First I drew a line down the centre of the paper, then sketched the outline of one wing of the butterflies. Next I folded the sheet of paper along the line and cut out the wings making the complete wing template. I now have 12 unique templates to work with.
The templates I made for a butterfly project came in useful for making a birthday card for my girl. It's very quick and easy and I could have spent more time and glitter on it, but she loves it!
Here are a few design sketches from my latest project.
In the process of toiling the short dress. It's going well.
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| Starting to lay the tops over the netting. |
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| Building up the layers. |
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| Preparing to roll the vase. |
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| All rolled up. Ready to paint on the solution. |
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| Solution on. |
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| The finished vase. |
It was nice to take a little break over Christmas, spent the two months before Christmas buried under several metres of taffeta in various colours for the ball season. All over now so back to concentrating on a bespoke trouser and top combination for a client.
Also planned for the coming month is a major website overhaul and the construction of as much stock as possible for my online store. Its all cut out, it just needs attacking with a sewing machine to turn the heap of fabric into the fabulous garments they are destined to be.
Then its on to planning for the Easter craft fayre, silk paper is going to feature heavily, I have plans for several vases and experiments with colours and textures to complete. As the phone and tablet computer cases sold well pre Christmas, I think a few more of those might be in order too. I have ideas for quilted, crochet and leather work pieces, the latter aimed at a more masculine customer.
