Would anyone be interested in an astronomy-related swap?

Anything with stars, planets, constellations, comets, telescopes, etc. would be welcome in this swap. T-shirts, scarves, pillows, stuffies, jewelry... The list could go on forever.

I got to thinking about Jack Horkheimer and his astronomy show on public television (Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer). I was so sad when he died. I totally admired his enthusiasm. He made me want to run outside in my slippers and look at the stars no matter what the weather.

I probably wouldn't start the swap until the new year.

So, anyone?

Wizard Checkers: School Championship Edition



I made this for a swap and thought I'd share now that my partner has received. The board is poster board that I took a sharpie to and laminated.


The pieces are little painted balsa wood circles. Each set of pieces represents a different school house from the Harry Potter series by its color. One side has a letter sticker corrosponding with the house. When the piece becomes a king, the piece is flipped so the letter is down and the side painted with glitter is up.


It's the School Championship edition so the houses compete against each other. Winners play each other and losers play each other deciding 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place.


And you can keep your very own set of wizard checkers in a bag with the rules. Although I can not recommend using the same fabric I used. I will be taking a long break from sewing on "slimy" fabric. Very long.

Thanks for looking!

I admit it. Instead of tearing the house apart looking for what I needed to craft for a swap, I gave up and made stuff for myself.

I had made a couple of fascinators before from a pattern, but I wanted to challenge myself (always dangerous) so I made my own pattern, sweated blood while cutting it out of some cotton/poly material from my stash, and while I slapped some interfacing on it, and while I stitched away. It turned out pretty cool!

Here it is on my piggy bank:




And on me:


Moving along, I also made myself a dropped-waist, 1920's flapper-esque dress out of some black cotton jersey knit material and a yellow t-shirt from my stash. They are from my own pattern modeled along the lines of a couple of dresses I picked up at the thrift store with added inspiration dresses I saw right here on Craftster!

Here it is on me:


And here is is modeled on my floor:


I sewed it on my Grandma's old Elna from the '50s with special stitches for knits. Yes, I could have used my serger, but Elna is a lot more forgiving.

And now back to swap crafting.
Thanks for looking!

Hi!
A few months ago I got sick and tired of store bought patterns. They never fit me.

So, I decided to make my own pattern. I'd made a few skirts with self-made patterns but not a dress. I got a book, some pattern paper, and my thinking cap on went for it. Turns out the book was barely helpful so I kinda winged it. My grand scheme was altered into this:


The front with simple bust darts.


The back.

It hits a couple of inches above the knee. I wear it with leggings. (Which I am in love with! It's like wearing pajamas all day!) I've made a couple more with various alterations and really like them.

3 cheers for winging it!

Hi, all! I posted a question concerning this recipe and found a great substitute for egg -just in time for some July character birthdays    Here is my creation:



And here is the recipe:

1 cup sugar
1 cup Crisco
3 tbsp vegetable oil
1 tbsp water
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
3 tbsp water (approx.)

Heat oven to 400.

In a large bowl combine sugar, Crisco, veggie oil, 1 tbsp water, and vanilla. Blend well.

Add flour, baking powder and salt. Mix well.

Add only enough water to make a dough.

On floured wax paper, roll out a small portion of dough at a time to ½ " thick. Cut into desired shapes and place on greased cookie sheet. Press sprinkles into dough if desired.

Bake for 5-10 minutes, depending on the size of cookies, until bottom edges are golden. Remove from oven and let sit on sheet until set. Remove to cool.

Decorate as desired.

Variations:
Substitute lime, lemon, or orange juice for part or all of the 3 tbsp addtional water, depending on how strong a flavor you want.

Sprite cookies: make half the dough with lime juice in place of 1 ^1/2 -2 tbsp of the additional water and half with lemon juice. Dye the lime half light green. Marble the 2 doughs together.

I am in a Halloween mood (maybe something to do with re-reading Harry Potter) and I decided to set up a photo shoot of my favorite Halloween-type craft that I made:



Each is about 3 inches tall, including the hat.

They are made out of floral wire, white floral stem wrap, wooden beads, embroidery floss, and black scraps of some sort of lining I had hanging around.

The hats have a card stock base. The cauldron the blonde doll is holding is a hollow opaque plastic bead with the top hole made bigger and stuffed with more black fabric and glue to hold the handle.

I think these are so much fun! Thanks for looking!

~Carrie

I LOVE recycling fabric!

I'm a superintendent at my county fair and I recon shirts to go with the fair's theme of the year. What does this have to do with sheets, you ask? Well, I wasn't going to do this challenge as I am a brand newbie but I was at the thrift store searching for pirate/gem/$ related t-shirts for the fair when I spotted this awesome tie-dye pattern twin flat sheet!



I learned how to make circle skirts on whatthecraft.com years ago. That got me to thinking: What if I made a circle skirt out of 4 circles with off-centers?

It took some figuring and measuring (okay, make that a lot), but, nervously, I cut the sheet into 4 equal circles with off-center holes.

I sewed them to the waistband (some white knit fabric that, I think, was a t-shirt), didn't like it, did some thinking, seam-ripping, and cutting, and re-sewed it. I finished the edges, covered them with quilt binding, and got this:



When I went seam-ripping, I had taken the bottom circle that hadn't showed beneath the other 3 and re-attached it to the waistband higher up, stretching the waistband as I went to that it poofed a bit.



I'm really glad I made this as, like I said, I'm a newbie and it gave me a chance to polish and learn some skills.



Thank you!

~Carrie

I've been searching the Internet but can't seem to find an answer to this question:

When you use corn starch in place of an egg, do you decrease the flour?

If so, by how much?

If not, can anyone reccomend the best way to substitute an egg in a cookie recipe for a vegan alternative? Because those vegan cookies I made were not cool compared to the original recipe.

Thanks for any help!

~Carrie