Smaller thread.

Jul 02, 2007 22:33

So, I made some earrings with size 50 Cordonnet. Working with smaller thread is much easier than I thought it would be.


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navygreen July 3 2007, 05:54:17 UTC
Wow! That tiny heart is SO very teeny!

As to your icon, any idea where you got it?

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navygreen July 3 2007, 06:13:13 UTC
I should clarify - the reason I ask you if you know where you snagged the icon from is this: I made it. :-)

A dear friend of mine for many years had requested an icon of the Weasley twins. She gave me no criteria, so I just let the creative juices flow. I came up with this icon first (see original post about it here). In the comments of that same post, she then requested that I alter the text a little bit, which led to the demi-creation of the sequel icon, which can be found here.

It was just a very nice surprise to see my icon in action from someone other than the two users I know of who had snagged it long ago (my friend taryns_mom is also a Weasley fan). But I would love it if you would credit me in your userpics, too. ;-)

And, if you're interested, I do have a gallery for the few HP icons I've made. There's not too many there, but there is also a sub-gallery of quote icons from a fabulous fanfic I once read (written by hermioneluna, another of my friends).

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_diane July 3 2007, 07:23:27 UTC
Oh dear, I'm sorry. I'm usually very good about giving credit, unless the person who made the icon doesn't ask for it. I actually save the icon under the name of the maker if they ask for credit. Anyway, I've just credited you in my userpics page.

However, I'm pretty sure I didn't just pick up the icon from a user, since I don't do that (former icon maker - boo to stealing). I searched through a bunch of Weasley-centric communities looking for an icon of the twins, and I'm pretty sure I found this one in a batch with a bunch of others. Just a warning, someone might be stealing your work. Sorry I can't remember what community it was, but I can tell you it was November 2006-ish.

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navygreen July 3 2007, 07:35:23 UTC
This community approached me for permission to use it as their default back when I first made the icons, and I agreed. I never joined the community myself, so I didn't keep close tabs on it. As for anyone else, who knows where that/those icons might've spread to! Like I said, it was just a nice surprise to see you using it, seeing as how we just became friends recently, and I didn't think you had any prior knowledge of my creating that icon long ago. :-)

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wosny July 3 2007, 11:32:40 UTC
I think your earrings are beautiful, and I'm not usually a fan of tatted jewelry.
I love using quite fine thread, and love the King Tut's quilting thread from http://www.ds9designs.com/index.html
Check out the beautiful colours....
They also have some pretty beads...
http://honeybeesbliss.blogspot.com/2007/03/my-very-own-tatting-pattern.html
shows a pretty way to incorperate them. These are just ideas, because I joined the 25 motif challengs last year, and picked up loads of tips...
http://25motifchallenge.blogspot.com/

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_diane July 3 2007, 15:40:34 UTC
Wow, thanks for all the links!

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jcortese July 3 2007, 17:57:11 UTC
Oh, good cotton quilting therad is the best stuff in the world to tat with -- just when DMC started to kill off their prettier color combinations, I realized all that colorful quilting thread I had could be used, and I haven't looked back.

The colorways are marvelous, far better than anything DMC ever made, and the thread is very smooth and robust. Quilting shows (I'm a quilter as well) are the ebst place in the world to get tatting thread. :-)

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