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here I posted about my bobbin lace collar and the fact that I was 25 beads short.
Erin pointed me to some beads on amazon that I ordered. It turned out that not one bead in that mixture matched but mixing them along with some of the ones I was using has worked perfectly. So thanks to Erin. I need to start working on this at home so I'll finish it sometime in the near future. Just working on it 4 hours a week in lace class is just not enough time to make any headway. Here is a picture of the center portion which is almost complete.
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| bobbin lace collar--linen thread |
Down the street, at the community mailbox, there is a tree that is shedding the most beautiful autumn colored leaves. I have been picking them up from the ground to use in dyeing but I wanted to try and make some sort of a book with a few of them. I researched for a method to preserve them in some way and decided to try the glycerin method. I bought a small bottle of glycerin in the drug section of the supermarket. I mixed up 1 cup...1/3 glycerin, 2/3 water...
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| leaves covered with glycerin solution in a tray |
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| a piece of styrofoam over the leaves and some copper pipe to hold it all down |
It sat in that solution for 5 days. I removed them today and just laid them down on a paper towel to dry.
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| the texture of the leaf is nice and soft but they darkened considerably |
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| close-up of front and back of a glycerin treated leaf |
Now to figure out how to make a little book. I wanted to write on the leaves but they are quite dark and I don't think the writing will show up....so thinking about it...
