I've made several more of the large plant flower coasters -- some with a yellow center and white petals, gold center with white petals, yellow center with dark green leaves. I'll make a few more of the smaller drink coaster sizes next.
got the sleeves in lilly's dress today. spent more time on yoyo's. i think the little gadget i bought makes it harder. will go back to old way. i know how to do that. ruffle on the bottom, tomorrow and then only buttons to do. wish i knew how to put a picture on line. maybe i will ask my granddaughter.
babetoo said:tinlizzie, no, yoyos are made with small circles of fabric. basically it is gathering the circle and pulling in gathers. forms a little rosette . goggle how to make and it shows pictures as well as method . they are used for decorations on fabric, on purses, quilts, decorative pillows, etc. used to be very very popular.
Steve Kroll said:I've been reading through this thread. I'm not really the artsy-craftsy type, but I've been making homemade wine for about 10 years now. I have 24 vines in the backyard and also belong to a group of home winos that truck in several tons of grapes from California in the fall. I make about 150 gallons of the stuff every year. I guess winemaking is kind of artsy in a way, right?
Hey, when life hands you lemons (as I'm sure it does in Florida), you make Limoncello!We do make our own Limoncello though.
I'd love to make wine but very few grapes grow here. We tried beer once, did okay, it was just too much work and $$ though for the small amount we ended up with. We do make our own Limoncello though. Course all that involves is zesting a whole bunch of lemons and making a thick simple syrup, mixing and bottling. LOL, not really anything to brag about doing but it sure does taste good.
Update on my Cluny, I didn't get a whole lot done since April. I wasn't able to work on it for several weeks because a stray cat decided to come into our home when I had the sliding door open going in and out, ran upstairs, got under 1 of the beds and in trying to get it out, I got bit. Nearly took off a good chunk of my thumb tip and back. So, got to do the ER thing, tetanus, 2 heavy duty antibiotics, pain meds, etc. I was spared rabies shots though because it turns out the cat belonged to a neighbor down the street with the same type house as ours and the cat had been missing for nearly a month and for some reason apparently thought our house was its home. Fortunately, the flesh reattached itself, the pain is basically gone unless I accidentally smack it just the right way, and the sensation is almost back to normal now though I still have a hard welt of scar tissue on the tip but even that is slowly getting better.
Karen