiration!!

 

[Fayefaye1429]

I just finished doing this little bit of glass painting and lead work. Not a masterpiece but I'm happy with it..all I have to do is to get the door painted

Wow it's spectacular

As you showed your beautiful creation I thought I'd share one of mine. This is an inspiration of Edwardian era.

 

[donnellysdogs]

I just finished doing this little bit of glass painting and lead work. Not a masterpiece but I'm happy with it..all I have to do is to get the door painted

Love it!!

 

[AnniB]

There are some very talented people on this forum. This is the sort of thing I make

 

[AnniB]

Love it!!

This is really nice.

 

[Finsky]

Wow it's spectacular

As you showed your beautiful creation I thought I'd share one of mine. This is an inspiration of Edwardian era.

Wonderful..is that you normal 'lounging wear'..very lady like!

 

[Finsky]

There are some very talented people on this forum. This is the sort of thing I make

Beautiful!...I like the colour.

 

[donnellysdogs]

Stunning!!

 

[HazelD]

Wow it's spectacular

As you showed your beautiful creation I thought I'd share one of mine. This is an inspiration of Edwardian era.

Wonderful, I try amd make these in 1/12th scale...

 

[HazelD]

Found my Edwardian gown.... its only about 5inches tall or 120mm....

 

[AnniB]

That is so pretty

 

[paula.nolan42]

My usual craft material is wool. This shawl I made as a pressie for my mother's 70'th birthday. It is made from just one source of wool...fleece from Jacob sheep. It's fleece is multi-coloured so I blended up all the different colours to get different shades for gradient yarn. Spun the wool and knitted the yarn.
This kind of projects tend to take lots of time to get done so I don't do them very many. I'm most content making smaller everyday items....socks, mittens, hats and I'm just in process making myself vest/gilet king of 'thingy' ...though at this rate of progress I might get to wear it for next winter

Gosh, but that's very impressive. I'm very jealous.

 

[Molly56]

....have finally framed the cross stitch I completed about ten years ago....

 

[YorkshireAli]

Wow, that's lovely - how long did it take to stitch?

 

[Molly56]

Wow, that's lovely - how long did it take to stitch?

@YorkshireAli ..can't remember how long exactly it took to stitch ...it does look quite complex but not as bad as some that I have done or the tiger cross stitch that I am currently in the process of doing.....just remember that I did it a number of years ago and that it has been sitting in the bottom of a sewing bag waiting to be framed.....I had the frame for a number of years but had never got round to putting the two together until today.....

 

[AnniB]

It look really nice. A very traditional item! I love the colours.

 

[Finsky]

I just rustled up this seat 'pad' to make my old stool look little happier'. Used peg loom to weave it and the yarn I've spun and dyed (purple one) myself.

 

[AnniB]

What nice colours. How do you use a peg loom? I used to be able to spin and weave ( I have an 'O' level in it! Seriously!) but that was nearly 50 years ago.

 

[Finsky]

What nice colours. How do you use a peg loom? I used to be able to spin and weave ( I have an 'O' level in it! Seriously!) but that was nearly 50 years ago.

O level!..50 years ago spinning and weaving was very much 'in'..good life and all that..but all that has come back and now it is ever growing interest again...oh how much different it is now! Have you still got your equipment? I've only been spinning about 20 yrs..and it is like different world for what it was when I started. Ooooh the fluff that one can buy..absolutely anything and everything..though I'm more into 'as it comes from the sheep'..occasionally I play with something more colourful too.
Peg looming, it is very simplified form of weaving...instead of going over and under the warp threads like you do when weaving 'the usual way'..you have pegs that are sticking up from wooden base..you just run the thread backwards and forwards on each peg and do opposite way on return row. Once those pegs are full you lift them up and push the weave down into warp that is threaded on each end of the peg....and so it carries on again.
Here you can see what I've tried to explain...http://www.hkab.co.uk/instructions1.html

 

[RosieLKH]

I joined a new local watercolour group in September. The guy who runs it is not a natural born teacher - more of a facilitator really. I've been painting on and off for years, so was not a complete beginner, but just doing it every week for a while has really helped me improve. I'm really pleased with my latest efforts. So much so that I've just framed the Venice one.