Tuesday, August 9, 2011

More lace, this one will choke you up

OK, not really. It's a choker, made at DD's request.
We both love Urban Threads, because their designs are all a little weird. Also their explanations are clear, and I love their creativity.
The choker is going to be nice enough if you tie a little black velvet ribbon at the ends, but it also has enough little places to sew on delicate chains or other things.
Now that I've finally learned how to make Free Standing Lace, or FSL, it's a lot more fun. The shiny stuff you see at the edge of the lace is the stabilizer, Solvy Ultra. I've also used Soluvlies, and it works better than the Solvy.

Here are the next designs DD wants, and this time she wants them on fabric-covered boxes, like in the course I just took.

http://www.urbanthreads.com/product_details?product_id=5153&category_id=29

http://www.urbanthreads.com/product_details?product_id=7346&category_id=29

2 comments:

Tina said...

WOW! This is coming out great. I m trying to put in my order for the voodo doll, but could not find the order form. But you know it is my birthday, lol!

Anonymous said...

Karen - what a great choker! I now award you the Leibster Blog Award; please go the http://msmousecleanshouse.wordpress.com/ to claim it. And thanks for turning me on to Urban Threads.