diy prada

Do you want to recreate the look of this F/W 2012 

Prada mermaid looking dress... 

...but for waaaaay less?

image from: coolspotters

Follow the tutorial that I posted awhile ago...
make giant sequins tutorial

The sequins in the Prada dress are equally spaced and overlapped to give the fish-scales effect.

To get the look:...

Start to sew the sequins at the bottom hem of a camel colored skirt, and keep going overlapping row after row.

Then do the same onto a blouse or shirt of a lighter color.

xox, d.

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Look What We Did to Our Nice Canoes

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Originally uploaded by OzzyC.

Per our tradition, we took our boys trip over Memorial Day weekend. For several years we have been travelling staying in Nicolette Forest in northease Wisconsin, for a few days of whitewater kayaking. This year, we decided to get back to our roots and do some canoeing. Greg and I took things a step further, and rigged up the Nice Canoes we built a couple of years ago as a makeshift catamaran. Greg, being engineer-boy, calculated the dimensions, measured the sail, and determined where to put the various parts. It worked surprisingly well -- for one day. The boat was structurally sound, but anything that directly related to the sailing aspect was woefully under-engineered. Stay tuned for the complete story... its quite a ride.

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forms lined up and stem transom screwed together

Had a handful of bronze screws left over so used these to screw on the stem and transom. 

the rest of the frames have now been set on the centerline and screwed to the saw horses with temporary braces.  I will add a few more braces prior to gluing the transom and stem permanently.

Yes.  It really will fit out the window on the back of the shop.

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The Good and the Bad and the Good

The fairing and sanding continues. Greg read about a really neat idea that will likely save us countless hours of eyeballing, and in the end, provide us with a significantly more accurate finished product...

In my last entry, you saw the level that showed approximately how much filling we need to do. Well, Greg decided to wrap that level in plastic, run a strip of filler under where the level was, and then essentially mash the level into the filler and let things dry. After the filler dried, he removed the level, shaved down the excess epoxy and voila, he had a "rail" that gave us a guide for how much filler we need to use. By running a second "rail" down the center, and a third one down the other side, we had a rail system built, which will allow us to roll out a single, thick, accurate layer of filler and dramatically reduce the amount of sanding and fairing we will need to do. A stroke of genius!


On the downside, when sanding yesterday, we came across a big spot that was starved for epoxy, as shown (and outlined) in the picture to the right. This is an area thats come back to haunt us from way-back-when. The area is approximately 4"X3." Its nothing that cant be overcome, but is a little frustrating.

We have yet to decide how to address the issue, but Greg has two ideas... one is to use fiberglass filler and epoxy, the other is to use glass micro-filler and epoxy. Ive found one or two other spots like this, but theyre small, in non-structural areas, and easy to fix.



Heres another small stroke of genius Greg ran across...

-Are you tired of constantly stirring epoxy and/or thickener?

-Are you working by yourself and would like to save a little time?

-Are you working with fast hardener, and tired of worrying if its going to kick too quickly?

If any of these problems apply to you, then you should try what Gregs doing in this picture to the right. Use a drill (or drill press) and a paint-stirring bit to do the work for you. Its quicker and easier. Just remember to take measures to protect your drill. It would really suck if you ended ruining your drill because it got all gummed up with epoxy.

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Skeg installation

The vertical upright is screwed at 90 degrees to the sawhorse. Then a 1/4 inch spacer is put in to match rake of transom.  Skeg is temporarily held in place while epoxy fillet and glass sets up.  Next will be to shape it and fair all to hull. 

Here it is several hours later.  I applied the glass tape to the wet fillet, then after it set applied fairing compound.  Will sand smooth tomorrow, and perhaps apply primer to the entire bottom.  Extra fairing compound was used on the transom as it had a couple of low spots.  Might have to throw it in the water to "find the sweet spot for rowing.  Yes,  an excuse to see it float, although the interior needs considerable work. 

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Bigger than I Realized

I cant describe how nice it is to be doing something other than sanding and fairing. The stringers have been removed, and were now beginning to tape the internal seams. Greg taped the front transom over the weekend, and we both taped the rear transom last night. During last nights session, my younger daughter climbed inside the hull and cruised around on her Heelys. That was when I realized just how big this boat actually is. I took a video of this, which is posted here.

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