[Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer crafting

[River Woman]

is this a tie that is actually worn around the nec?   How would you TIE the 
tie to we
ar it? Sounds very strange.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zimmer, Cindy" <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer crafting


> You guys are so funny.  No, actually the tie was much easier.  You take 
> long pieces of duct tape and put them together to make a piece of "fabric" 
> (double width of duct tape and duct tape back to back so you do not have 
> any sticky tape exposed).  My client used regular cheaper silver duct tape 
> for this.  Then you take an old tie and cut out the pattern.  We used the 
> hard plastic cover from a Braille Book as our template of the tie.  This 
> way, my client could cut around the pattern and feel where he needed to 
> cut.  Once you have the tie shape, he then decorated the tie with the 
> colored tape.  As I said earlier, he started at the small end of the tie 
> and alternated the red and white duct tape.  He did this until he got 
> toward the wider part of the tie where he started using navy blue.  I 
> helped him with the white stars.  From last year's project that a client 
> did, I know the stars are hard to cut out.  We tried using a template and 
> a paper punch star cutter, but had trouble with both.  If anyone has any 
> ideas, please pass them my way.
>
>
> Cindy Z.
>
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> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:56 AM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer crafting
>
> Terrence, never mind the sunvisor how about a tie?  Do you construct  the
> tie on the person until the Kountry Fair is over with?
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 7/22/2011 10:39:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gary.brewer at comcast.net writes:
>
> OH you  newbes are in for quiet a story. We heard about this project last
> year and it  was a blast to read about. Let's hear about it again.
> Henrietta
> On Jul  22, 2011, at 10:29 PM, River Woman wrote:
>
>> Yeah, Terrance, that was  my response to...what the heck????? Duct Tape?
>> ----- Original Message  ----- From: "Terrence van Ettinger"
> <terrencevane at gmail.com>
>> To:  "List for blind crafters and artists"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011  8:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer crafting
>>
>>
>>> Um--duct--tape--?  How do you make a sun visor out  of that?
>>>
>>> Terrence
>>>
>>> On  7/22/11, Zimmer, Cindy <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>  wrote:
>>>> We are getting ready for the County Fair here in  Lincoln, Nebraska.
> We are
>>>> doing duct tape projects and  Knitting bells on the kniffy knitter.  I
> made a
>>>> sun visor  out of duct tape to turn in and a client is working on a
> tie.  His
>>>> tie is red and white stripes on the small side of the tie  and the
> front of
>>>> the tie is blue with white duct tape stars on  it.  Cool!!!
>>>>
>>>> The knitted bells are  cute.  They are made on the flower loom and you
> hang a
>>>>  jingle bell out from the center.  You can use them on the tree as  a
>>>> decoration or on a present.  (might be a project I  teach in the 
>>>> future)
>>>>
>>>> Cindy Z.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original  Message-----
>>>> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>  Blindhands at aol.com
>>>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 1:31  PM
>>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] Summer crafting
>>>>
>>>> What  type of crafts do you like to do in the summer?
>>>>
>>>> I know it is a busier time of the year to be outside and  gardening and
>>>> enjoying the sunshine, but do tell us what type  of crafting you prefer
> to do
>>>> in
>>>> the  summer.
>>>>
>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>>  _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>>  Blindhands at AOL.com
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