Sculpting recycled wood into a tatting shuttle-2
July 8, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crafts, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft, lace, tatting
In my previous posting, I showed how I got started making the Lady Hoare tatting shuttle.
I took the bits of recycled wood back out to the workshop, and cut the 2 shuttles out on the bandsaw:
Then finished up the openings with a smaller saw:
Next, time to make some sawdust:
You can see how it’s looking more ’shuttle -y’:
Time to switch to files:
OH RATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I snapped one prong off! THIS is why I always cut out TWO!
(I didn’t waste the broken one- see what I did with it)
So, start all over and be a WHOLE lot more careful!
HURRAH! I actually finished it …read more
Eco projects to celebrate Earth Day
April 10, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, crafts, eco projects & green projects & recycling craft
I’ve been having a wonderful time, re-fashioning, reclaiming, re-using, recycling and eco-crafting up a storm in celebration of Earth Day.
I reclaimed part of old desk drawers to make bag handles:
and I took a broken loom and turned it into wonderful ‘eco-bracelets’:
I have lots more eco projects up my sleeve, so stay tuned!
