I've been making onesies, baby bankets, swaddler blankets, and taggie/lovie type mini blankets. I'd like to take some nice pictures so I can put them up on etsy, but I don't know anyone with a baby I can borrow to be my model.
Does anyone have any good ideas for how set them up to be photographed that won't look like i just thew them on the floor and snapped some pictures lol?
So the manual for my machine says to never use ballpoint needles when doing embroidery, but when I went to look up a tute on how to hoop a onesie the other day, the site I went on said to always embroider knits with a ballpoint needle. I ended up doing my project just with a regular 75/11 needle as my machine recomends and I did have some gapping between some of the colors, but that was fixed by re-embroidering those colors. This was only my second ever time using the embroidery on my machine so I don't know if the gapping was because it was a knit or just newbie user error (not sure if i had it hooped tight enough, the onesie was odd to hoop and my machine wouldn't let me move the design up so I had to hoop it right at the neck which made it more difficult). Overall I'm fairly happy with how the design came out, but I did end up breaking a needle because one of the areas was so thick due to doubling up the original color and then the design called for a double layer of stitching on that area.
So my question for all you experienced embroiderers is, do you use a ballpoint needle or a regular needle when you embroider on knits?
I decided to whip up a few of these easter baskets the other day.
I made it by soaking crochet string in fabric starch and then wrapping it around a balloon. Then you wait a day or two till its dry, pop the balloon, cut a hole in it, decorate and smash the bottom in a little so it sits flat.
The string I used on this one is variegated (I think that's the right word) with a pastel pink, blue, green and yellow, which I thought was perfect for Easter
I decided to whip up a few of these easter baskets the other day.
I made it by soaking crochet string in fabric starch and then wrapping it around a balloon. Then you wait a day or two till its dry, pop the balloon, cut a hole in it, decorate and smash the bottom in a little so it sits flat.
I decided to whip up a few of these easter baskets the other day.
I made it by soaking crochet string in fabric starch and then wrapping it around a balloon. Then you wait a day or two till its dry, pop the balloon, cut a hole in it, decorate and smash the bottom in a little so it sits flat.
The string I used on this one is variegated (I think that's the right word) with a pastel pink, blue, green and yellow, which I thought was perfect for Easter
I had a request to make one of these string easter baskets for someone and I absolutely loved how it turned out (so much in fact that I ended up making a few more, which I'll show off in separate posts).
I made it by soaking crochet string in fabric starch and then wrapping it around a balloon. It's 18 inches tall so I had to use one of those punching bag balloons. Then you wait a day or two till its dry, pop the balloon, cut a hole in it, decorate and smash the bottom in a little so it sits flat.
This one was for a little girl's first Easter so I think the lace and light pink are perfect. I'm in love with how the bow on the front turned out, I think I'm going to recreate it at some point for a baby headband.
I always make up a bunch of goodies for everyone for xmas but my boyfriend's mom just found out she can't have chocolate or coffee (yeah, she's not too happy about that one) and almost everything I make involves chocolate. Does anyone have any ideas or recipies for some special treats I can make for her?
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So I opened up my box of halloween decorations and found a few dozen 6in skeletons that i'd got on clerence last year. Threw a few of them up in my window display but decided the rest needed to be made into something more spectacular. So I made this little calavera doll.
i still need to figure out some sort of stand for her since she can't stand on her own, and then i think i'm gonna work on making a boyfriend for her.
I don't do as much day of the dead stuff as I'd like and i was just trying to keep this one kinda simple so any suggestions/improvements would be greatly appriciated.
I'm sure this topic's been done to death on craftster, but after wading through the first 15 pages of threads and not finding what I wanted I decided to give up and post a new thread.
I reeeeeeally wanna start doing craft fairs and I know the best way to start is to just get in there and do it and a lot depends on the details of the space and whatnot so I'm just kinda looking for a general on average middle of the road baseline.
I want to have my stock of product before even signing up for a fair because I don't want to end up getting busy and not being able to have anything made. My products are aimed at people in their 20's-30's and right now are mostly baby/children's clothes/dress up/accessories and hairclips for adults and children (a lot of matching mommy and me bows, that kind of thing), all with kind of a funky/punk/rockabilly feel to them, some more subtle than others.
So my question is how much product should I have made up?
Right now I have 8 swaddlers (those things you put the baby in that tie up so you don't have to deal with folding up a regular blanket to swaddle), 8 crunchy taggies that match the swaddlers, 10 baby headbands, 5 onesies, 20 flower/bow hair clips, 5 rapunzel hair clip ons (long fake braid for dress up) and 10 coin purses.
Is this enough of each product? and should I add more products?
Keep in mind that this is just what I've made here and there over the past few months as I don't want to make a ton of product and have nothing sell. I am also planning on adding some "boy" things, like superhero capes, I just haven't gotten around to making them yet.
Any advise/opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much!
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