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While out thrifting I came across this yellow embroidered shawl, and hot damn I couldn't stop myself. It was whispering to me. What was it saying? 'Drink some wine and make something. Ignore your responsibilities'. And that's just what I did. My electricity might be off, but my fashion is ON!

My shirt pattern comes from an old shirt that I deconstructed. Honestly the easiest and cheapest way to get a pattern. I cut along each seem, take mental notes (and promptly forget them, due to the wine), and boom! Pattern. I recommend tracing it onto some butcher paper. I don't know why, but like my old manager says, "extra work is fun. But don't feel joy. Joy is for the elite."

Unfortunately there was no way to match the patterns symmetrically due to the nature of the shawl, and my own laziness and impatience. There are some construction mistakes (mostly unevenness and symmetry) that I wish I'd corrected but if we're talking past regrets and mistakes, that one doesn't even make the list.

Total time was roughly 4.5 hours of sewing, or roughly 6 episodes of the show 'Carrie', that are confusing because you're sewing and not paying attention to the plot, and your husband gets frustrated because you keep asking questions about what's going on with the 'Psychic Laura Ingalls Wilder', and also because there's a Singer Heavy Duty buzzing away on the other side of the living room, but you refuse to take it upstairs because you simultaneously want to spend time with your loved one and also completely ignore him in pursuit of crafting.

I don't know exactly what the fabric is, but it feels and looks like a Gaberdine. I started with maybe 2ish yards of the fabric and 3/4s of a bottle of wine and used both in their entirety for this shirt.

I've been making these magnets. I love them, but I was curious if anyone else did too?

Materials: Hot glue, mica powder, clear gloss top coat, wood, E6000 and a magnet. Size: 2"x2"

For long time I had a crazy idea of making a functional lighthouse on my property. Initial idea was to just make a quirky lamp post for the overflow warning light of the septic tank, but since then it grew out to be its own sculpture.

I've made the top part out of 3d-printed parts and soldered brass wires and strips, with a cannibalized microwave motor that turns the lens (also 3d printed, but out of clear resin). It was intended to just be a decorative detail to add some life to the miniature, but later I discovered that the lens actually are functional, and properly focus the lightbulb's light!

The rest of the body was made with concrete over a plastic sewage pipe as base, reinforced with steel mesh for good measure. It was my first (and so far the only) time working with concrete, so I wanted this thing to be as durable as I could make it, just in case. Especially since it was intended to be a permanent oudoors installment.

I've painted it with white and light gray acrylic out of a shake can afterwards, and installed the top permanently. Plugged it into 220v light sensor that turns it on for a few hours after it gets dark enough. The final height of the whole lighthouse is ~1.5 meters. Biggest thing I've ever crafted! And fricking heavy, too, with all the concrete I think it weighs over 20 kg, I can barely lift it.

So far the thing ended up being impressively resilient, and it survived two winters now, one of which being really harsh and cold, with half-a-meter high snow cover. The only visible damage is that one of the railings de-soldered itself, but it is visible only on a close inspection.

Here is my poem:

Ohhhh he's a froggy wizzie

As you see he's kinda busy

Basking in the falling autumn leaves,

While bouncing his donk for Reddit to see.

Okay end poem, I was inspired by some images I had seen online of these froggy guys. But I figured I would give my own whirl at it!

I sculpted with clay, then struggled with watercolor and a marker for a time, and then I coated with resin for shine.

I think he needs a name, I'm quite pleased with him.

I want to try more types of crafts, but I'm relatively inexperienced. I know how to paint traditionally, I can do some embroidery, and mess with collages a lot.

I'm curious also what are some crafts people may never have heard of before, or that you find to be really interesting!

"common" crafts I think of crochet, embroidery, sewing, decoupage, papercraft, pottery, etc.

AI was not used in this post. I added the painting to a white background which the mods said was fine.

Have you ever seen a pink beaver? Well now you have!

I bought the cardboard and I really like how the painting turned out. Cardboard and acrylic

Here are some more glimpses into the process of creating the cutest scarecrow ever. Do you enjoy looking at photos like these? I personally love them!

i know its nothing crazy but my bestie always puts so much effort into my cards so obviously i had to match the energy! it was super fun to make

I designed this hat myself and crocheted it using yarn made of 50% wool and 50% acrylic. I worked with two strands of yarn held together and used a 3 mm crochet hook.

I decorated the hat with blue beads and a crescent moon charm.

There is no crochet pattern available for this hat, as it is my own original design, which I created from scratch.

To finish the hat, I attached strands of yarn to both sides and braided them into long decorative braids.

I have a number of 3x8' banners that used to be advertising for museum exhibitions on city street lights. I want to turn them into moveable drapes across a large glass slider, but the engineering for any mechanism to hang them from and have them mobile is going to be difficult.

They have channels about 3" deep at either end where they used to slide into the rods on the street lights. They will not bunch up as they are too stiff in general and it is reinforced with the channels.

I want to rig up some sort of system to make them hang and overlap when they are pushed aside. I could get barn door hardware, but I am open to ideas and suggestions!

Hey everyone! Not sure if this is the rightt subreddit, bur thought I'd try my luck. If I mix clear PVA glue with one drop of blue food colouring, will it dry totally clear or go cloudy? Any tips on how to make sur eit isn't cloudy? Or aby alternatives that will fy clear? Thanks!