# Show us your latest project **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781 "2007-03-13T19:17:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Fearless\_Leader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Fearless\_Leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fearless_Leader)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/41 "2007-03-15T13:05:30Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Wow. That is impressive! How long did that take, all told? [/QUOTE] Thanks! I started working on it six months ago. I haven’t done anything on it for about a month, but now that I have the rest of my thread and the end is in sight I really want it finished! ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/42 "2007-03-16T13:54:52Z")
**FordPrefect** , I like your bookshelves. My husband is building a wall of shelves for our study - [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleanor0a/422067403/) they are in-progress, and [here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleanor0a/422067433) they’re nearly done. Everything here is beautiful! The only crafting I really do is cross-stitch - my latest is [HMS Victory](http://www.flickr.com/photos/eleanor0a/423053797/). ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/43 "2007-03-16T14:34:08Z")
My new short will screen at the [Lil Film Fest](http://www.livefrommemphis.com/info/more_info?copyID=102) tomorrow at 2. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/44 "2007-03-16T16:06:56Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] **FordPrefect** , I like your bookshelves. My husband is building a wall of shelves for our study [/QUOTE] Now we’re talking! Those are nice shelves! But will your total cost be under $400? I think not… :smack: Damn, makes me wish I had a much bigger budget for my project… What wood did he use? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/45 "2007-03-16T16:28:24Z")
[QUOTE=picunurse] **OpalCat** , I’m always floored by your talent. I’m a crafter, you’re an artist! [/QUOTE] Aww thanks! If you ever get bored, the full gallery is here: [http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/Art](http://gallery.opalcat.com/gallery/Art) I don’t have a more recent clip, but this is another project of mine… [learning to pass 7 clubs](http://gallery.opalcat.com/albums/Juggling/groundhog_festival_me_and_dan_7_club_passing.mpg). That clip is from last year–I’ve gotten better this year, but have no video of it. (The guy in the clip is my boyfriend) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/46 "2007-03-16T16:30:43Z")
I’m going to build a boat. I can’t show you at the moment, because my home internet connection is knackered and I can’t update my website. [sub]Also, I don’t have very much to show for my efforts at the moment[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/47 "2007-03-16T18:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=FordPrefect] What wood did he use? [/QUOTE] He says it’s Aspen and Birch plywood. The original plan came from a Family Handyman magazine. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/48 "2007-03-17T19:33:06Z")
I just had to post a photo of [this](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/fwhited/lizardnecklace.jpg) , because I’m so happy with the way its turning out. I made the toggle in a silver art clay class a couple of weeks ago, and when I started working on the necklace, it become obvious that the bar of the toggle was really too short to do the job. I was seriously bummed but since I’m going to be taking another art clay class in May, I figured I’d set it aside until then and rework the toggle during the class. Then I had a blinding flash of inspiration – using an embellished plastic lizard as the toggle bar! ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/49 "2007-03-17T22:52:44Z")
Here’s the [Harry Potter mural](http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/pg.asp?cmd=display&layout_id=846833) (Hogwarts in a closet–it’s the Cupboard Under the Stairs) that I finished last year. That was my last painting project. I’ve got a two-year-old now who makes such things rather more difficult. Lately I’ve been designing digital scrapbook kits. Here’s the last one I finished: [Year of the Pig](http://wedoitthehardway.blogspot.com/2007/02/36-years-oink.html), and links to some things that other people have done with it. **Ford** , I see the Harry Potter books on your shelves! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/50 "2007-03-17T23:47:42Z")
**picnurse** , your links aren’t working anymore. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2007, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/51 "2007-03-17T23:53:00Z")
**Helena** , that’s awesome! But a closet? I’d have it on the biggest wall in my house. It’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/52 "2007-03-18T00:19:01Z")
Everybody says that. 🙂 But the whole point was that it’s the Cupboard Under the Stairs (it’s pretty big, for a closet) and it’s a little playroom for the grandkids. Actually I haven’t been out there since I finished the mural, so I’ll have to go see how she’s got it fixed up now. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/53 "2007-03-18T00:19:27Z")
I don’t have personal pictures because the kitten ate my USB cord to download pictures, but I can link to the original patterns. [Sheldon](http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTsheldon.html) started for a friend’s baby born two days ago (Natalie Caroline) and [Elly’s Dragon](http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter06/PATTnorberta.html) (which I don’t call Norberta because it annoys me) in yellow and red for another baby (Elizabeth Irena) born back in October. Another one of these is in the works for a baby due this summer. Also, [Bobbi](http://www.blueskyalpacas.com/pattern_viewer.php?patterns_ID=42&PHPSESSID=179d6c0c226fcbe2c3031442250d68e3) for yet ANOTHER baby born last week. (James Anthony). I think I’m at “that age”. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/54 "2007-03-18T05:32:29Z")
[QUOTE=Red Barchetta] **picnurse** , your links aren’t working anymore. [/QUOTE] This is the [Fairie](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/picunurse/Glass/Fairie1.jpg) and this is the [nude](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/picunurse/Glass/nude3.jpg) Here’s the whole [PhotoBucket](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v483/picunurse/Glass/) page. I was stupid and moved some of them around, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/55 "2007-03-18T17:06:42Z")
You have a sharp eye, **Helena** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/56 "2007-03-18T22:33:07Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I just had to post a photo of [this](http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m81/fwhited/lizardnecklace.jpg) , because I’m so happy with the way its turning out. I made the toggle in a silver art clay class a couple of weeks ago, and when I started working on the necklace, it become obvious that the bar of the toggle was really too short to do the job. I was seriously bummed but since I’m going to be taking another art clay class in May, I figured I’d set it aside until then and rework the toggle during the class. Then I had a blinding flash of inspiration – using an embellished plastic lizard as the toggle bar! [/QUOTE] Very cool! The colors are beautiful! ---
**Author:** ![mlerose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@mlerose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlerose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/57 "2007-03-19T04:43:44Z")
I posted this on another thread last week, but I’m so glad to be done with it that here it is again: [baby blanket](http://bp2.blogger.com/_juEH4dU48zI/RfYiTxvrjAI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/rhLeVZdbh3I/s1600-h/2007+ca+026.jpg) for a coworker’s baby, who may have by now made his appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/58 "2007-03-20T11:15:00Z")
OK, I still don’t have very much tangible progress, but [here](http://www.freewebs.com/atomicshrimp/6382/index.html) is my boat project. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/59 "2007-03-20T11:55:27Z")
I just finished a [hat and scarf](http://knitlace.net/images/hatandscarf.jpg) of my own design. I have to get off my lazy butt and write up the pattern notes into something useful. And last week I finally got my act together to do a [beading project](http://idle-wild.net/images/crafts/tiger1.jpg) I’ve been contemplating for a while. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781/60 "2007-03-23T14:39:23Z")
[This](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=IMG_04991.jpg) isn’t new, but it’s dear to me because my basketmaking teacher designed it for me to make, and named it the Gwendolen Tote. 🙂 [Here](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=IMG_05011.jpg) is a lap robe size top I still have to quilt. The fabrics came as a packet so I just made it simple to show them off. [This](http://s87.photobucket.com/albums/k140/gigisdmb/?action=view¤t=IMG_05021.jpg) is my current quilting. I made it to use up foliage scraps I had. I had to add the lizardy panel to make it long enough for the very tall pal it’s going to. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/show-us-your-latest-project/395781.md?page=4)