January 27, 2010
January 25, 2010
TOOL TIME
I love seeing the various tools people use for their work. These are my main ones. Clockwise from top left corner:- Leather Hammer: For flattening seams and smoothing bulk.
- Gingher stainless steal scissors: For fabric and leather cutting.
- Pattern scissors: For cutting paper. I actually don't use these that much - they're too heavy - but they look so cool.
- Plastic curve: For making round lines on patterns.
- Lighter: For burning loose nylon thread ends.
- 12" Steel ruler.
- 12" Clear grid ruler.
- 18" Clear grid ruler.
- L-Square ruler.
- Steel yard stick.
- Tiny flathead: For changing needles.
- Mid flathead: For changing feet/other machine adjustments.
- X-acto knife with #23 blades.
- Pencil
- Seam ripper: Lots of seams are ripped out, often.
- Awl: For marking patterns.
- Needle nose pliers.
- Clips: This hold the bag together while sewing (can't do pins in leather cuz they make holes).
*** I forgot to show my most used tool, an Olaf rotary cutter. These rule!
- Gingher stainless steal scissors: For fabric and leather cutting.
- Pattern scissors: For cutting paper. I actually don't use these that much - they're too heavy - but they look so cool.
- Plastic curve: For making round lines on patterns.
- Lighter: For burning loose nylon thread ends.
- 12" Steel ruler.
- 12" Clear grid ruler.
- 18" Clear grid ruler.
- L-Square ruler.
- Steel yard stick.
- Tiny flathead: For changing needles.
- Mid flathead: For changing feet/other machine adjustments.
- X-acto knife with #23 blades.
- Pencil
- Seam ripper: Lots of seams are ripped out, often.
- Awl: For marking patterns.
- Needle nose pliers.
- Clips: This hold the bag together while sewing (can't do pins in leather cuz they make holes).
*** I forgot to show my most used tool, an Olaf rotary cutter. These rule!
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my photos
January 19, 2010
ZIPPER GLASSES
Becca sent me this picture from some magazine because she knew I'd love the zipper glasses. I wrote back right away and said I Need Them. But then, there is the price: $365. Anyone who pays $365 for sunglasses is a total idiot, if you ask me. I am all for splurging on nice things occasionally or spending money on something that's a well-used staple. But sunglasses? For some reason pricey sunglasses really piss me off. It's excessive. If you have that much cash to drop on some shades, I hope you are sending some money along to Haiti or something too.
Categories:
accessories
January 16, 2010
DOA
Angel's Camp Ladies - this one's for you all:
It's a target. And after seeing this video, I feel better about having it. Because now I'll think of it not as something questionable, but as a reminder of a rad band. DOA is sadly ironic title now, but it's still an epic song and I'm glad I've got a reminder of it...RIP Jay Reatard.
It's a target. And after seeing this video, I feel better about having it. Because now I'll think of it not as something questionable, but as a reminder of a rad band. DOA is sadly ironic title now, but it's still an epic song and I'm glad I've got a reminder of it...RIP Jay Reatard.
Categories:
music
January 15, 2010
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January 10, 2010
IMPROVISATION
This is not Louis Vuitton over here. I really wish I had an expansive, sun-filled, organized studio with all the equipment needed and helpers for helping. Alas, this is a solo party. The funds and manpower are just not enough to do more than I do at present. Money is spent for necessities, not fancy stuff. Do I want a full set of radical-font embossing letters? Yes. Do I need it? No, don't buy it. I'm running out of the kinda scarce cutting blades that are my favorite but cost too much. Do I need them? Yes, it's a done deal, I already ordered more. Things come up all the time and I figure out a way. Fancy metal curves in various sizes are a pattern maker's best friend. I don't have them. And I don't really need them either. Look around, reach out, grab what's there, and make it work. Pattern making with plants. No metal curves here. Good words to go by:
*Make it work*
*Make it work*
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my photos
January 5, 2010
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