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About Me
When I
was 8 years old, I learned to crochet - a potholder out of
yarn first, then a doily out of thread. I was mesmerized by
the idea of creating something beautiful. And thus began my
creative journey. Since then I have tried many crafts. Some
were fads whose popularity (and availability of supplies)
came and went. Many are traditional crafts and variations
on them. All are self-taught. Among my favorites: crochet;
counted cross-stitch; Christmas ornaments and decorations;
and quilling, the most artistically satisfying of them all.
Copyright
©2011.
All rights reserved.
Content
included on this site is created and copyrighted by Barbara
Rose. Feel free to use my original designs for your personal
projects or for inspiration for your own designs. If using
designs or commentary found here, please give appropriate
credit and a link back to creative.bcdenterprises.net.
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11/12/2011
Zig-Zagging
Two
of the ornaments in last week's posting (below), the Gingerbread
and the Angel, include rounds of zig-zags. This is called
crimping - it adds another dimension to quilled pieces.
My ingenious
Lego-aficionado son, featured in last
month's blog, built me a crimper out of - yes - LEGOs!
The strip of quilling paper (green in this picture) goes in
the top and, by turning the knob on the side, gears inside
crimp the paper, giving it the zig-zag look as it comes out
the bottom.
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11/5/2011
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Actually,
it always looks like Christmas in my crafts room - I'm creating
new designs all the time, and have uploaded a lot of them over
the past few weeks. Check them out - click on any picture to
view that item on my Etsy site, or go to the Christmas
section of my Etsy
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