# Crafty Dopers, what are you working on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899 "2013-05-21T03:41:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/1 "2013-05-21T03:41:13Z")
I’ve added some recent projects [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/90868696@N06/). Show your work! ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/2 "2013-05-21T08:29:04Z")
Very nice indeed. I think that your fabric choices are wonderful, and they really pair up well with the quilt patterns. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/3 "2013-05-21T10:41:10Z")
I may have added a thing or three since the last time I [linked to the Things I Made.](http://pinterest.com/pinkslinky/things-i-ve-made/) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/4 "2013-05-21T13:23:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I may have added a thing or three since the last time I [linked to the Things I Made.](http://pinterest.com/pinkslinky/things-i-ve-made/) Well, I went in looking around thinking I could pick a favorite, but it’s impossible. Perhaps the Caramel Bubble Gum earrings and not just because they remind me of caramel and bubble gum. “Hamfisted stubfinger”! Hee hee. [SIZE=“1”]Me too.[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/5 "2013-05-21T14:28:52Z")
**gigi** , I’m not a quilt person at all, but the one labeled Quilt09a is gorgeous! I make jewelry, but I don’t have anything I’m currently working on. **Biggirl** , I like your chain mail. For some reason, I find making chain mail jewelry oddly relaxing. I also love the hammered craft wire and crystal earrings and the brass knot bracelet. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/6 "2013-05-21T15:21:00Z")
> [@Inter\_Alia](#): > > **gigi** , I’m not a quilt person at all, but the one labeled Quilt09a is gorgeous! Oh good! It’s a table runner as a wedding gift for a co-worker I don’t know very well. But she wears a lot of black and her registry shows stark white dinnerware so I think it’s safe. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/7 "2013-05-21T15:49:16Z")
I made a phylactery last week. (A phylactery is a little leather box on a headband or armband, meant to hold little scrolls of religious verses.) The one I made wasn’t a traditional _tefillin_, just a costume piece I needed; it was a black leather box on a chain headband with a pulsing interior light source. Fortunately, the scene it was for was pretty dark, so the fact that I’m a lousy crafter who made a sloppy-looking phylactery wasn’t obvious. I also made a “glowing” crystal that you could turn off by meditating at it, but that’s more gizmo than craft, I suppose, especially since the circuitry was still visible. Gizmos, I can do. Crafts are harder. (I tend to end up gluing my fingers together.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/8 "2013-05-21T17:11:20Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Crafts are harder. (I tend to end up gluing my fingers together.) Heh. That’s why I quilt by hand – the machine has a mind of its own. Only once have I hand-sewed my clothes into what I was stitching. :o ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/9 "2013-05-21T19:18:57Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I may have added a thing or three since the last time I [linked to the Things I Made.](http://pinterest.com/pinkslinky/things-i-ve-made/) Shiny. Sparkly. Want! > [@gigi](#): > > Oh good! It’s a table runner as a wedding gift for a co-worker I don’t know very well. But she wears a lot of black and her registry shows stark white dinnerware so I think it’s safe. 🙂 I think that would be very effective. I thought that the colors were a bit drab, but with stark white dinnerware it will probably work very well. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/10 "2013-05-21T20:30:43Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I thought that the colors were a bit drab, but with stark white dinnerware it will probably work very well. I think what’s making it look dull is just the red background and the bright colors in the other images around it. I copied the image and cropped the red out to see it against a plain gray background, and it looks really elegant. And **Biggirl** , _love_ those herringbone/glass designs. [Here’s some blog pictures](http://slingingmyhook.blogspot.com/2012/09/packing-for-4-months-in-berlin-12-pairs.html) of a crocheted lace stole and a tied-comforter baby quilt made out of old T-shirts that I did last fall. Currently in the works are another T-shirt baby quilt and some thread-crochet projects. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/11 "2013-05-21T20:55:09Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I think what’s making it look dull is just the red background and the bright colors in the other images around it. I copied the image and cropped the red out to see it against a plain gray background, and it looks really elegant. And it’s quilted in silver thread 🙂 I love both of your projects, especially the backing on the quilt. Babies love bright colors! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/12 "2013-05-21T21:47:37Z")
Thanks! Don’t you wish there was a website like [Ravelry](http://www.ravelry.com) for quilting/sewing projects? It’s really nice to have things documented and organized. At present, I still “document/organize” sewing and embroidery projects just by keeping all my pattern designs and notes on graph paper in a three-ring binder. For a quilt, I staple small scraps of the backing and binding fabrics to the page in question so I can recall what it looked like. How do real crafters keep track of what they’ve done and what they’re working on, if it’s something that doesn’t qualify for Ravelry? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/13 "2013-05-21T22:08:57Z")
Thanks everyone. But we’re missing something. More linkage! I love seeing other people’s work. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/14 "2013-05-21T22:47:58Z")
I’m not currently working on anything, but I like to make small model pianos. I’ll post a picture of them at some point, if I remember. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/15 "2013-05-22T00:58:00Z")
After seeing some of the clay stuff I made back in college, a friend got me some self hardening clay. I knew right away I wanted to make a set of Viking rune stones. After much thought, I decided to also make a statuette of Baba Yaga\*. Since the clay doesn’t need firing, I can use red LEDs for the eyes and run wires down to the base so they light up. I’m thinking of using some kind of metal for her teeth. - Baba Yaga is THE bogeyman of Russian folklore. She’s an old hag with iron teeth who dwells in a hut that walks on giant hen’s legs. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/16 "2013-05-22T01:21:41Z")
Ooh, I love working with self-hardening clay. I make hedgehog Christmas ornaments out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/17 "2013-05-22T01:52:47Z")
OK, I’ve mustered up the courage to share some of my jewelry. Please keep in mind that most of these were made during a class, and I’m really just starting out. [Shiny things](https://picasaweb.google.com/elyse0228/Jewelry?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKS00IW8zb62lAE&feat=directlink). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/18 "2013-05-22T02:15:02Z")
> [@Inter\_Alia](#): > > OK, I’ve mustered up the courage to share some of my jewelry. Please keep in mind that most of these were made during a class, and I’m really just starting out. [Shiny things](https://picasaweb.google.com/elyse0228/Jewelry?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKS00IW8zb62lAE&feat=directlink). I LOVE that curlicue ring and am going to steal that design. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/19 "2013-05-22T02:24:59Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > > [@Inter Alia](#): > > > > OK, I’ve mustered up the courage to share some of my jewelry. > > I LOVE that curlicue ring and am going to steal that design. It’s very pretty indeed, but I **really** like the red-white-and-blue necklace. The strong “flag” color combination gives it a sort of relaxed but energetic feel like a casual bead choker, while the muted colors and classic glossy shapes echo the elegance of a pearl necklace. Nice one! ---
**Author:** ![Inter\_Alia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@Inter\_Alia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inter_Alia)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899/20 "2013-05-22T14:29:51Z")
Thanks! **Biggirl** , steal away! **Kimstu** , the red is actually orange aventurine. I made that one for a friend who is a big University of Florida Gators fan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafty-dopers-what-are-you-working-on/658899.md?page=2)