NATIONAL CRAFTING MONTH MEET AND GREET

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Welcome! Here is our space to squee about the current theme and tell others a bit about our crafting interests.

Below are the thematic questions for this months fest. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to National Crafting Month.

 

My Name (how I wish to be known):
Type(s) of Crafting that I’ve tried:
I consider myself a Beginner, Intermediate, Master, or Other:
Crafting I’ve loved and/or loathed:
Project I’m particularly proud of:
Something I learned the hard way:
Something I haven't done yet, but I'd like to try:
Biggest crafting frustration(s):
Something else I'd like to share:

Feel free to copy this Meet and Greet into your blog as well as filling it out here.
<strong> My Name (how I wish to be known):</strong><br /><br /><strong>Type(s) of Crafting that I’ve tried:</strong><br /><br /><strong>I consider myself a Beginner, Intermediate, Master, or Other:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Crafting I’ve loved and/or loathed:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Project I’m particularly proud of: </strong><br /><br /><strong>Something I learned the hard way:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Something I haven't done yet, but I'd like to try:</strong><br /><br /><strong>Biggest crafting frustration(s):</strong><br /><br /><strong>Something else I'd like to share:</strong>

Comments

[meridian_rose]

Oh I would love to try a Cricut machine! As a fellow dabbler I'm loving to see the different variety of crafts you've tried so far. Leatherwork would be great for cosplay, an expensive one to get started on though but would look amazing. I think after cost of materials and time to craft, having space to sit and work is one of the major problems people face, especially when the finished product might need to sit and dry out (anything involving paint or resin for example) and it is taking up the dining table.

Welcome to Dreamwidth :)

[languajix]

I hope you get the opportunity to try out a cricut! I've had luck borrowing from friends, but my local library also has weekly periods where they open up their crafting machines (cricut, 3-D printer, laser engraver) for patron use - it could be worth checking out if any in your area do the same.

Yeah, leatherwork would be useful but the tools/supplies would be the biggest barrier there. I do hope to try it someday!

And thank you! It's very nice to be here. :D

Well ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Leatherwork depends a lot on what you want to make. I made a fur bikini for a friend's book launch once, and that wasn't very hard.

Minimum investment is a pattern, a piece of leather or fur, a leatherwork needle (which is triangular), and button thread or sinew. I strongly recommend adding a thimble though. If you want to work with hard leather, that's more challenging, because it's usually done with stamps and such so you need more tools.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> having space to sit and work is one of the major problems people face, <<

Workspace is often a limitation, especially when so many people are already rent-burdened.

>> especially when the finished product might need to sit and dry out (anything involving paint or resin for example) and it is taking up the dining table.<<

One option is a drying fan or oven -- various models are offered for art purposes.

Drying racks are available for flat types of artwork, so you can stack things vertically with a minimum of floorspace.

Another way is to put things up overhead, like on top of bookcases or cabinets.