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SMF October 2024 Challenge - Flannel and Knit
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How are everyone's soaps coming along? I remade soap for embeds this morning, trying to get the right color. It didn't get as dark as I hoped, but it should work, and it definitely isn't purple this time!
Tomorrow is a busy day, but hopefully I can squeeze in some time in the afternoon to assemble another Buffalo plaid attempt.
Tomorrow is a busy day, but hopefully I can squeeze in some time in the afternoon to assemble another Buffalo plaid attempt.
I hope to make some soap tomorrow or this weekend. 
Just finished assembling my plaid. Fingers crossed!
I also cut my knit that I made with impression mats. They turned out great!
I also cut my knit that I made with impression mats. They turned out great!
I cut my entry sop and photographed it. It still has the vanillin discoloration rind, but I will be traveling between now and the entry period, so this was my only opportunity. It’s very, very basic but I like it. 
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Step one is done. Hoping to work on step three this afternoon/evening.
Through making plaid soap I have discovered that I can't cut straight lines to save my life.
Also everything I read said TD will lighten vanillin but my soap it still nice and white even with a straight vanilla fragrance
. Hopefully it darkens like it's supposed to.
Also everything I read said TD will lighten vanillin but my soap it still nice and white even with a straight vanilla fragrance
. Hopefully it darkens like it's supposed to.
It will!Through making plaid soap I have discovered that I can't cut straight lines to save my life.
Also everything I read said TD will lighten vanillin but my soap it still nice and white even with a straight vanilla fragrance
I started making my soap then ended up harvesting a deer. Hubs and I took care of that and I finished up making the soap. It’s tucked away in the box where I force gel. Will probably cut this afternoon, when I take a break from the deer. I took a little different approach to this soap, hint, it involves soap dough.Are you going to skip step 2?
I'd better get busy! Apples come tomorrow.
Have fun with the apples!
Autumn is such a busy time of year! I still have 11 goats, 2 sheep, 50 chickens and a dozen rabbits to put in the freezer "before winter". Yikes!
That’s a lot to get done! I’m guessing goats and sheep are similar to deer? Chickens aren’t so bad but they do take time. We always skinned instead of plucking.
Fall is one of my favorite times of year but it’s definitely a busy time. We lost a few trees in a recent storm so yesterday also included limping and cutting a tree that had fallen. Today is a Motrin day.
Yes, goats, sheep, deer - all very similar. However, I usually debone and grind them, first to save freezer space and second, because ground meat goes farther than steaks and such. I am excited to harvest the leaf tallow from the goats and sheep! I haven't used sheep tallow before, but goat tallow is twice as cleansing as beef tallow and it makes a really nice soap! We have chicken processing equipment which makes plucking a breeze! It can pluck 2 birds clean in 30 seconds. That's the only way we can process several hundred chickens a year.
Did you save the leaf tallow from the deer?
I haven’t signed up for this yet because I didn’t want to purchase a new texture mat and didn’t want to make red and black soap, even though I love to buy buffalo plaids for my husband. I’m about to embark on a major soaping marathon to donate in December for the food pantry, and the church fundraiser. Out of curiosity, I looked to see what other versions of plaid are out there that might qualify for the challenge and found some color options I might actually like to try.
The article suggests dark colors other than black and gray to use in the plaids. Is anyone else working on plaid for this challenge? Are you using black and red, or another combination?
The article suggests dark colors other than black and gray to use in the plaids. Is anyone else working on plaid for this challenge? Are you using black and red, or another combination?
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I'm trying for brick red and natural/cream. My first attempt was chocolate brown/cream, but my third in-between color didn't have enough contrast. This brown and cream is what I was aiming for. Here's another bunch of color options I found as well.
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