My projects are progressing
24 Apr 2012 04:06 pmI actually find time to lj and it's down! I finished spray-painting my desk today. Or, at least, I ran out of paint and don't feel like buying more.
I did a fantastic job with the black side. So good, in fact, that I dropped it and dinged the corner because it was so smooth I couldn't hold on to it. The red edges didn't work quite as well because the frog tape did not perform as advertised. The paint leaked underneath the tape and pulled the wood grain up when I removed it.
However, the surfaces are finished and I now get to figure out how to attach it to the wall.
Some things to consider:
- Attach hinges to desk or wall first?
- After deciding that, how to hold the desk up to attach unattached half of hinge to wall/desktop?
- How to make sure the side arms are attached so desk is level?
I've also started an embroidery project on a shirt that I've lost that loving feeling for. It's one of those shirts that magically attracts everything within a 978234978 mile radius of me, and the seams wrinkled hideously the first time I washed it. However, it's a pattern I've made 5 times and love the fit, and it's a shirt that's not a t-shirt, so I didn't want to just get rid of it. Embroidery should perk it up nicely.
Thanks to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gorthx getting a graphics tablet, I finally drew a revised version of a purple sweater that has wonky proportions, and began deconstructing and reassembling it. It's going pretty quickly. Yay 10.5 needles!
I did a fantastic job with the black side. So good, in fact, that I dropped it and dinged the corner because it was so smooth I couldn't hold on to it. The red edges didn't work quite as well because the frog tape did not perform as advertised. The paint leaked underneath the tape and pulled the wood grain up when I removed it.
However, the surfaces are finished and I now get to figure out how to attach it to the wall.
Some things to consider:
- Attach hinges to desk or wall first?
- After deciding that, how to hold the desk up to attach unattached half of hinge to wall/desktop?
- How to make sure the side arms are attached so desk is level?
I've also started an embroidery project on a shirt that I've lost that loving feeling for. It's one of those shirts that magically attracts everything within a 978234978 mile radius of me, and the seams wrinkled hideously the first time I washed it. However, it's a pattern I've made 5 times and love the fit, and it's a shirt that's not a t-shirt, so I didn't want to just get rid of it. Embroidery should perk it up nicely.
Thanks to
gorthx getting a graphics tablet, I finally drew a revised version of a purple sweater that has wonky proportions, and began deconstructing and reassembling it. It's going pretty quickly. Yay 10.5 needles!
