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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: Nevermind Netflix--I'm Too Busy Making Leather Stuff!
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Nevermind Netflix- I'm Too Busy Making Leather Stuff! I recently had some surgery that requires some time off work to recuperate (and it's going just fine). I had originally planned to use the time to catch up on all the various TV series that I never get around to watching during my regular life: Game of Thrones, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, and so on. I had a list all lined up. Yeah, so much for that idea! I can't ever make a "creative" pro...
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: Harnessing the Power of Recycling
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Thursday, August 5, 2010. Harnessing the Power of Recycling. If you came here from the MAKE Magazine Green Project. Page, please go here:. Harnessing the Power of Recycling- Green Project Entry for MAKE Magazine. Same project, slightly different writeup)- Thanks! I adopted a really cute dog from a rescue organization ( NARF. I still have the leftover jeans parts from my jeans circle quilt. Dining room chair covers. Here is the chest part after stitching to fit Tu...
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: July 2010
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Friday, July 30, 2010. Big Wide Brown Sandals. Everyone's feet are different, but some feet are more "different" than others in a world where standardization and mass production are the norm. Very wide flat feet, for example, are hard to fit in standard shoe sizes, so they are good candidates for custom sandals. And since the particular feet in question belong to my husband, they are perfect candidates for my sandal experimentation. In hindsight, I should have us...
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: November 2014
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Tuesday, November 18, 2014. Paisley Purse, Please. Well, I almost managed to get a second purse done before I went back to work, but not quite. It took me an extra two days to finish. My second purse is very similar to the first one. Same shape, same upholstery leather. For this one, though, I was mostly playing with how I could make a filigree-punched Paisley pattern for the main decorative design. I have a set of filigree punches. I used diamond chisel punches.
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How Did I Get Here? Tie-Dye for the Fun of It. Travels in Turkey 2008. The Quick Red Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Brown Dog (Random Musings). How I Got Hooked. I started doing tie-dye in 2003, when my then-turning-6 daughter wanted a tie-dye theme for her birthday party. A friend told me about Dharma Trading Co. I got some stuff, did a practice run 2 weeks ahead, loved the results, and I've been doing tie-dye ever since! Free website submission service.
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: January 2010
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Sunday, January 31, 2010. The (First) Leather iPhone Case. The pricey-but-cheap plastic case I bought for my iPhone broke recently, and I've been doing some shaping of leather lately, so I made a prototype leather case for my phone. Out of pure laziness, I wanted to avoid doing any stitching, so I experimented with a one-piece design for my new case. The outside of the leather was smooth, and I wanted a bit more gripping ability, so I used my saddlemaker's groover.
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: October 2014
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Tuesday, October 21, 2014. Leather, Zippers, Buckles, and Straps- It's Not What You Think. Oh wow, has it really been over four years since my last post to this blog? But enough about me. I decided to make her one myself. For materials I used four sturdy zippers I had salvaged from old jackets and backpacks, along with the remains of the same crocodile-embossed cowhide I used for a previous iPod case. I assembled the lining separately. I made the pockets to f...
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: October 2009
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Friday, October 30, 2009. TV Chair Adventures - Part 1. May think she's worth it, do I really want Lacey taking over a $2000 chair? My older daughter and I came up with a design that would fit the requirements without breaking the bank, and it would be uniquely ours. Really Big Toilet Paper Tubes. Regular Old Toilet Paper Tubes. The kids and I spent a fun hour or two cutting up our large collection of used-up cardboard toilet paper tubes to make chair models.
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It!: November 2010
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Amethistle: Creativity for the Fun of It! Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Harnessing the Power of Recycling- Green Project Entry for MAKE Magazine. Click on the MAKE icon to vote for my Recycled Jeans Dog Harness project! Here is Tulip in her cool new harness:. I adopted a really cute dog from a rescue organization over the summer (does that make her a "reused" or "recycled" pet? I still have the leftover jeans parts from my jeans circle quilt. Dining room chair covers. Here is the chest part after stitchi...
