A nice way to close out September 2012

Silver Ring

The first ring I made out of metal...well, if one does not count those aluminum pop top rings that used to be on canned beverages.  This one is real silver, soldered together two pieces of top rounded wire, made the tiny ball (easy peasy but fun), then shaped into a ring, and joined again via solder.  My new skills mount! 

Chesnut balls are cute

Cute, but prickly I should add.

Flower Power Card

Flower stitched on card. It did skid across the card with the sewing machine needle, but grew a fondness for the smudge track it left, so let it be.  Lifted the foot to stitch across the lower half.

Bee Bearing Balloons

Copper Bracelet -- Lace Imprint

Playing with adding texture to metal...in this case 20 gauge copper sheet.  Took a piece of lace, and then ran it through the roller. Four holes, some leather string, and a bracelet is made.  The lace is subtle, but does show up in contrast to the part I kept smooth...photography makes that a bit hard to tell.

Here is another do-dad I cut out by hand...love using hand tools ...goes slow enough to allow a good deal of control, but still cuts metal! Fine tooth blade...think my "unorthodox" sewing experience helps...I've done a fair amount of bizarre movements with the Bernina when working on Solvy projects...the movements to get the needle (or blade) to move where you want.   Note: I have broken a lot of blades, but my rate of breakage is improving.