I think if I was born centries or more ago, I would be perfectly content to sew, embroider, crochet, etc. I love working with my hands and making things!! I don't make crafts everyday, but they remain a constant in my life.
Not a log of All the crafts I've made, but highlights of my favorite ones.
Fabric, thread, and Yarn
Crochet
2024-2025 - I just learned how to crochet in 2024 and my favorite things are round things like doilies and coasters! I like doilies because they are small enough to finish, not too boring since every row is different, but there is also a nice repetition within each row. Now my house looks like a grandma lives in it. Unfortunately this also means I am vulnerable to buying pretty yarn.
The white doily and the large three color doily were made using Draiguna's Moonpetals pattern. The pastel textured doily was made using Grace Fearon's Mable pattern. Not blocked because I don't care enough, I also suck at picots. The coasters are very simple: magic circle; 12dc in circle; increase each round by 12dc until there are 60dcs (24, 36, 48, 60, the first dc for each round will be a ch3); edging is sc, skip one, five dc in the next st, skip one, sc (with each ending sc being the beginning sc for the next hump).
2025 - I made these since I had painted my window sills brown, but my cats, especially when they were little and struggling to get up on my window sills, ended up scratching them. These were intended to protect the window sills from being scratched, and while it has helped, they often knock them off.
Stuffed frogs
Made from Boigameista's felt frog pattern on tumblr! You first sew the sides together along the top arch, then sew those to the bottom belly, before turning inside out and stuffing.
Sun Catchers
I have made so many suncatchers, too many to log here, but here are some of my favorites :3 (which tend to feature rainbows shockingly enough)
May 2023 - Most of my dangles are assmbled from craft bits I have hanging around, some from when I was very young, much salvaged from my brothers ex-wife's supply. I make these on the fly with no planning, just taking inspiration from the components I have at hand ^^ Note that large crystals will throw the best rainbows in the sun.
Earings and Accessories
Rainbow hoop earings
May 2023 - I have made many rainbow earings, but these are by far my favorite. Perfect size and elegant, though fragile. The small beads on the hoop were used to separate the chains suspending the rainbow beads so that they wouldn't clump together.
Bajoran earings
2020 - Bajoran earings I made, styled after the earings Bajorans wear in Star Trek. They are made from antique buttons, spray paint, and assorted craft bits for the dangles and centers.The references I used to make the earings. They all seemed to have a large round metal base, oftentimes but not always with a gem in its center, and something dangling from it. It is always featured with a cuff attatched by a chain from the ear cartilage to the earing base.I used antique buttons for their unique designs and textures, often gluing a smaller button ontop of a larger. I then painted them black and then spray painted them with a mirror or chrome spray paint. After that I glued a rhinestone or costume gem into the center of buttons that still had visible button holes. Then I glued a post to the back, also affixing a hook for the dangles to attatch to, which I assmbled from chain, beads, and bead pins.
Goth choker
2019 - A choker made entirly from craft scraps I had on hand. Possibly made earlier than 2019, but that was the picture date.
Origami
I learned orgiami when I was 8 from library books! I rarely make any these days, except paper stars and post it note cranes.
Paper stars
2021 - I sometimes make tiny paper stars from 4mm strips of colorful paper. They fit perfectly in my old testosterone bottles, so I made a few pride flags. I wanted to make ace and aro flags too but I don't have any grey paper.
Sculptures
Mark (OC)
2018 - Final project for my art class in senior year. I enjoyed our previous project where we all made sculpey characters, so I made one of my character Mark.
Mushroom Lady
2017 - The art project that inspired my Mark sculpture. We worked with sculpey, which you can bake in a home oven. I enjoyed this project and designing her.