It has been yet another month. Dang I am bad at posting. I have been kind of busy. They put me back on days at work. I kind of preferred the night shift. A couple of weekends ago I rented a car and went down to Albany for an SCA event. I attempted to make a coat for it. Mainly went ok....except near the end I got impatient. The last front panel ended up getting sewn in wrong. I have no fricken clue how it happened. It is a good 3 inches too short for the side panel it is sewn to. I think I probably stretched it funny while I was sewing.
I found a new pattern for dice bags that I decided to try. A friend of mine who is a DM and writes D&D adventures needed a new one and was going to buy a Crown Royal bag. Yeah just buy the bag. Wierd. So I mentioned how easy it is to sew one and offered to do it. I decided I was tired of my usual pattern so went perusing for one that might be easier. I found one I liked. Well, I love it. I need to modify it a bit. It leaves raw edges, which is bad if you are using fabric that is easily unraveled. I will include my results in the pic dump at the end.
Today I got a bug up my butt and decided to try to finish some of the mini pottery I have made. It has been long enough it should all be dry enough. I am considering investing in a small tabletop kiln. Looks like they are anywhere from $150-$$1000. I decided I wanted them to look glazed, so I thought I would try using the nail polishes I generally use for dragon eyes, and add a top coat to make it more durable. The results were....mixed. And I broke a couple of them while trying to paint them. One turned out great, with the huge exception of the bubbles that formed. And are still forming, apparently. I really don’t understand why yet. It is interesting. I will include it all in my pic dump at the end. I think maybe that one was overworked? It is regular clay that is meant to be fired, and I did not. But I dont think that would matter? I dunno. Some turned out great though. And I was just sitting here reading about my friend who is using nail stamps, and it just occured to me that I could use those nail stamps to make fancy designs on the mini pottery. I can’t wait till next payday now, somI can get some and try it out.
Ok...it is dinner time so I will pic dump and run....
I found a new pattern for dice bags that I decided to try. A friend of mine who is a DM and writes D&D adventures needed a new one and was going to buy a Crown Royal bag. Yeah just buy the bag. Wierd. So I mentioned how easy it is to sew one and offered to do it. I decided I was tired of my usual pattern so went perusing for one that might be easier. I found one I liked. Well, I love it. I need to modify it a bit. It leaves raw edges, which is bad if you are using fabric that is easily unraveled. I will include my results in the pic dump at the end.
Today I got a bug up my butt and decided to try to finish some of the mini pottery I have made. It has been long enough it should all be dry enough. I am considering investing in a small tabletop kiln. Looks like they are anywhere from $150-$$1000. I decided I wanted them to look glazed, so I thought I would try using the nail polishes I generally use for dragon eyes, and add a top coat to make it more durable. The results were....mixed. And I broke a couple of them while trying to paint them. One turned out great, with the huge exception of the bubbles that formed. And are still forming, apparently. I really don’t understand why yet. It is interesting. I will include it all in my pic dump at the end. I think maybe that one was overworked? It is regular clay that is meant to be fired, and I did not. But I dont think that would matter? I dunno. Some turned out great though. And I was just sitting here reading about my friend who is using nail stamps, and it just occured to me that I could use those nail stamps to make fancy designs on the mini pottery. I can’t wait till next payday now, somI can get some and try it out.
Ok...it is dinner time so I will pic dump and run....
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