…compilation of tutorials
I find the mosaic jar lid coasters a nice idea :)
It should be possible to make it with self-made plaster mosaic tiles!?
Links:
Mosaic Jar Lid Coasters (Mosaic Cocktail Coasters)
via: Mosaics: Techinques and Inspiration
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Mosaic from Plaster
I presented eggshell mosaics before.
This way you can also make really nice picture and mirror frames :)
Links:
Cardboard and Eggshells Frames (Ramar med äggskalsmosaik) (Swedish)
via: Cardboard and eggshells frames
Here at unikatissima:
Eggshell Mosaics
I’ve already presented beautiful things with buttons, but doesn’t look the rainbow mosaic great? :)
Links:
Rainbow Mosaic (I can sing)
via: mosaic
Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘button’
I wrote once a tutorial on how to make yourself mosaic tiles from plaster.
With this tutorial however you can make really uniform plaster mosaic tiles.
I like both ;-)
Links:
Plaster Mosaic Tiles (Craft your own mosaic tiles)
via: making mosaic tiles- this is so frickin cool!!
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Mosaic from Plaster
You can find here cute mosaic flower pots – no instructions, but wonderful inspiration :)
If you want to make the mosaic even with hand painted flowers, simply look at this older tutorial.
Links:
Mosaic Flower Pots (Mosaics)
=> scroll down to ‘Two Terracotta Pots’, ‘Floral Terracotta Pot’ and ‘Shapes Pot’
Here at unikatissima:
Mosaic with Hand Painted Flowers
The beautiful flowers with the shaded petals are handpainted, in the right shape broken mosaic tiles.
Of course you can do the same with self-made mosaic tiles ;-)
Links:
Mosaic with Hand Painted Flowers
Here at unikatissima:
Mosaic from Plaster
I told already that want to lose weight before I will crochet the bolero but I don’t find it easy.
How much better must it be if the scales tell me that my weight is ‘perfect’?
;-)
She made the scales with glass mosaic tiles but I think that it should be possible with selfmade mosaic tiles from polymer clay or glass paints or from plaster, resp. Or of course with a paper collage, best as paper crazy quilt. Or with eggshells.
;-))
Links:
Scales (Perfect Scale: Mosaic)
More scales (Perfect Scale Commision)
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Crocheted Bolero
Mosaic from Plaster
Mosaic Table Light
Paper Crazy Quilt
Eggshell Mosaics
Up until now I saw eggshell mosaics mostly at ‘kids crafts’, but now I found sites with wonderful (jewelry) pieces.
I already gathered my material, the actual execution is on my list ;-)
Links:
Short description (What are they? Why eggshells? How are they made?)
Mini Movie
Jewelry
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes, z.B.
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes
Eggshell Mosaic Boxes
(you must absolutely click them and look at the larger photos!)
Google search result for ‘Eggshell Mosaics’
Google image search result for ‘Eggshell Mosaics’
Recently something took me and I thought that you can use those two-coloured charts which are usually associated with filet crochet or cross stitch for a loooot of other techniques, too.
I had this idea already before, in my entries about intarsia knitting, the cross stitch heart, the beaded square stitch heart and the polymer clay letter cane.
On the photo you see some letters worked in different techniques (I’m working on letter charts at the moment ;-)):
'u' - Knit-Purl Knitting, each X is a purl stitch
'n' - Fair Isle Knitting, each X is a white stitch
'i' - Sequins Embroidery, each X is a sequin
'k' - Tapestry Crochet, each X is a white stitch
'a' - Filet Crochet, each X is a filled filet crochet square
't' - Cross Stitch Embroidery on paper, each X is a black cross stitch
'i' - Loom Beading, each X is a black bead
's' - Stamping with square stamps, each X is a black square stamp
's' - Illusion Knitting, each X is a black stitch over two rows
'i' - Crochet Yoyo’s, each X is a white crochet circle from dc’s
'm' - Inverted Filet Crochet, each X is a empty filet crochet square
'a' - Macramée/Friendship Bracelet, each X is a white knot
But then I came up with more techniques and if you still have more ideas I’d be glad if you wrote a comment about.
I added for every technique what would be a square of the chart.
Please remember: Not all ‘units’ are square so that the result can look quite different from the chart!
Knitting
Crochet
Beading
Embroidery
Knotting
Weaving
Sewing
Other
By the way I found an blog entry of an embroiderer who thought about the same subject and has more ideas.
Links:
Double Knitting
Picture for sequin embroidery (scroll down to about the middle)
Description of French Knot
Heather’s Friendship Bracelets – Alphabet Patterns
Geometric stitching
Google image search result for ‘yoyo blanket’
Google image search result for ‘ministeck’
Here at unikatissima:
Celtic Cross Stitch Generator
Heart Template (at Beaded Square Stitch Heart)
Patchwork Knitting
Bead Knitting
Illusion knit
Tapestry Crochet
Beautiful Filet Crochet Patterns
Loom Woven Bead Bracelet
Beaded Square Stitch Heart
Bead Knitting
Freeform Bead Embroidery
Bead embroidered Paisleys
Friendship Bracelet
Crazy Daisies
Crazy Daisies II
Mosaic Table Light (Glass Paint)
Polymer Clay Letter Cane
Mosaic from Plaster
Eraser Stamps
Once I wanted to play a little bit with mosaic for a door board (see photo) but without having to buy all those materials. I didn’t know if I would use them ever more.
Therefore I figured out how to make my own mosaic stones from plaster and wrote a German tutorial.
I’m giving here a translation, see some photos at the German tutorial.
How to make your own mosaic stones:
You need:
What to do:
Links:
Make your own mosaic stone (German)
Slow down drywall-plaster drying time with vinegar (English)
What to do to delay drying time of plaster? (German)
(Somebody here tried a drop of dish liquid in place of vinegar and said that it worked)
