Making Archives – Page 10 of 16 – Sinead O'Brien, eSTEAMed

DIY Corkies – champagne cork cake toppers

So apparently Corkies are a thing. I had never heard of them until a friend mentioned that she wanted some for her upcoming wedding. Since she kindly let me dye her purple for my wedding (Not on purpose but lets just say that I learned an important lesson. Polyester dye is finiky).. Anyway.. I figured offering to make her cake topper was the least I could do. So WTF are Corkies? Corkies are champagne cork cake toppers. You can buy released champagne corks from various places such as eBay and Etsy. The process of painting up some corkies goes a little like this;

Making Sewing

Burda 7519

Burda 7519 is a casual loose-fitting shirt. I made version A; A sleeveless short shirt with waist tucks and waterfall neckline.

Knitting Making

Reduce, reuse, recycle and REPAIR – USB Knit Fix

I dropped my USB key and the plastic loop that allows me to put it on my keyring fell off and broke. :-(

The key itself is still perfectly capable of storing data. I just couldn't attach it to my keyring. So... I fixed it ... like this.

Knitting Making

Beekeeper’s quilt

Beekeeper's quilt. Challenge accepted.

Making Patterns Sewing

DIY fabric Pandora style european bead bracelet

About 8 years ago I came across these lovely modular bracelets in a small jewelery store in Montreal. That was the beginning of my obsession with European Beads. Now there everywhere. These days you can buy or make all sorts of bracelets in metal, leather, string and fabric to show off your beautiful beads. The pattern below is for a triple wrapped silk fabric bracelet.

As modeled by Vera, a rubber hand I found in the office. Doesn't she look pretty?

Photo of a photo in a window in Bristol showing a movie camera against a blue bokeh effect background

Photography Places

Sheffield walls and windows

Cars Photography

Earth Mini

Why earth mini? Green, blue and white = the colours of earth from space.

Photography Portraits

Hungry Box – Om nom nom

Hungry Box

Ruined house barely visible through trees

Photography Places

Mad House

Dolls Making

Easy DIY Blythe stand from coaster

Make your very own easy DIY "stick it up your jumper" Blythe stand.

I have a mix of Blythe and Blythe clone dolls. Not all of them came with stands. Therefore I looked into making my own. The simplest solution I came across was the "stick it up your jumper" approach. Literally. You use a wooden dowel and stick it up the back of the jumper or dress the doll is wearing. The bottom of the dowel needs to be stuck in something to keep it stable for this to work. I currently have 4 dolls. I spotted a packet of 4 wooden coasters in my local T.K. Maxx (aka T.J. Maxx to those in the US or Winners if your in Canada). Serendipity fueled inspiration. Instructions below for how to make your very own easy DIY Blythe stand.

Knitting Making Patterns

Blythe Coraline Dress – free knitting pattern

This Blythe Coraline Dress was more than a little bit inspired by the movie Coraline. For the knitted up version of the dress shown below I was lucky enough to find mini skeins of hand spun yarn from a seller at Yarndale that had silver sparkles spun in!

Knitting Making

Spin me a yarn

With more than a little help from this youtube video I have spun my first ever yarn on a drop spindle. It's over-spun, lumpy and short but I love it.

Making Patterns

Lalaloopsy Free Sewing Pattern – Reversable Halter Dress

This pattern is for a reversible dress for Lalaloopsy 13" dolls. I've been having difficulty finding any Lalaloopsy Free Sewing Patterns. One of the most basic patterns for any doll is the reversible dress. Alas my Google mojo failed to find me one sized for my LaLa. Oh woe betide. Armed with a ruler and my trusty french curve I battled for... well... at least a couple of hours. This war has now been won. Hopefully someone else will find it useful also.

Photography

The Goblin King Has Spoken

Dolls Toys

Blythe Custom Faceplate

I recently received a purchased a custom faceplate from Soyrina in Spain on eBay. I have almost enough spare body parts lying around to make myself a 4th Blythe/Blythe Clone.…