Tutorial: Fabric covered notebook.

I used up the last page of my journal 3 nights ago. So I have made a new one. 

Here is how I did it:

Fabric Covered Journal

(You may want to center the pocket better than I did)       

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What you need:

Composition book

Two fabrics. (One that you can open your

book on with room to spare and one that is a lot smaller for a pocket is Optional.)

Scissors 

Hot glue gun 

Glue rods for the glue gun

Plug in your glue gun and let it warm up

While you are waiting open up your book on the fabric and....

cut around leaving about(not exact) a one inch border

Next, notch the corners

Like so:

then when the gun is hot run a line of glue along one side.

Quickly! fold over the fabric before the glue cools(I hate glue guns.)

On the top and bottom ends you get something like this:

So you need to cut a triangular notch like this:

Repeat till all sides are glued

Optional

Now cut a square of fabric that is about half and inch bigger on all sides than you want your pocket to be.

And run glue along the bottom side of the fabric(on the right side of the fabric) and place it where you want the bottom of the pocket to go. It should fold over like this:

Hem the top edge by running some glue along the veeery edge and folding it over with the wrong sides together.

Now fold over one side and run glue along the right side that is exposed (like in the pic) then flip the piece up and repeat on the other side.

You will want to position you pocket better than I did.

Check out my fall Ravelry post!

Hey american readers, Its almost thanks giving! Are you shopping for ingredients or starting early cooking? For my non-American readers (you probably know this already) but thanksgiving is an American holiday celebrating the feast we had with the indians when we first settled in the new world. We spend thanks giving eating turkeys and other great(and rich) foods. We also give thanks for the many blessings that we have been given. I will now present a thanksgiving themed Ravelry post.

Owl fingerless gloves!

No? Well that will have to do because I have been so busy with school work (No, I am not off on thanksgiving. I am homeschooled and mom choses the schedule (i'm not complaining)

Anyway here is the link: Gloves!  

There is a great tutorial coming tomorrow so keep your eye out.

Rainbow Zbra

Review: Bernat Cottontot yarns

Bernat Cottontot review
I have been scrambling to knit up 3 pairs of slippers for my younger brothers and sisters.(one of them would not like slippers so I still need to whip something up for him) I used up some of my stash yarn. The pattern called for doubled up yarn. I did not have time to unroll and reroll the yarn so that it was doubled so I just mixed colors. Ihad two skeins of bernat cottontot yarn one darkish purple and the other variegated blue, white, and green(both discontinued).
I really didn't enjoy knitting with this yarn. As I knit it pilled up and fuzzies got EVERYWHERE! Yes I know that most yarns shed a bit but this  was insane. I can't wait to get rid of this yarn. It is a great yarn for baby items but it is a pain to knit with.

Wurst Fest!

New story about my crafting life!

Last saturday, the tenth, me and my family including my paternal grandparents went to a festival that is held once a year held in New Braunfels, Texas. the festival is called WurstFest German for sausage festival. "Wurstfest always starts the Friday before the first Monday in November."

The first thing that I did was go to get my face painted. I waited in line (we where early so there was only two girls before my and my sister) and decided what I wanted. "I would like the zebra," I said when it was my turn."but can you make it rainbow?" "We will see" the lady said and started to paint.

I know you must be anxious to see how it turned out so here it is:

Isn't it great? I may have to change all my Rainbowzbra Pic's to this one.

After eating more potato pancakes and funnel cake than I would have liked  me and my grandpa went to the craft show (It is now advertised well on the grounds but if you are there go to gate one and the men there can show you the way). At the craft show there was a LOT of jewelry booths. There was a "re-born" baby booth, a etched glass booth, a pet accessories booth, and someone selling tee-shirts.
My favorite booth was a woman who was selling russian dolls. Here are the pics I took there:

She was already selling christmas stuff!

Winnie The Pooh!

So tiny

She had tons!

I bought a doll and some earrings from her. Here are some more pictures.

Tutorial: Crochet Bind-Off

I have started using this bind off lately. I think it is a lot easier than the one I learned. I may have invented it but I doubt it. anyway, I hope you like it!

 First insert a hook of the same size as the needle you have been using for the item (use a needle/hook sizer)

 Now knit the stitch

Repeat till there are two stitches on your HOOK

Now pull the(white) stitch through the (blue) stitch  

Yay!

Now repeat till you have cast off all your stitches.

I have a helpful review coming up soon. Stay tuned.

Thanks,
Rainbow Zbra

My first big order!

About a month ago my grandmother's acupuncturist ordered an eye pillow set for her patents to use during treatment. She also ordered a custom mat tie. Here is a picture that I took:

It is really a bad picture because I had to take it with my grandma's phone.

Soon I will have Eye pillows in my shop. Stay tuned to find when!

Visit my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/rainbowzbra

NaNoFalure!

Hi guys,
I have good news, and bad news.
Good news first! The good news is that I will be planing posts all weekend and we will get back on track starting tuesday! Why, you ask? Aren't you working your butt of at NaNoWriMo?
Well, thats the bad news. My mom was kind of frustrated that my school production was down and I was not folding and putting away as much laundry and dishes as usual. So yesterday I decided that it was more important to maintain a good relationship with my mom (who has never tried to write a novel in a month) than to bust out 50,000 words. After 8001 words and 6 days of constant writing I have quit, Again.

See you on tuesday!

The Rainbow Zbra

NaNoWriMo!

Hello again,
I need a head count. How many of you are doing NaNoWriMo this year?
I only have & people that I know for sure read my posts so if you found this post helpful please send it along!
Anyway, I am doing NaNoWriMo this year (I have been writing for 3 days actually) And I want to write a post about it.

NaNoWriMo is an event where Writers write a 50,000 word novel in one month. There is a new program for kids elementary age through high school where you can set your own word count goal.
I am going to soot for the 50,000 word count. Those of you who have done it or are doing it know that you cant run a blog and do NaNoWriMo at the same time! I will update on my progress daily on my google+ (click the G+ button on the right to follow)

See you on December first!
Rainbow Zbra