Titanica Art & Photography

February 8th, 2012

Mop cap, maid cap, housekeeping cap?

I don’t know what these are originally called, but I wanted to make a cap, like the maids used to wear back in the days. My fluffy silent dog  willingly performed as model this time. He’s so easy to work with!

maid-caps

The cap is made from some scrap fabric from a thin curtain. It’s quite easy to make. The cap is made by sewing two circular pieces (60 cm in diameter) together and then turned inside out (be sure skip about 10 cm to be able to turn it inside out).  Then I sewed two seams to make a “tube” for the elastic band about 5 cm from the outside seam. Should fit most adult people. :) I’d make it smaller for a child.

 

January 11th, 2012

Tea light candle holders

Tea light candle holders

I found the recipe for these sweet tea light candle holders in a blog somewhere, but I made my own twist to it. I got six very nice glasses from my mother, as she didn’t need them. The paper is laser printed sheet music, which were then put in a “coffee bath” to get the nice vintage colour. When they had dried up, I used a pattern scissor (asymmetric pattern) to cut out the paper and then I used an ink pad for making the edges brown and “weary”. The band is plain hemp cord. I also have red silk cord for using the candle holders for Christmas. I love to make things out of stuff lying around at home. It also helps saving money and the environment. :)

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January 11th, 2012

Newly sewn pantaloons

I really wanted to make my own pantaloons. One day I spent almost two whole hours at a secondhand shop (Fretex in Norway) I found a lot of treasures, among them a very nice and very wide skirt. I decided to try to make pantaloons out of the it, and this is how it turned out. The method I used is very simple:

I cut from the bottom of the skirt up to where I wanted the crotch (don’t cut too far up, as  you need much space for your butt. :)). I then sewed it together. There is a rubber band in the waist. I thought about having rubber bans around the legs as well but my mother showed me how to first sew with lengthy stitches, and then pull the thread afterwards so that it gets the wrinkled effect. Don’t pull it too hard as you want room for your feet to go through.

September 11th, 2011

Home made leather arrow quiver

Foto: Karine T. Knudsen/Titanica Art

My “mother-in-law” gave me an old leather pouffe, because she was going to throw it away anyway. The leather was rather rotten, but I managed to get some leather pieces out of it that could be used, so I started to sew a quiver for my arrows. My boyfriend liked it so  much that I decided to give it to him, as archery is one of his interests. I thought about making some decoration on it, but it stinks so much when burning into leather, and the leather is so dark, that I skipped it. I’ve never tried carving leather, so I have no idea how people do it.

Anyway, this is how it turned out.

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July 11th, 2011

Leather Viking Belt Pouch


A belt pouch I made for my boyfriend. I used a piece of wood for the lock. The thread is thin leather cord, and the pattern is burnt into the leather. Burning leather stinks (yeah, the smell..)!

November 16th, 2010

Our Betta Splendens (Siamese Fighting fish) mating HD

Our two Betta Splendens, Victor and Victoria, mating earlier this autumn.
Beautiful, aren’t they?

May 6th, 2010

Solveig & Kaya synger

Storesøster Solveig og jeg synger  “Jeg er ikke redd”. Pappa spiller piano. Vi var 7 og 5 år gamle. :)
Pappa var også leder i Nei til Atomvåpen på 80-tallet en gang. Jeg slet litt med den store fakkelen. :)