22. February 2008 by Kathy.

The Teresa McFayden Mosaic journal was such a fun project I had to try it with fabrics.  So my first take was the same type of process as the paper attempt earlier this month.  Slight problem - look at the photo to see if you can tell…

Yep, when I glue the fabric down it becomes semi transparent and I could see the green and white design in the cover.  I should have put a solid piece down and then added this.  Lesson learned.

So I thought let me try doing something like that but I was looking at the pile of miscut strips of fabric already so I came up with this:

I did a basket weave instead!

Here it is basically finished (I have book binding tape arriving tomorrow and will go over the edge with that to finish this, but it is sealed and glossed now…

I just used the exacto knife to trim it down from the backside after it was all glued and sealed.  I use a Euro tupe decoupage product but I am thinking ModPodge would do the same - its not like the fabric is soft  - its like really thick paper and hard.

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22. February 2008 by Kathy.

Coral Charm Bracelet - Another French General kit (oh their website is http://www.Frenchgeneral.com).  This is also from their book French General Jewelry .  That book is good purchase.  By the way they are selling the storyboards used in the book on the website also.  Great story boards, its just I have so many of the “pieces” used on the boards (and they are expensive) so I can pass on those!

 First, French General does kit it very cute…it comes like this:

A photo of the kit contents:

Tools used for the project while in work (the glue is off to the side and not pictured - I usually use E6000 or something similar but here I used Weldbond - curious how it will hold up!):

The card you can barely see is from Urbanmaille - love that company and their kits.  Also that postcard with a picture of all the size rings is worth so much to me.  Makes my life so much easier.  Now in chainmaille the gauge of the wire makes a big deal so just knowing the ring size isn’t enough, but for this pattern and following the instructions in the French General book it worked.  And here it is virtually finished - I could not get a good photo in the evening so hopefully I will replace this soon!

Time it took:  I would say 2 to 3 hours - I expected it to go faster…

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