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Arts and Crafts shows are where buying and selling of arts and crafts and/or handicrafts takes place. Questions cover topics such as starting a crafting business, participating in craft shows, and how to manage and grow, including selling at trade shows or craft shops.

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Can you melt glass beads?

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Fire the clay like glass, not clay. The problem with melting glass on clay is the coefficient is different. Glass will craze, (crackle) on the clay. If you want the glass to stay on the clay use high fire clay and fire it to bisque first. The second firing with the glass on it should be fired on a schedule that is suitable for the glass. You can not simply fire the glass up to it's melting temperature then allow it to cool without controlling the cooling rate. You may want the rate to be 60ºF/hour to cool depending on the type of glass you are using.

What if you make a craft to sell with NFL fabric bought from a store?

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You might want to look at the Precious Moments case, you can't make something and call it licensed, you can however with some provisions make items for sale. " The First Circuit Court specifically rejected the copyright claim where La Infantil was being accused with unauthorized use of copyrighted fabric, saying that "bedding items manufactured with lawfully acquired, authentic fabric with copyrighted design were not infringing derivative works." The Court also said "The copyright owner's right to distribute the work is limited by the "First Sale" doctrine, which permits the owner of a legally acquired lawfully made copy of a work to sell that particular copy without the consent of the copyright holder". You need to make sure people realize it's not a licensed product and I always recommend a disclaimer. The statement on the selvage - for personal use only - is not backed up with any federal or state statute. I took Major League Baseball to court when they said I couldn't use their fabric to make items for sale. They fought me for 6 months then settled on my terms. Well, from my research, so far what I got is this: I have a great idea for an NFL Licensed Product. Where can I find information on obtaining an NFL license? For information on obtaining a license to produce NFL merchandise, call (212) 450-2000 and ask for the NFL Licensing Information Line. I got this from the NFL official website. Which makes me also wonder about making things such as Nascar or Baseball teams, etc. Well I am certainly going to keep researching this matter, because it is very important to me too, seeing as how I am just now starting to decide to make NFL stuff too, but maybe when I am able to call the number they listed above I'll have the answer. From what this says, it would seem to me that maybe you do have to have a license to sell things you make of NFL. Well I hope this helps and maybe somebody will find out the answer soon. :) We sell NFL Fabrics on our website so I have the breakdown on what you can do with the NFL Team fabrics. You can make anything you want with the fabric for you personal use but you cannot making anything to resell. It is a great fabric to make NFL products for your friends and Family. If you want to Make licensed NFL Products you need to call the NFL License department and then obtain a permit to make the fabric and then make the products. The NFL fabric that is sold in stores is not for making products to resell. In order to make items with NFL Fabrics you need to have your own fabric manufactured and licensed by the NFL. Yes.

First Sale Doctrine is an accepted legal defense in such matters. The basic premise is simple. Once the manufacturer of a copyrighted item releases it into the open market the copyright holder loses control over what is done with the item. Generally the company/manufacturer who holds the copyright will try to use trademark laws to prevent items such as material from being made into articles of clothing or whatever it may be, and sold by private consumers. However, trademark laws only apply when the seller deliberately presents the article as being original or creates the impression that it is an original (knock off's). An example is the Disney Corporation recently attempted to sue a single mom who earned extra income by using Disney fabrics to make pillows to sell at craft shows. The court ruled that the woman in no way infringed on trademark rights and could continue her pursuit and ordered DC to pay all her legal costs and damages. Common sense should prevail in such situations, obviously you cannot copy DVD's as trademark laws apply. You may however buy material with soccer balls, baseballs, team logos, etc. and make pillows, etc. as long as you do not try to sell them as original NFL, NBA, NLB and so forth products. FYI, companies and organizations will ALWAYS tell you it is illegal.

What is basic design?

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Simple and based on standard elements. It is used all possible design branches. Fore example Apple products are highly basic - simple lines, clean and functional.

How do you calculate the fabric consumption for knit garments?

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Firstly, you've to know what you going to make or about the measurement? All measurement has it LENGTH & WIDTH. Equations as bellow-

# Body Length + Sleeve Length + 10 (for folding {sleeve & bottom}) * (Chest width + 4 C.M.) * 2 / 10,000 * G.S.M. (Gram per square meter) Range / 1000 * 12 * 10% (wastages)

= K.G. per Dozen

Firstly, you've to know what you going to make or about the measurement? All measurement has it LENGTH & WIDTH. Equations as bellow-

# Body Length + Sleeve Length + 10 (for folding {sleeve & bottom}) * (Chest width + 4 C.M.) * 2 / 10,000 * G.S.M. (Gram per square meter) Range / 1000 * 12 * 10% (wastages)

= K.G. per Dozen

The standard measurement for weight and quality of fabrics is grams per square meter, usually abbreviated as GSM. This is the accepted standard in the United States as well as in foreign countries. Towels and bath robes typically vary from 300 to 800 GSM; other fabrics may have values as low as 100 GSM. The same units are used for toilet paper and other tissues (18 to 22 GSM is typical) as well as paper towels (35 to 50 GSM is typical).

Occasionally I receive requests to convert these units to U.S. pounds (usually from U.S. visitors who are not comfortable with metric units). The reason grams per square meter are used even in the U.S. is that they are a more accurate indicator of quality than pounds. Let's compare, for example, two towels both weighing 1.5 pounds (680 grams) but with different dimensions, as follows:

Towel A weighs 1.5 pounds (680 grams) and measures 26 by 52 inches (.66 by 1.32 meters).

Calculate the surface area by multiplying the length and width in meters: .66 times 1.32 equals .8712 square meter.

Divide the weight in grams (680) by .8712 and find that you have a 780 GSM towel-quite plush.

Towel B also weighs 1.5 pounds (680 grams) but is larger, measuring 34 by 68 inches (.864 by 1.727 meters).

Multiply .864 by 1.727 to determine the area: 1.4921 square meters.

Divide 680 grams by 1.4921 and find that this towel is only 455 GSM-nice but not nearly as plush as Towel A.

As you can see from these examples, there is no direct conversion between GSM and pounds; the total weight of the towel is actually the product of the GSM and the towel's dimensions.

NOTE: The surface area of a bath robe would be harder to figure because of the various pieces and angles, so the GSM would be equally difficult to figure this way.

How do you make a candle tower?

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To make a candle tower (if think you mean candle tower as a melted wax tower), it's actually really simple. First, you're going to want a baseboard (I have a cut sheet of plywood as mine) that you wouldn't mind getting a little dirty. As a strong note, this project gets messy over a large area when the wax splatters. Next, you're going to want to get a base to hold the candle (eg. candlestick, old glass bottle, something of that sort). Then you're going to want to get taper candles (any color or height) to stick in the candle stick. Then light the candle! Once the candle has burned down, stick the next one in. From there all you have to do is keep burning more and more candles to your heart's content. Hope that helped!

P.S. Watch for overly hot and humid days. Wax does melt when the temperature gets over 95, things will start leaning.

What was the function of the Venus of Willendorf?

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The consensus among anthropologists is that she is a cult figure, probably representing fertility. Others suggest that she was the equivalent of today's skin mag or porn site. See http://willendorf.org/ for a more complete discussion.

What should you use to get latex paint out of hair?

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If it's latex, just soak your head in warm water for about ten minutes and then comb through it. The paint will just peel off with the comb. Not sure about oil-based paints. == If it's Latex, apply your regular conditioner before you shampoo & let it sit a bit, work it in with your fingers and then wash as usual... Should work fine, if it is stubborn use a hot oil treatment. For OIL based paint, use a hot oil treatment for your hair... If that is unavailable use warmed olive oil, or in a pinch peanut-butter. work it in well and let it soak in, then wash your hair as usual.

Next time comb conditioner through your hair before you start and wear a hat.

What colors should you mix to make mustard yellow?

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You can't make the color yellow, as it is a primary color.

Full list of colors?

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There are primary colors. They are, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green, and red. There is also black and white but not all people agree that black and white are colors. There are hundreds of colors and shades that can be made from these primary colors.

Which type of wire do you use to make a model roller coaster?

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I think you should use tooth picks and some thin pieces of wood & wire and some bottles cut in half.

What can you do with elastic?

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make pants, underpants, socks, slingshot, pretend your elasticgirl from the incredibles....

What is a diorama?

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Diorama's are basically cut-outs, People, objects or things. Example: You want to make a Diorama of 2 people drinking coffee in your kitchen, take pictures of the 2 people drinking coffee, (it can be anywhere, out doors) take a picture of your kitchen, cut the 2 people out of the're pictures and make them like pop-up and put them on the picture of your kitchen. Now you have a Diorama of 2 people drinking coffee in your kitchen

When was the painting 'girl with a pearl earing' made?

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The painting is one of the best known works by Jan Vermeer, a Dutch artist. Painted in 1665, in Delft, where the artist was born and spent his entire life.

What native tribes use birch bark canoe?

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Not all Algonquian tribes lived near watercourses so not all built any kind of canoe. Many Algonquian-speaking tribes such as the Powhatan built only dugout canoes from tree trunks, using controlled fires and stone or shell scrapers.

A few of the eastern woodlands tribes, mainly in the north-east region, built beautiful canoes using wooden frames covered with birch bark sealed with resin and gum. They included the Ojibwe, Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Naskapi, eastern Cree, Algonkin and central Cree. Each tribe made their canoes in a distinctive tribal shape.

As for why they made these canoes, the answer is simply that they made best use of available resources and the resulting canoes were the very best type of craft for transport by water. Iroquois canoes, both dugouts and those covered with elm bark, are considered very inferior in quality to birch bark canoes.

What was the purpose of the Venus of Willendorf?

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To show woman their strengths that they possesed, and what their purpose was in society, which was in this case child birth, hence the larrge breasts, stomach, and hips. To show them what they carry inside of them, a potential life, symbolizes a new life, or a new beginning.

The girl with the pearl earing?

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it is a painting and she has a earing and is in the film st trinians

What does signature design mean?

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A signature design is usually a design that is recognized as being made by an artist famous for a certain kind of design. It is also a name used by several design businesses, such a Signature Design T-shirts or Signature Design cabinets. I was surprised to find out that there are there even famous rug designers who are well known in their field, and their rugs are known as signature rugs.

Can glass be melted?

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yes because its glass.

Is all clay are bakeable?

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No, and the question isn't in proper form.