Charlotte - Temporary Tattoos Tutorial. Magic Braided Leather Tutorial. Seriously this tutorial is magic.
I’ve been wanting to share it with you for about a year now, but it’s taken me so long to sit down & figure out the best way to explain myself. See, I discovered how to do this while mindlessly watching an episode of House. My mother-in-law has a rad purse from the ’70s or so; it’s leather with a very cool handle. Parts of the handle are braided & parts are smooth. I thought it was just insanely cool how the handle was braided with closed ends!!
I’ll be sharing this today on KSL’s Studio 5! (of course the pattern pieces above aren’t the same, I was just too lazy to take a supplies pic that was practically the same as this one. hope you’ll forgive me.) hammerscissorshole punchtapebutton-stud/snap & setter1-2 oz leather/felt Print and cut out pattern pieces. Tape your leather to a sturdy surface, like a desk or slab of wood. Ignoring the bottom part as you go, count up to 6. Look at the bottom part, the strand that’s on top should go through the hole. Playing With Rocks. I've received a lot of interest in the romantic rock paperweight from my "Busy" post.
It's been pinned, and I've received emails about it. Funny how something so simple speaks to us. I used the Splendid Transfer method (found on my sidebar) after rubbing the surface with a little gesso. You can read about gesso on my sidebar as well. That's it. That wasn't the only one I made, and I kept it. I used an Eiffel Tower image. Like I said, it was a broken piece of marble. Now it sits with another little rock, and my chippy lavender filled urn. Here's a beautiful image I transferred to a round piece of marble. Going to play with more rocks, and work on some furniture. UPDATE: Here is a breakdown of how I transferred the images.
Clean the rockGesso is not necessary for the transfer here, it just adds tooth and depth. There are other ways to transfer images, but, this is how I did it with the rocks. Leatherworker.net: Tutorials. Learn Leatherwork on Leatherworker.net Over the last few years, our members have contributed teaching material in all forms, on every subject of working with leather. Many of our members are very well known in the leather medium as artists, designers, and expert master craftsmen/women, and we are very fortunate that they have taken the time to share their knowledge with all of us.
The material is somewhat dispersed throughout our site. In the early days of Leatherworker.net, the only place to post the tutorials was in a forum post. Now we have many useful formats in which knowledge can be transferred - videos, blog articles, downloadable PDF's - this page was set up to arrange all that material in an organized manner to make it easy for you to find information about a specific topic, or find all the material from your favorite artist or teacher.
Leatherwork Tutorial Index by Subject Basics of Leatherwork Braiding Carving and Stamping Coloring, Antiquing, and Finishing Sewing and Lacing Projects. Paper Quilling Ideas. Are you looking for paper quilling ideas?
Perhaps you know how to make the basic shapes but need ideas for what to make with them? Well you are in the right place. This site will introduce new techniques and show you how you can use those techniques in your quilled projects. You will find an index of free quilling patterns for all occasions to make it easy to find what you are looking for. There is even somewhere to share your own ideas and chat with others about theirs. Quilled flowers Flowers are perhaps one of the most popular paper quilling ideas and they are fantastic for decorating frames, cards and invitations.
You can use various quilled shapes to build up your flower. Snipping one edge of your paper strip and then rolling a tight coil can make attractive fringed flowers. But all quilling does not have to be floral, don't forget the rest of the natural world. Quilled animals and birds Animals and birds such as bunnies and chicks are perfect for your Easter paper quilling ideas. Blink. Crafty. Most gawked all-time. Always Chrysti - Always Chrysti - 100+ Ways to Creatively Reuse Old Magazines.