Creative Wednesday... how have you been creative this fortnight? WOMEN ONLY COMMUNITY
Creative Wednesday... how have you been creative this fortnight? WOMEN ONLY COMMUNITY
Thought outside the box at work? Kept your kids busy over Easter? Crafted? Whatever it is we wanna know!
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I've been continuing my leatherworking and I made some glasses cases! They are pretty quick to make so feel quite nice to maybe make as gifts.
You made that? Holy shit that's amazing!! You're really skilled how long did it take you to get to that level?
Thank you! I started early in March so just under 2 months now. I make a lot of my own patterns too, but this was somebody else's pattern, once I get an idea of how the construction works I then like to draft my own so I'll likely work on my own pattern for them soon.
I'm working my way up to bigger items as I accumulate more tools, hardware and skills. I'd love to make a bag but I've mostly been using offcuts up until now which have been ideal for making bracelets and accessories.
Looks fantastic and professionally done. I really struggled with the hardware elements of my latest project. Can I ask what you used to secure it? I have one of the hand press tools but I can't fully depress it 😭
Ive been customizing an old tablet pc and trying to get it to work, postmarketos tho is an absolute pain to install :3
I'm impressed by your techy skills, that's great work
I've been planning my next tattoo which will be in a year. I've really been having fun planning what to do with it! I'm going for a post apocalyptic sleeve on my thigh, mixture or 28 days later, signs and a couple of books.
I've been kinda creative with the books I've read, I've switched from post apocalyptic fiction to a non fiction one. Takes me out my comfort zone!
If you'd be willing to share a mood board or preliminary sketches/ideas, I'm sure we'd love to see it. I love the motifs of books and apocalypse together. Something about how integral they become when everything else crumbles, and how sacred knowledge is really speaks to me. Idk if this makes sense but it always gives me a more alt style cottagecore vibes.
I just picked up crochet for the first time. I got a starter kit recently but didn't realize it's at an intermediate level 🫣 I still don't quite have the hang of it, but I'm glad I've branched out and am proud of myself for sticking to it.
That's great! I've never managed to crochet its just too tricky for me. How are you finding it?
The basic stitches are fine but I'm having difficultly finding people who break the more complicated ones down to the level I need it. I'll get to a place where I think I'm doing it right but it's clearly not once I get some stitches in and I don't quite know what I've done wrong yet. I don't have anyone irl who crochets so I feel like I'm lacking the kind of generational knowledge that would easily be able to point out what I'm doing wrong. I'm still learning so it's to be expected and I haven't gone too deep into YouTube tutorials just yet so we'll see how it goes. In my opinion it's nicer than sewing because the setup is nonexistent and it doesn't require as much of my full attention. I can't watch videos while sewing only listen to them but I'm finding myself able to crochet while watching things. It also feels a lot more personal. I've made sewn gifts for friends and even though I spent a lot of time picking out the fabrics and hardware and finishings, there something that feels different when every stitch of the fabric itself was done by you.