Would anyone want to do another lolita swap? I didn't get the chance to join the last one. That one had big clothing items, but this one could just have accessories or medium items. One Tiny Thing?
Anyone interested?

I just got finished making this headdress for my friend, as thanks for making something for me. We're both into lolita fashion and she needed some cream accessories.



Here's the back. It's a bit big, and I wanted it to be able to go on either side of the head, so I put 2 clips on it.



Here's an idea of the size. A little bigger than I meant it to be but that's all good



I really want one for myself now. This is the second one I've made, but I gave them both away. I think I need a pink one and a white one.

If anyone wants a tutorial, I'll write one up and can probably take pictures because I think I'm going to get the lace to make another one tomorrow. It's pretty straightforward, though.

I've been making these the past couple days to make a centerpiece for Thanksgiving. I wish I had discovered the directions on how to make them at the beginning of fall so I could enjoy them for longer!



Here's an idea of the scale. The styrofoam balls were 2.5 inches before I decorated them.



The fabric on the brown one is gilded pinecone print, a Christmas fabric. The lighter orange is a medium-scale pumpkin print with green stems. The multicolored orange one is different colored ears of corn.
I'm going to make some for Christmas next. I'll make another of the brown ones, and I have some red, green, and white large Christmas paisleys that I think will give me interesting results.

The tutorial is here: http://knittygrittythoughts.typepad.com/knitty_gritty_thoughts/2009/11/my-entry.html
Very easy to follow. A tip: when you're folding the squares, make creases with your thumbnails to make them crisp without having to iron a zillion squares.

I joined a swap recently where my partner really wanted something that was polymer clay. Since I'm pretty bad at that one, I made an irl swap with a friend of mine. I made her a hairpiece and she made the clay thing. I didn't tell the person I sent it to, and she already has it.
Do I need to tell her? Is doing that allowable? I made the other 2 items in the swap.

I think this is where this goes, not sure though.
I made a dress for one of my dolls and finished yesterday. It's made out of a scrap of a skirt I had altered.

I like it very much, but I think the colors might be too bright for this particular doll. What do you think?
I didn't use a pattern for it. I just kind of looked at the dress that came with her and made up a pattern.
Here are some other pictures:
http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/cloudsnapper/newdress1.jpg
http://i402.photobucket.com/albums/pp104/cloudsnapper/newdress2.jpg

I just finished some really cool looking mittens. I'm not bragging, it's the yarn that makes them look that good.
I used the mitten making guidelines from knitty. Those are very good if you want to make some yourself.
Here's a picture of them worn.

I'm going to give them to my sister for Christmas. I hope she likes them!

I was wondering what you use inchies for. I've seen a bunch of cool ones in swaps, and it's a neat design challenge, but I can't think of what people do with them once they're made.
So what do you (personally) use inchies for?

I made a necklace for someone on a swap organized over on Livejournal. I wanted to make her a pretty, elegant necklace with wired pearls and a resin rose

(The rose is on-center. It just looks weird in the photo.) It's 2-stranded, so that the longer strand elegantly drapes on the neck.
There was a problem because I accidentally ordered the resin rose from someone on Etsy in China. Also, the picture on the sales page looked like it was on a pendant already. It took forever to come in, and I made my partner wait.
But I hope she likes it! What do you think?

I made some lolita wrist cuffs this morning to go with my ice cream dress. I didn't have anything red to go with it, and I wanted to make some matchy cuffs because it's short sleeved.



I like them, but they're not as full and ruffly as they should be, maybe. They're cute anyways, and they went with my outfit when I went to see Harry Potter today.

It was funny when I was making them, my husband asked me what I was making, and I told him. He thought I was making some kind of bondage cuffs! Polka dotted with lace would look funny for bondage gear!

I made my first quilt a little while ago. I'd bought some wood-themed fabric from ebay, and wanted to use them.


I embroidered a leaf on every other square. Seemed like a good idea at the start... But it turned out great after some work. For the leaf pattern, I took pictures of real leaves and traced them in a vector image program. Then I traced the print-outs with a water-soluble pen.


Here's the back, where you can see the quilting. I just free-handed it.


I'm very happy with the quilt. If I would do anything different, I would use a different fabric for the binding. The yellow wood grain stands out too much. Not as much as it looks in the photos, but more than ideal.