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Hello! I’m moth2fic and I answer to Moth even in rl. I write and self publish as Jay Mountney so I answer to Jay, too. I try to do everything myself (not editing, obviously) so that means learning formatting and doing graphic design for covers. I take a lot of photographs and sometimes photoshop those for cover art. I also use them for making e-cards for birthdays etc. I make cards that can go in the post, too and use various techniques including quilling and 3D decoupage. Most of my close family and friends have had so many handmade cards I’ve stopped forcing them on them but last year I got involved in a craft exchange and made a set of 3D cards for various occasions for my recipient.
I sew and embroider and I do what Nagi calls shuttle tatting. I didn’t know the other kind was called tatting until today. Again, I don’t do much now because there’s a limit to how much tatting one family needs. My biggest sewing project ever was reupholstering a three piece suite and then adding applique work cushions. The suite is alas no longer with us but the cushions are still around. When my daughter was little I used to make stuffed toys and I made a couple for my grandson.
I do flower arranging; in fact I learned about 3D decoupage when a guest speaker came to a flower arranging class I attended. I also make dried flower arrangements.
Current project: embroidered panels/pockets to add to a plain summer dress I just finished making. So far, all I’ve done is choose the colours, but then we’ve got plenty of time before I’m likely to wear it! Another small project is to use offcuts (I can never bear to throw pretty things away) to make some hair ‘scrunchies’ because I’ve started growing my hair during lockdown. I’m also planning to convert my mother-in-law’s clip on earrings, which I inherited, into the kind for pierced ears. I’ve got all the kit but keep putting off the task.
So my main hobby is writing plus associated tasks but the other things are always in the background. A big thank you to Small Hobbit who alerted me to the fact that this comm isn’t just for knitters, which is a good job because somehow knitting and I have never really clicked. The icon I’ve used is a picture of a 3D card I made. I make icons but would need ideas for making any for the comm/mod.
I sew and embroider and I do what Nagi calls shuttle tatting. I didn’t know the other kind was called tatting until today. Again, I don’t do much now because there’s a limit to how much tatting one family needs. My biggest sewing project ever was reupholstering a three piece suite and then adding applique work cushions. The suite is alas no longer with us but the cushions are still around. When my daughter was little I used to make stuffed toys and I made a couple for my grandson.
I do flower arranging; in fact I learned about 3D decoupage when a guest speaker came to a flower arranging class I attended. I also make dried flower arrangements.
Current project: embroidered panels/pockets to add to a plain summer dress I just finished making. So far, all I’ve done is choose the colours, but then we’ve got plenty of time before I’m likely to wear it! Another small project is to use offcuts (I can never bear to throw pretty things away) to make some hair ‘scrunchies’ because I’ve started growing my hair during lockdown. I’m also planning to convert my mother-in-law’s clip on earrings, which I inherited, into the kind for pierced ears. I’ve got all the kit but keep putting off the task.
So my main hobby is writing plus associated tasks but the other things are always in the background. A big thank you to Small Hobbit who alerted me to the fact that this comm isn’t just for knitters, which is a good job because somehow knitting and I have never really clicked. The icon I’ve used is a picture of a 3D card I made. I make icons but would need ideas for making any for the comm/mod.
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I love your icon, it's very striking and I've always loved horses.
Like you, I hate throwing pretty things away, and hair scrunchies are always useful. I can't sew, although at some point I'd like to re-learn how to use a sewing machine for some small, simple projects. My mum was great at sewing but it never clicked with me. Knitting, on the other hand... *grins* Everyone has their own talents.
Converting earrings sounds fascinating, but I can understand there being a certain amount of trepidation involved since the earrings are special to you.
Looking forward to perhaps seeing pictures of your projects!
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Also I might have to pick your brain about flower arranging since I have a forist AU I'm low-key writing in the background of all my other projects...
Yay! Another tatter! That's so cool!
...What do you call needle tatting? I am so curious! I've never heard it called anything else.
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I don't think I call needle tatting anything... maybe just lace making!
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Do you have a particular pattern you plan to use for the embroidered panels/pockets for your new dress?
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I will design my own pattern for the embroidery. I'm thinking two large square or rectangular pockets, one with a sort of mandala pattern of flowers, then a curving strip of the same flowers on the opposite shoulder. But I haven't completely decided yet, which is why I haven't actually started!
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