Crafty Little Presents, Part 2
Dec. 30th, 2009 08:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyofthethreadThanks to those who commented on the little projects in my last couple of entries! :-)
I went to visit my best friend on Sunday. Bought sushi for lunch and we spent much of the afternoon chatting and catching up, which was nice. I’ve known her since elementary school but only see her a few times a year since her schedule is rather busy now.
I made this fabric-covered box as part of her present this year. It’s another project from the Omiyage book, called “Flower Box.” I built it from scratch with Bristol board, bits of different Japanese print fabrics, and lots of glue. (I used over half a bottle of tacky glue on the two boxes in this post! o_o;) The box is about 5 1/2 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. I couldn’t find heavier Bristol and thought real cardboard would be too heavy to shape nicely so I used a double layer for most pieces. Some parts like the bottom of the box and the sides are actually 4-5 layers thick plus glue and fabric so it’s pretty sturdy.
The design for the top got a bit awkward towards the edges; I realized after I was mostly done that I was supposed to have put a bit of stuffing inside all the pieces before gluing them down. So, I got close to the edge sooner than I was supposed to. ^_^;;;
The inside of the box
The bottom of the box
A progress shot from before the lid was finished. I found a cheap paintbrush was really good for spreading the glue evenly. The only sewing on the whole box was stitching to gather fabric over circles of Bristol for the bottom of the box and the inside of the lid. Everything thing else was just cut and glued!
I also made this smaller plainer box from the Omiyage book; this one is called “Pandora” and has a bit of stitching on the lid as embellishment. I made this one first and was originally planning to give this to my friend but decided I didn’t like how it came out. So, it’s still sitting in my living room.
And that’s it for the crafty little presents! I suppose now it’s time to get back to costume stuff although I’m tempted to do more. With some of the quilt-like sewing I’ve done lately, I kind of want to attempt Valentine’s final episode dress from Gankutsuou (which I’ve been meaning to make for a few years already >_>;) as a patchwork and applique thing. Maybe, that’ll be a project for summer…
And I realize I still haven’t gotten around to making a community for the Kaleido Star project for Costume Con. ^_^; I’ll try to do that sometime next week.
I went to visit my best friend on Sunday. Bought sushi for lunch and we spent much of the afternoon chatting and catching up, which was nice. I’ve known her since elementary school but only see her a few times a year since her schedule is rather busy now.
I made this fabric-covered box as part of her present this year. It’s another project from the Omiyage book, called “Flower Box.” I built it from scratch with Bristol board, bits of different Japanese print fabrics, and lots of glue. (I used over half a bottle of tacky glue on the two boxes in this post! o_o;) The box is about 5 1/2 inches in diameter and 3 inches high. I couldn’t find heavier Bristol and thought real cardboard would be too heavy to shape nicely so I used a double layer for most pieces. Some parts like the bottom of the box and the sides are actually 4-5 layers thick plus glue and fabric so it’s pretty sturdy.
The design for the top got a bit awkward towards the edges; I realized after I was mostly done that I was supposed to have put a bit of stuffing inside all the pieces before gluing them down. So, I got close to the edge sooner than I was supposed to. ^_^;;;
The inside of the box
The bottom of the box
A progress shot from before the lid was finished. I found a cheap paintbrush was really good for spreading the glue evenly. The only sewing on the whole box was stitching to gather fabric over circles of Bristol for the bottom of the box and the inside of the lid. Everything thing else was just cut and glued!
I also made this smaller plainer box from the Omiyage book; this one is called “Pandora” and has a bit of stitching on the lid as embellishment. I made this one first and was originally planning to give this to my friend but decided I didn’t like how it came out. So, it’s still sitting in my living room.
And that’s it for the crafty little presents! I suppose now it’s time to get back to costume stuff although I’m tempted to do more. With some of the quilt-like sewing I’ve done lately, I kind of want to attempt Valentine’s final episode dress from Gankutsuou (which I’ve been meaning to make for a few years already >_>;) as a patchwork and applique thing. Maybe, that’ll be a project for summer…
And I realize I still haven’t gotten around to making a community for the Kaleido Star project for Costume Con. ^_^; I’ll try to do that sometime next week.
