Fuzzydragons

fabricsamples , a photo by fuzzydragons on Flickr. So a few weeks ago I got some fabric samples made up of some designs I did. Not sure what you would do with the pattern, skirt or a bag maybe? I do like how they turned out, the black could be darker but that is easily enough fixed. Some people know, I have arthritis in both sides of my jaw, hence the hyalgan injections. I have already had the right side done, its the worst, so it was done first. It was working, but for the last few weeks its been creaking and cracking more and tonight, it feels like someone has kicked me in the side of the face :/ So less then a year later, and its starting to go back to the way it was before the injections. A bit of a pain in the ass :/ Back to only being able to eat soup :p On a happier note, 4 day weekend! yay! but I have lots of college work to do, so not really days off, at least i can sleep past 6:30 :D

ok they were for the inlaws fireplace, to sit somewhere on it, but they look like mushrooms to me. And I think they are pretty cute, just have to make sure Sky doesn't eat them (like the bodywash bottle and jute grocery bag and the wood toilet seat she took a bite out of :/) And Mr.F's cousin gave me this, a sari that I just need to make a blouse for out of the orange coloured fabric, or get one made instead (there is lots of fabric here, wouldn't be able to get a photo of the whole thing unless it was on someone). I love how shiny it is :D oh and lots of matching bangles I forgot to take a photo of. I'm going to have to get her to grab me a few more next time she goes back to India :) I had every intention of drawing today, but woke up with a horrible migraine that just wont go away :( So I am going to try to draw a bit before bed and cross my fingers I'm not hearing bongo drums in my head in the morning *crosses fingers* Plus Sky made a friend today, a cute little...

Mr.F made me a huge messenger bag :D I love it and the colours are really bright. Wont lose me in a crowd lol Just wish I had more of this fabric so I could make a little change purse or wallet. Huge zipper and pocket on the outside, flap covering the top and a zippered pocket in the inside. I think its official now. Mr.F has used my sewing machine more then I have lol but it does mean that if a pair of jeans gets ripped he can fix them now instead of waiting for me to get time to :p If it doesn't snow like everyone is saying it will tomorrow, I will get some pictures of it in the sun so people can see how bright it really is :) And if it does snow we can make a snowperson and it can model the bag :p

So figured out what I am going to do with that spider web netting. Use it with the making if a messenger bag (like I need anymore bags :p). Have the skull fabric as the lining and the yellow/orange fabric with the netting for the outside fabric. Probably not get it finished before Halloween though :/ Copyright Jennifer Rose Quick sketch for the Monthly Sketch Group . Not sure if its sad or funny that I created the group but have only been able to get really quick sketches done lol must try harder :) Anyone is welcome to join in the projects :D Been way too long since a Scottish word of the week, so here are 2 to try to make up for it 1. craw 2. sugarallie Answer to the last word: 1. pokey-hat is an ice cream cone

100/365 15.10.09 Mise en ligne par fuzzydragons Creative space for today, colour wheel theory. Not really what I enjoy doing as its really basic stuff that I've done dozens of times. But its mostly done, still can't write so the labelling will have to wait until I get more feeling back in my hands. Look what Mr.F's mom bought me. The shiny spider web lace/fabric (the black, the orange I've had for awhile now).I love it, just not sure what I am going to do with it. I can see it ending up being one of those fabrics I don't want to cut up as I love the pattern. So more fabric to add to the do not cut pile :p (I will probably use it, just have to make sure its for something good) And a £10 coat from the charity shop :) has a hood and lots of pockets. The furry piece on the hood comes off which is handy. No idea what the coat was worth new, but not from the cheapest of stores originally. There is nothing at all wrong with it, so had to have it since I...

44/365 20.08.09 Originally uploaded by fuzzydragons More painting. Need to touch up the white and redo one wall because the paint is peeling off. Who ever lived here before and put gloss on the walls, we hate at the moment. Its odd because the paint is sticking to most of the wall, even on some places that has gloss, but near the ceiling the paint is peeling right off the gloss that is left. Even with sanding it to leave something for the new paint to stick to its coming off. So now Mr.F has to take a heat gun to it and re-paint part of the wall. Glad we got more paint then we thought we needed. Going to make a skirt out of an old pair of jeans that have a hole that would just look really odd if fixed. Just need to figure out what fabric to use. I love the really colourful fabric, but it is really busy, while the blue fabric is really a lot more relaxing looking. Any ideas of which to use? And working on my graphite horse :) The line art transferred and just waiting for me to put the ...

27/365 03.08.09 Originally uploaded by fuzzydragons but I am not holding my breath :p Might be tempting fate but the 2 of us seem determined to break a leg or our necks. As long as I don't do what I did yesterday I'm fine with a broken arm because honestly I really doubt it would hurt any more :p I whacked my hand, right where my 6th finger was. The cupboard door came falling with force right onto my finger. Now I get some people might be thinking "oh how could that hurt?". That area usually hurts, probably have something to do with extra nerves. But it hurt more because there is a small lump of something (drs have no idea what it is without cutting me open to find out. its not noticeable unless you press on my hand), sitting right where the nerves are and it moves all the time. So it probably wouldn't have hurt as much if that little stupid lump wasn't there, but because it was, it was like having a rock between the door and my hand. Pretty swollen up :/ So...

Everyday in May #8 Originally uploaded by fuzzydragons ACEO graphite on Stonehenge Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip Quick 5 minute ACEO sketch :) Wonky anatomy for the win! :p Didn't get really any drawing done today. Lots of prep work, but not much to show for it. I still need to find an old map of Canada that I can use for a drawing. I could just make a map up but I thought using on old map of Canada would be a nice touch :) Trying to pick a thread colour. Ended up going with #5 :) I liked the blue but thought it might be too dark to go with the orange fabric. And it doesn't look like I actually got a lot on it done, but shock of horror I actually used an iron when putting things together :p Me, who refuse to iron anything :p I just don't see the point when it just ends up getting creased when you put it on anyway :p I have enough of the blue star fabric left to make a small bag with, or use it for a cover for my little sketchbook so the wrap and the sketchbook match (whi...

Creative Space May, 7, 2009 Originally uploaded by fuzzydragons I decided to make a pencil wrap with this gorgeous moon and star fabric :) It is going to be pretty big, 10x20 inches when its unrolled, but I figure it can hold more pencils that way and I can always make smaller ones later if this works. For once there are not any pencils on the desk :p hmmm there actually is a lot of room when there isn't jars of pencils sitting around hmmm its amazing how quickly I can get a sewing project together when I make a pattern before hand :p huh who would have thought :p More creative spaces here Hopefully art later, I have drawn 2 ACEOs but the scanner is isn't cooperating :/

So here we have a "bad" corner. Its not a weak corner, I just sewed over the piping by accident. When I make bags for other people and this happens, (doesn't happen that often. Piping is easy to sew. Just a pain on the fingers :p) I undue the stitches and do it again. An example of a neat proper looking corner. Now I am thinking that I should have maybe used purple or even a light yellow piping so it stands out more. Next time I will remember to take a fabric sample with me when I go get piping. Here we have the inner pockets sewn to the lining. If people want me to make a pocket tut, just let me know. Its not hard :) I used a straight stitch to keep it in place and than I used a stronger stitch as this pocket will probably be used to keep change or my cell phone in and I don't want it ripping away from the lining. This is putting the finished lining onto the outer layer of the bag. The lining is just fabric cut to the same sizes of the pattern of the outer layer. I f...

Worked on my new bag today. Added the pocket to the inside panel (it really is not as crooked in person :p) Than I pinned piping all around the edge of the fabric. Make sure that when using piping that you place it properly, good side usually away from the edge of the fabric. Try to get the piping as even as possible around corners, or you could just not have round corners which makes things easier lol I had already sewed the sides of the bag together yesterday, so I pinned this good sides facing in so it lined up with the piping. At this point the ends of my fingers were getting pretty sore from getting pricked by pins, I was feeling weak from blood loss :p Now I remember why I only used piping if I really have to :p It does give a really neat edge to bags and pillows though. I just used your basic straight stitch to join the pieces together, going slowly so that I had the needle as flush with the piping as I could get it. Still quicker than doing it by hand. You don't have to sew...

So there was this odd smell in the bathroom the past few days. But it wasn't always there. So yesterday while Mr Fuzzy was in the shower the smell was very strong (it wasn't him :p). He thought it could be the wires in the switch and then the switch stopped working, so grabbed the little ladder and had a look. Now remember to turn off power to the shower when trying to do something like this! (don't want anyone getting hurt trying to have a look) [For those of you wondering why we have electricity going into the shower, most showers in the UK have their own water heater built in so in theory the water temp doesnt change if someone turns on the taps /flushes the toilet - in practise the kitchen tap is fed directly off the water main as is the shower.....so turning on the tap to do dishes results in a yell and a stream of obscenities from the person in the shower....usually me...yet she swears its an "accident" everytime it happens - a "semi scalded" Mr Fu...

moon/star bag , originally uploaded by fuzzydragons . So stage one of making my new bag. Messes with a person's eyes :p The bottom part is cut even, its just turned up on itself right now. hmm might have to break down and use an iron (but I will try to avoid that ;) ) I think for right now I will just use some white buttons that I have laying around (considering I have probably over 100 of them). The problems that we were having with the flat have been sorted out so we should be in there in a week *crosses fingers* I think this plant/flower is very pretty. There is a pink variety next to it, but I don't know what they are called. This week Scottish words (as picked by John) 1. sugarollie 2. syboes 3. stammygaster Answer to last weeks Scottish words: 1. mince is ground meat, but it can also mean rubbish depending on who your are talking to and where they are from (so it was a trick word ;) ) 2. quair is a book Oh and my laptop is back. *dances* Seems to be working fine, just hav...

"Dragon Trio" Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip Still working on the graphite drawing of Deuce. He has really fuzzy ears. Fur everywhere :p So its taking a little longer than I thought it would to get the basic highlights down. hmmm shaved dogs are so much easier to draw (jk). [side note: You would be really surprised how many dogs we had to pig skin at the dog groomers because their owners did not take care of them. So all the fur had to go :( Pyrenean Mountain Dogs should not have to be shaved :( ] So when I need a break from all of Deuce's fur I am going to be working on those 3 ACEOs up there, finishing the dragons with graphite. Used Inktense pencils for the background. I love how bright the colours are :D And I am going to also work on this scarab from last year. I think once I have transfered the line art again (seemed to have lost the one that I had done) I will colour it with coloured pencil. I think it would look really nice coloured and if I can make certain pa...

So didn't get any drawing done today. We went for a walk down town to enjoy the nice weather, pay some bills, go get something to read and we stopped into The Meffan. They had an exhibit by Paola McClure there, and while it wasn't John's cup of tea or other beverage of choice, I thought the exhibit was very nice. Lots of different colours to look at and all the items shown were arranged very nicely. :) I am going to be blowing green fur out of my nose for the next few days :p Going to cut this fabric up to make some green and white dragons with the tartan fabric on the bellies and the underside of their wings. I might have to go get some more white fuzzy fabric though. (and try to resist buying any more fabric until I make some more things with the fabric I have ;) ) John trying to get pictures from my laptop burnt onto a DVD (wasn't working right) The little room was finished today. New wallpaper and new carpet, both make the little room look a lot bigger :) Just need...

African Crowned Crane WIP Copyright Jennifer Rose Phillip Now he looks cross-eyed :p Worked on the head feathers. I wanted them to be a bit brighter but I will leave them until I get more of the body feathers coloured. That right eye still looks a bit odd. It looks fine when I look at it, and when I see it in front of a mirror, but seeing it on the laptop makes it look a little too big, or maybe a little bit bug-eyed. Not much I can really do to fix it, just going to see what it looks like later. I need to think of a title for this. Suggestions? And more funky fabric to mess with your head :p Probably going to make a messenger bag with it. Definitely wouldn't be easy to lose. I have lots I should be sewing. Hopefully go for a walk down town tomorrow and get some pictures. Having written that though it almost guarantees that it will snow. But then I could have a snowball fight :p And finally, Print of this image up for sale at my Etsy Shop here Links: Crane info because some people...

I didn't draw today :( But I did get some really cool fabric that I want to make into a bag and got a new hat. :p Put him up for sale on Etsy