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[Cynthia12]

She is pretty, Cynthia.

Thank you, thanks to Arielle!

Her comb looks so pretty up against that dark blue, it's so red.

 

[ronott1]

Photos are working fine now..Arielle, I sent you a couple of pictures to you. She is pretty...here is one of them for here.

That's the white leghorn mix from DM on the right, and my wheaten on the left. Everyone
that see's her says wow, that one is pretty, meaning the blue girl.

Beautiful Blue Bird!

I have a Blue Marans:

 

[Arielle]

Love the blues!!!

Cynthia, she is very pretty. Her father BLue BOy still runs with that flock of hens and he is a wonderful gardian, alway on the job, mantaining his flock as the girls free range among all the other roosters these day.

Ron--BLue marans? Used to make the blue coppers? Haven' t met a blue I don't like. LOL

I have just a few blue birds-- my favorite is the blue copper marans olive eggers, the contrast in the red neck feathers against the lt gray is stunning ( to me any ways) and my line of blue copper OE's have more yellow in the hackles which makes it more beautiful.

 

[ronott1]

Love the blues!!!

Cynthia, she is very pretty. Her father BLue BOy still runs with that flock of hens and he is a wonderful gardian, alway on the job, mantaining his flock as the girls free range among all the other roosters these day.

Ron--BLue marans? Used to make the blue coppers? Haven' t met a blue I don't like. LOL

I have just a few blue birds-- my favorite is the blue copper marans olive eggers, the contrast in the red neck feathers against the lt gray is stunning ( to me any ways) and my line of blue copper OE's have more yellow in the hackles which makes it more beautiful.

She is from a local breeder but she looks like she was bred from cuckoo marans. She threw off a nice black rooster and a nice blue cockerel when mated with an SG Dorking. No copper in either.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Does anyone sew (I'm sure someone on here does). My mom bought me a sewing machine for Christmas, showed me how to use it last week, and I'm pretty hooked. I made 3 aprons so far. However, I want to attempt to make a (superhero) cape for boyfriends niece and nephew. I borrowed a sewing book from CrazyNeighborLady next door which has a cape recipe in it... but I have two problems:
1. Both kids are mentally very slow with anger issues and I'm concerned that the cape typing mechanism would cause them to choke themselves or each other with on purpose or not.
2. How does one "blow up" a diagram to 400% like it says to in the book? Do you free hand it? Any tricks? I tried a photocopier at work but the copy machine would only print 1/28th of it. Copy machines aren't exactly a dime a dozen anymore thanks to the internet and printers. My small town library does not have one.

 

[Wisher1000]

A cape recipe?

 

[Bunnylady]

I learned to sew, hmmm, it'd be 40-some years ago now. Don't know if I can help, but here are some thoughts.

On the tying/choking issue - I'd gather the cape onto a neckband with a little tab at either end, and sew a piece of Velcro onto the tab. If you size it right, the Velcro will hold the cape on as long as nobody's yanking on it, but if anyone gets too rough, it'll just release (hook-and-loop fasteners also come in different grades of "grippiness").

If a copier isn't an option, the old-fashioned way to enlarge a pattern (now, Wisher, it's not nice to make fun of the newbie) is graph paper.

 

[ronott1]

Does anyone sew (I'm sure someone on here does). My mom bought me a sewing machine for Christmas, showed me how to use it last week, and I'm pretty hooked. I made 3 aprons so far. However, I want to attempt to make a (superhero) cape for boyfriends niece and nephew. I borrowed a sewing book from CrazyNeighborLady next door which has a cape recipe in it... but I have two problems:
1. Both kids are mentally very slow with anger issues and I'm concerned that the cape typing mechanism would cause them to choke themselves or each other with on purpose or not.
2. How does one "blow up" a diagram to 400% like it says to in the book? Do you free hand it? Any tricks? I tried a photocopier at work but the copy machine would only print 1/28th of it. Copy machines aren't exactly a dime a dozen anymore thanks to the internet and printers. My small town library does not have one.

A cape recipe?

My mom always had patterns that she picked up from the fabric store. She would pin the patterns to us to get the size. The pattern was then attached to the fabric and cut on the lines to make the clothes being made fit correctly.

Have fun with your new hobby!

 

[Stumpy]

I do quite a bit of sewing, but i haven't had to enlarge a pattern that much. I was going to suggest velcro also.

There are so many great free patterns on the internet now and all sorts of notions available for purchase that you might not find locally, in addition to sewing blogs and websites and at a great discount. My favorite website and forum is www.patternreview.com. I'm glad you're enjoying sewing. I have recently started sewing doll clothes for my niece, which is a lot of fun!

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I learned to sew, hmmm, it'd be 40-some years ago now. Don't know if I can help, but here are some thoughts.

On the tying/choking issue - I'd gather the cape onto a neckband with a little tab at either end, and sew a piece of Velcro onto the tab. If you size it right, the Velcro will hold the cape on as long as nobody's yanking on it, but if anyone gets too rough, it'll just release (hook-and-loop fasteners also come in different grades of "grippiness").

If a copier isn't an option, the old-fashioned way to enlarge a pattern (now, Wisher, it's not nice to make fun of the newbie) is graph paper.

Make fun of me all you want. Glad to give someone a smile. Seriously though, if you saw this book, they are more recipes than patterns. It's like I'll need eye of newt and wing of bat to figure out what the heck I'm doing.