Crafty Thread - what are you working on at the moment?

[Callie]

I've just finished making Drogon.

Ooh How'd you make that? What's it made of? Can we have a close up of the dragon?

 

[Saul Goodman]

Ooh How'd you make that? What's it made of? Can we have a close up of the dragon?

It's 3D printed, with the flames printed separately from a translucent material. The flames are hollow and fitted with individually addressable LEDs which are controlled by an Arduino, and I've written some code to make the rolling fire effect.

I'm printing another one in higher resolution with the night king on board.

 

[wayward bob]

Saul Goodman that is so much ftw

how do you have access to a 3d printer? :jealous:

 

[Saul Goodman]

Saul Goodman that is so much ftw

how do you have access to a 3d printer? :jealous:

I have two printers here, and I'm designing and building a third. They print really slowly, so one simply cannot have enough of them.

 

[8115]

Just finished a hat for my besty. It's a bit small but I think she's got quite a small head. Acrylic because she's allergic to wool.

 

[Boudicca]

My latest upholstery project. A little over the top, but works well with the little-bit-over-the-top wallpaper in one of my Airbnb rooms.

I am beginning to get the hang of this now.

Next project is completely different, orange scandi 50s retro.

 

[Cid]

I went on a gem/hard stone carving course:



In Siberian nephrite (jade).

 

[Crispy]

Wings (folding)
Each feather to be outlined in el-wire:



The headpiece is already made, and I have til the end of august to make the whole parrot.

 

[Cid]

Wings (folding)
Each feather to be outlined in el-wire:

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The headpiece is already made, and I have til the end of august to make the whole parrot.

And then Captain Parrot will at last bring the criminals of the world to justice?

 

[Cid]

Excuse my trite way of asking what it will end up being/doing.

 

[Crispy]

It will be a glowing parrot costume and I will wear it to festivals and be fabulous

 

[Cid]

These just turned up:



Not quite ready to get started yet, need to set up a heat/humidity chamber. But exciting.

 

[moose]

These just turned up:

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Not quite ready to get started yet, need to set up a heat/humidity chamber. But exciting.

What are they?

 

[Artaxerxes]

These just turned up:

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Not quite ready to get started yet, need to set up a heat/humidity chamber. But exciting.

Laquer?

Was looking at some lovely bits of that today, always wanted to give it a go.

 

[Cid]

Yep, Urushi, pre mixed colours.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I 3D printed a working TARDIS.

 

[RubyToogood]

I 3D printed a working TARDIS.

It looks a bit small, is it for time-travelling hamsters?

 

[Saul Goodman]

It looks a bit small, is it for time-travelling hamsters?

Have you seen the inside?

 

[RubyToogood]

I was going to make myself a boiler suit, after the success of the jumpsuits (now 2 of them - same pattern) and downloaded and printed off this pattern which is only £1 if you register for the website. Having cut all the bits of paper out I now realise it's far too small for me. I could use the top half and substitute some other trouser pattern for the bottom half, but suspect it will be a nightmare to fit.

Enthusiasm for this project also severely dented by getting an email from fecking John Lewis this morning titled "The utility boilersuit! This season's must have!"

 

[Saul Goodman]

I was going to make myself a boiler suit, after the success of the jumpsuits (now 2 of them - same pattern) and downloaded and printed off this pattern which is only £1 if you register for the website. Having cut all the bits of paper out I now realise it's far too small for me. I could use the top half and substitute some other trouser pattern for the bottom half, but suspect it will be a nightmare to fit.

Enthusiasm for this project also severely dented by getting an email from fecking John Lewis this morning titled "The utility boilersuit! This season's must have!"

Can you not just upscale the print by X percent?

 

[RubyToogood]

Can you not just upscale the print by X percent?

Hahahahahahahahahaha no.

I bought a motorbike jacket like this last year clearly designed by someone with no knowledge of designing for plus sizes. No, fat people do not have long arms like chimpanzees.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Hahahahahahahahahaha no.

I bought a motorbike jacket like this last year clearly designed by someone with no knowledge of designing for plus sizes. No, fat people do not have long arms like chimpanzees.

Then can you not scale it just the horizontal? I dunno how patterns and bodies work... genuine question.

 

[RubyToogood]

Then can you not scale it just the horizontal? I dunno how patterns and bodies work... genuine question.

I'm not sure I do either. I did some pattern cutting and abandoned it because my garment success rate was much lower than if I just bought a commercial pattern and maybe tweaked it a bit.

I think one of the big problems is that fat isn't distributed evenly. It's not like you gain, say, a 2cm coating all over, waist, neck, fingers and all. And in order for something to look good on, just being big enough to get into isn't sufficient. Plus everyone is shaped differently.

Pattern cutting well is a dark art and trousers are notoriously difficult.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'm not sure I do either. I did some pattern cutting and abandoned it because my garment success rate was much lower than if I just bought a commercial pattern and maybe tweaked it a bit.

I think one of the big problems is that fat isn't distributed evenly. It's not like you gain, say, a 2cm coating all over, waist, neck, fingers and all. And in order for something to look good on, just being big enough to get into isn't sufficient. Plus everyone is shaped differently.

Pattern cutting well is a dark art and trousers are notoriously difficult.

Yeah, I'm with you.

 

[Boudicca]

I've got a hot patterns motorcycle type jacket pattern if you would like it RubyToogood.

There are a lot of mathematical charts to grade up patterns Saul Goodman but basically you are working in 2D to 3D. Things like neck width and shoulder width change very little as sizes get bigger, but the armhole has to be cut deeper, darts are bigger and lower. The easy bit is adding width to the sides. A dark art indeed.

 

[RubyToogood]

Also men are mostly fairly tubular and thus easier to cut for but women go in and out all over the place.

Thanks Boudicca. I can get decent motorbike jackets these days with all the armouring, vents, removable linings etc etc so I don't try making my own any more... Although I couldn't find a summer weight one at all this year so maybe I should accept.

 

[RubyToogood]

I do by the way alter patterns. My usual adaptation because I'm very pear shaped is to cut the main body pattern pieces up the middle and spread them just at the bottom. Maybe angle the sides out a bit too.

I might come to think of it be able to do something like that with this pattern. But I suspect the crotch seam would be all wrong.

 

[Boudicca]

Also men are mostly fairly tubular and thus easier to cut for but women go in and out all over the place.

Thanks Boudicca. I can get decent motorbike jackets these days with all the armouring, vents, removable linings etc etc so I don't try making my own any more... Although I couldn't find a summer weight one at all this year so maybe I should accept.

That sounds a lot more technical than I thought, but I'll dig the pattern out and send you a picture anyway.

 

[8115]

Just finished this cowl for my friend. Now making another one the same for someone else I know. They're a quick and satisfying knit plus I learnt to graft properly.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

It looks a bit small, is it for time-travelling hamsters?

It's bigger on the inside: