…compilation of tutorials
By surfing I sometimes find the most interesting ideas. This one is one of them ;-)
I haven’t tested it yet, but I intend to make some of those fruit at the next birthday meal I will make.
The more so as I *love* jelly.
But *not* in blue! ;-))
Links:
not martha – to make: Instructions on quite different items
Jello Fruit
I never intended to make such a sculpture, but I loved the idea!
If you want to make one, take a look at the instructions at instructables.
Links:
instructables – A website full of instructions about nearly everything
Secret Image Shadow & Light Sculpture
While surfing I found one day images with a so-called Droste effect (examples at flickr).
I was thrilled!
And I wanted to do that too ;-))
At flickr I found the Droste Effect Tutorial where Josh Sommers explaines about everything.
One important hint: Read everything *thoroughly*.
I didn’t and spend a lot of time searching where my problems came from although everything was explained somewhere ;-)
More explanations can be found at Escher’s Droste Print Gallery and their discussions.
Here I took one of my photos and played around with the Droste effect. It was so much fun!
Links:
Wikipedia: Droste Effect
flickr
Droste Effect Tutorial
Escher’s Droste Print Gallery: more explanations
Escher’s Droste Print Gallery Discussions: more explanations
I really wanted to try weaving, but I was not keen on buying a loom without knowing if I like weaving.
After some surfing I found All Fiber Arts, a website with so many instructions about – yeah, all fiber arts ;-))
I will get back there later again writing about another subject.
But for today: The instruction on how to build a loom using a cardboard box and how to weave on it was a great help.
I tried it with remains from my yarn stash and wove a little piece of fabric. This little piece of fabric stayed an UFO (unfinished object) since then, because I find weaving not so much fun then I expected it to be ;-))
And so I didn’t bother to take a photo.
At any rate I’m grateful to All Fiber Arts, because they prevented me from buying something expensive that I didn’t really need. :-)
Links:
All Fiber Arts: A website with information, instructions and much more about everything concerning fiber arts
Instruction on how to build a loom using a cardboard box and how to weave on it
I always wanted to crochet hats, not the beret-like but really hats (although I never ever wear hats ;-))
Then I found the Yarn Lover’s Room with so many interesting crochet and knitting patterns.
They also have a so-called Antique Room with crochet and knitting vintage patterns.
There I found eventually the Antique Hat Patterns.
I did not yet find time to crochet them (in fact, I don’t know what to do with them when I ever find time and finish them ;-))
But I loved to bookmark them – just in case!
Links:
Yarn Lover’s Room: The name says ist all
Crochet Patterns
Knitting Patterns
Antique Room: Vintage crochet and knitting patterns
Vintage crochet patterns
Vintage knitting patterns
When I found Scrapfriends I really had problems to stop looking and learning ;-)) It is such a treasure chest of How-to Articles!
One of them I really enjoyed was ‘How to Stamp With Markers’. Easy, cheap and with wonderful results. In a word: stunning!
Links:
Scrapfriends
How-to Articles
How to Stamp With Markers
Sharon Bateman shows very interesting beading loom techniques on her website. One of them is an instruction on how to make an amulet bag with a so-called tube-aloo. This tube-aloo is nothing else then a clear tube.
I once tried this technique with a toilet paper tube. I think that the clear tube-aloo is easier to use, but for a try the toilet paper tube really was sufficient.
Because I don’t use amulet bags and still have no idea what else to do with such a little bag I didn’t finish my bag ;-)
But it was an interesting experience and I found the technique not only easy to work but actually ingenious.
Links:
Sharon Bateman
Beaded Amulet Bag
At Marlo’s Crochet Corner I eventually found instructions on how to cut a plastic bag to get the ‘yarn’ for crocheting and/or knitting. She also provides an instruction on how to crochet a tote.
Once I crocheted a purse with such yarn and it worked very well, but as always I didn’t take any photo ;-(
The purse was quite stiff (which I find appropriate for a purse ;-)).
I think about making plastic yarn (plarn) and working freeform with it, but I still have no idea what to make, because items knitted of crocheted with plastic bag yarn tend to get big.
Links:
Marlo’s Crochet Corner
Plastic Bag Tote
Cutting the plastic bag ‘yarn’
Here at unikatissima:
Freeform Needlework
Working with paper sometimes consists in tearing it. But mostly you want it to be torn in a particular way and not crooked ;-)
Creative Paper Crafts gives lots of tips, tricks and ideas, one of them being a how-to on tearing paper.
I tried this technique several times and it always worked out exactly the way I wanted.
Thats what I call a good instruction ;-))
Links:
Creative Paper Crafts: a website where I can surf for hours! ;-))
Tearing Paper
Working with paper is always fun to me. Therefore I check everything that shows me how to fold, glue or colour papers.
This time it was an instruction on folding roses instruction on folding roses I took delight in. They look nearly real!
Links:
ParchCraft Australia: a website with lots of project ideas, instructions and patterns
Folded Roses
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