Now that summer school is done, and for the first summer in a few years I'm no longer working on my masters degree I have found myself with LOTS of crafty nesting time (see here just in in case you missed the announcement). While perusing Pinterest (yes, very productive use of time... I know) I saw this adorable magnet board with magnet letters on it: It was love at first sight. (click the image to view the original source) I followed her link to check out the alphabet on Etsy but I just couldn't swallow spending $50 on it, adorable as it is. So I determined I would make my own. Now be warned. I am a VERY amateur sewer (I don't even dare venture use the word "seamstress". NO way!) And this project is not for the faint of heart, nor can it be done in a jiffy. Hopefully these instructions are of use to someone :) Materials: lowercase alphabet block letter template (free PDF) 26 fabric scraps (~4x4in) 26 Batting squares (~4x4in) 26 Felt squares (~4x4in) 52 1/2 in. diameter magnets 1. Select your fabric scraps. (I arranged mine by color for a rainbow-ish effect to help my baby girl learn the sequence of the alphabet as she visually sees the color scheme in order). 2. Create or print your alphabet template on cardstock. (I chose lowercase letters because as all you early-childhood teachers know MOST of the English language is represented with lowercase letters. Simply learning to recognize the letters by name, while helpful, is a far cry from learning to read. That is why I always begin by teaching the sounds of lowercase letters before names or introducing capital letters.) 3. Cut out your template and lay each piece with it's corresponding fabric. (I used an exacto for the center of the tricky ones). 4. Cut the fabric, batting and felt into approximate rectangles/squares for each letter. Layer them in that order. Make sure you have at least a 1/4in. edge of fabric, batting, and felt around each letter. (I considered using the same fabric for the backs, but ultimately decided on black felt to make it easy for baby girl to recognize the front and back of the letters). 5. Now I know I'm breaking lots of true seamstress rules here... but I didn't bother to pin OR trace my template. I know, I know. Shame shame on me! I simply used the letter template as a guide and stitched through the fabric, batting and felt, making sure they all stayed aligned, and making sure to backstitch as I went. If you're not as inclined to wing-it as I was, then by all means pin and trace away! But wait! Don't forget the magnets! I almost did, a few times in fact. Think carefully about where to place your magnets. They must be balanced on opposite sides of the letter or somewhat centered, otherwise the weight of your letter may cause it to hang crooked. I found it was easiest to DECIDE where to put my magnets before I started sewing, THEN sew the letter ALMOST all the way (without the magnet), and finally stick them in at the last moment, and then finish up the last few stitches. 6. For those fun letters with the holes (a,b,d,e,g,o,p,&q) sew the outside edges and place the magnets first, then sew the inside of the letter (this part can be tricky!) and then finally cut out the center once the whole thing is sewn. 7. Trim all the excess around the edges and another letter is done! With each completed letter I found myself feeling happy and triumphant. Hopefully you do too. When they're done, hang them on you refrigerator, a magnet board or a filing cabinet and admire them to your heart's content. Hooray! PS - I just have to add that after completing my alphabet I COMPLETELY understand why these are around $50 on Etsy. If I were selling I would have to charge at least $100 to make it even remotely worth my time. So go make your own and have fun! Let me know if you do, I would love to see pictures!
CC just tangled an alphabet and sent it to us. Take a closer look at some of the tangles she used: She's working on a script version. We look forward to seeing it. And we look forward to meeting CC at our next CZT seminar. (Psst . . . bring the originals!) CLick image for larger view.
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Op deze pagina vinden jullie mijn getanglede alfabet. On this page you'll find my Tangled Alphabet. <<<<<<< Crescent Moon Jalousie Stacked Ennies Lillypads Puff Emingle W2 Gingham Versa Nzeppel Diamonds and Squares Bales Betweet Copada Veezley Groovy Spoolz Fünf BTLJoos >>>>>>> Verve Fleuri Looplopp Clothesline Cruffle Footlites <<<<<<< Zedbra Fonqal Demi Pillows Bubbles Embellish Zuan Shi Pepper Kandysnake Screen Lighting bolt Flying geese Spinners 2-N-5 Fescu Cool beans Ticking Allium Hypnotic Capell Cadent Keeko Starbarz (2x) Fishnet Shattuck River Hatchpatch <<<<<<<< Tortuca Chillon Mooka Sugarcane Pais >>>>>>>>>Lokomotiv Beadlines Eyelet Ribbon Connector MEO Brax Morning Glories Miander Sand Swirl Munchin Mist Muzaky Morning Flower Moon Rocks Metal Plate Meer Medaillon Mayflower Nelumba Nipa Night N Day NZeppel Netting Neuron Well Triadz Merry Weather Mak-rah-mee Navoho Framz Aquafleur
Dinovel is a tangle inspired by a tulip found during the Tulipmania event in the Flower Dome at Singapore Gardens by the Bay. The colour and the shape of the flower are so attractive. Here are the …
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I have probably never mentioned this, but I am a (somewhat discerning) font hoarder. Once upon a time, I went to the Art Institute of Dallas for graphic design, and I have never been the same since. A while back, I discovered a cool font that would have made my typography professor cringe in horror. A little back story for you: one time I did a Christmas poster for a project, using (very liberally) a horrifyingly cutesy little font called 'candy cane'. I will admit it wasn't very professional of me, but the expression on Mr. Benson's face was so worth it. And I did have the real version of the project to submit for grading... I really love a teacher with a good sense of humor. Anyway, one man's trash is another man's treasure, right? This isn't an ideal font for most applications... but for use as Zentangle STRINGS... every single character is perfect! Happy tangling! ...and a litttle more graphic design humor from the 'net: • ❃ • ❋ • ❁ • ✿ • ✽ • ❀ • Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to join me here, where I frequently share artsy things that inspire me, invite tanglers to share art, crack silly jokes, and offer up the occasional tangle prompt. :oD ❀
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"Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something." Jean Paul One of my favorite tangles is 'Nzeppel, so I was happy to see that it's the focus tangle this week on the Facebook group Square One. Right off the bat I knew I'd be creating multiple tiles for this "One." When I taught a class a few months ago all about tangleations, 'Nzeppel was one of the tangles I showcased. I had worked on several tangleations and decided to use some of them in my tiles for this focus. In case you don't already know, a tangleation is a noticeable variation of a tangle pattern. I will be showing you my tiles, as well as the step-outs for the tangleations I used. If you aren't familiar with the tangle pattern 'Nzeppel, you can see the step-outs here. For my first tile I chose to use the random variety of the pattern, not based on a grid. This is not one of my tangleations, but one of the ways to draw 'Nzeppel introduced by Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts. First I drew Cosmo, by CZT Sonya Yencer, as my string and filled all the background with random 'Nzeppel. I didn't take a picture before shading, but believe me, the shading made such a huge difference in this tile! I only wish I could get the shading in my scanned photos to look like it does in real life! Here is my second tile, using one of my tangleations, along with my pattern Sharmin, from my e-book Step Out in Style. Below are the step-outs for this tangleation. Notice that the first 2 steps are what you would do for the standard form of 'Nzeppel, which I think of as squishing balloons into the triangular spaces. But then I drew auras inside each of those squished balloons. An aura is a line traced around the outside or inside of a tangle. In the last box I demonstrate two different ways this can be shaded, and used the one on the right side to shade the above tile. Next I decided to try out the pattern Onion Drops by Shasta Garcia, which I've never used before. I added another tangleation of 'Nzeppel in the background. Here are the step-outs I used for the tangleation shown above. After drawing my grid and an X in each square of the grid, I drew lines dividing each of the triangles into two sections, as shown. Then I added a squished balloon in each section. For my last tile, I used a third tangleation. I created a very large 'Nzeppel in the center of the tile, surrounded by a little Tipple and a lot of Hollibaugh. The step-outs for that tangleation are shown below. Instead of drawing an X in each square of the grid, I only drew one diagonal line, alternating the direction of the diagonal in each square. Then I added a line in each of the triangles to divide it into two sections, and squished my balloons into each one of those sections. 'Nzeppel is a pattern that you can really do a lot with. Other ideas that I've used are a really curvy grid, an offset grid, and one more that I did the step-outs for, but do not have a tile to show you. In this one, I again started with an X in each square. Then I drew another triangle inside each triangular section (an aura), and squished a balloon into each of those triangles. 'Nzeppel isn't the only pattern you can create so many tangleations for. Try it yourself with another pattern and you might be surprised by what great variations you end up with. A wonderful way to make a pattern your own!
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