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I really want this book to help me come up with ideas in my slow stitching and crazy quilting projects. I mean, it has 80 stitches and 400 combinations! I don't think I could ever do them all but isn't it nice to try.
This book has amazing photography and some very unique embroidery projects with close ups of some of the stitched pieces. The book contains projects of human and animal anatomy and creative skeletons. All are done on a black background with bright thread colors and patterns are available to trace from the book.
I actually read this one on Kindle Unlimited which is a great way to peruse lots of books and there are several crafting ones you can do this with. However, I would love to have a physical copy to flip through and admire through touch. The base of this book is to just make embroidery art with simple stitches and do it without a pattern.
Creating an embroidery of my cats or one of those pieced quilt portraits is on my bucket list of embroidery projects. This book is in my Amazon wish list. The directions in this book are amazing and you can watch a video on Amazon of a reviewer who flips through it to show you the amazing instructions and detail that you can learn. Plus, it sounds like a great way to learn how to do Thread Painting.
Okay, so this book is brand new. It was just published in October 2024 and I recommend you go look at it on Amazon and scroll down the page to see the close ups of some the designs. It's a book that I didn't know I needed but I really, really need it. I also think this would be a great gift for a teenager who is interested in putting that creative spin on their canvas shoes and they could complement any of their clothing for a full fashion statement.
What do you think of these? Do you have suggestions for me?
Note: Links to the books are affiliate links and I would get a small commission without any cost to you. It just might help me get my own copies because I don't have enough books already (wink, wink).
I have been wanting to create and sell journals and other low content books for awhile. So, when my husband was complaining about remembering which Hallmark movies he has watched I came up with this idea. Yes, you read that right, my husband is an avid Christmas Hallmark movie viewer. In fact, last year for Christmas I got him all Hallmark movie gifts: mug, blanket, and sweatshirt. Until early January he will only watch Christmas movies. They don't ALL have to be on Hallmark but they do have to be Christmas. And, now he can document them in this journal and stop asking me if he has seen it (fun fact: I don't watch all of them, a lot of them, but not all of them).
For the inside of the journal I created different sections for each page:
Title
Year released
Date watched
On what network or streaming service
Your rating on a 5 star scale
Your recommendation
Main characters
A recap
Your thoughts
Best and worst parts
The cover was created with Canva including the artwork with Canva's AI Magic Media tool. Note: You do have to reveal if you use any AI items for your KDP works. In this case, it is the holiday fireplace done in watercolor style. I wanted something pretty with a warm and cozy feeling just like you get watching a feel good movie. What do you think? Have you made your own journals? I made this for personal use and just decided to see if anyone else would like it too.
***Links included above might result in a commission for me but does not have any cost to you. If you purchase a journal, I will definitely get a small commission since it is my design/journal for sale.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Easy to Use Design App - Repper
If you haven't heard about Repper, you are missing out especially if you want to make fabulous pattern designs for almost anything: digital paper, POD (print-on-demand), fabric, or coloring books.
The basics of Repper:
Use an image (upload or find one in Repper's link to Unsplash)
Choose from a variety of tilings
Move around a geometric selector
Watch the magic happen
Save designs you love
Export any design you want to use
Watch these videos to learn more about the app. The first one walks you through how to use it and the second one shows fabrics I had printed through Spoonflower with my designs I made with Repper.
Using Repper
Fabric Designed using Repper
Note: Repper is a membership tool that you can purchase monthly or yearly with a short free trial period. If you sign up with the link I do earn a commission that helps me buy fabric, keep my own membership, and write tutorials.
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Starting up crafting again
My child is all grown up and about to graduate college. I now have a Masters degree and I've moved a few times finally landing in a house after many offers and heartbreaks for not getting my dream one. Sometimes you just have to settle so you can start living.
Several of the blogs that I used to write for are now defunct and I will have to sadly remove them from this blog. I have started another blog, too, but it is not ready and is not totally free to run like this one.
The country and the world seems in disarray but the one thing I can count on is using creativity to weather all the storms (at least that is what I keep telling myself). Plus, I really want to create my own way to more income so that once I get to retirement in about 10-15 years I have something that is all mine.
I started a YouTube channel: Delyn Creates where I will be using my technology skills and my passion of crafty things to make tutorials.
One thing I have been doing for a long time is designing fabric and selling at Spoonflower as well as selling smaller pieces through my Etsy shop: Creating with Thread. Some of my designs use a great online web design tool called Repper which is a totally addictive site and one of my main subjects on my YouTube Channel. I also decided to become an Amazon Affiliate because I am always telling people about products I use so I might as well get a little income along the way. Plus, if you want me to try something out and do a critique on here, let me know. I'm game!
So, thanks for stopping by and I hope to be posting more thoughts and sharing links with you about things you might like. My plan is to keep this blog more of a personal journey while the new one will be more tutorial based.
If you want to check out my first video on YouTube here it is:
