Hello from northern NY (I'm new to all of this)

[susies1955]

I'm brand new to soaping. SO new that I haven't tried it yet. My husband is laid off now for some time so I'm waiting for Christmas to get an immersion blender and a soap making book. I have to get some lye and of course stock up on the oils and such. I have the gloves and safety glasses.
I have had MANY hobbies over the years such as macrame, hand and machine knitting, machine embroidery, purse making, fabric bowls, quilting, nail art design, scrapbooking and reading.
We are selling our home and want to go into a 'small' house in the woods so I have gotten rid of everything except my quilting and nail art stuff and have added soap making.
My husband just made me a soap mold. It is 18" by 3 1/2" and I took some of my quilting template material and made a liner. I hope it works. He also made a board to add into the box if I want to make smaller loaves.
I've added photos.
Hope to learn a lot from all of you.
Susie

 

[ourwolfden]

Welcome! Nice looking box your hubby built for you!

 

[judymoody]

Welcome! While you're waiting to buy that soap making book you can read through the archived posts here and learn a great deal.

Thrift shops and ebay are great places to pick up stick blenders cheaply. A good digital scale will only set you back about $20 on Amazon or at Walmart.

Good luck and enjoy! Ask questions if you need to.

 

[kikajess]

Hello and welcome! I'm a newbie, too. I don't know what made me choose this website as the place to go for help and support, but I haven't looked back. You're going to love this place!

 

[susies1955]

Manda, Thanks for the compliment on the soap mold.

Judy, yes I will read the forum. I actually already have the scales for mailing out ebay stuff. It has the TARE feature too.

Kikajess, thanks. I'm glad I found this forum too.

 

[evilnurse]

Hi Susie and welcome to the forum


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[susies1955]

Thanks evilnurse.

 

[Hazel]

Hi Susie,

Welcome to the forum! :wave:

You're lucky to have a husband who's able to make your molds. That will come in handy (no pun intended) if you ever decide you want to play with slab or vertical molds. Also, that's a clever idea to use a quilting template for a liner. Thanks for sharing it! :grin:

 

[susies1955]

Thanks Hazel.

 

[CaraBou]

Welcome! That's cool how the liner will just pull out. I don't know anything about quilting templates. What is it made of? It looks fairly rigid and durable -- is it just taped together on the ends so that all you would do to unmold is remove the tape?

 

[susies1955]

I got the Quilting Template from Joann's. It is just a heavy sheet of plastic.I think they come in various sizes and thicknesses. I'm going to see if I can find a longer one so the ends are attached AFTER I try this to see how it comes out.
I'm hoping I don't have to remove the tape and that it will just slide out but I don't know if it will or not.
I just looked on line and I don't think they come any longer than 18".
Susie

Welcome! That's cool how the liner will just pull out. I don't know anything about quilting templates. What is it made of? It looks fairly rigid and durable -- is it just taped together on the ends so that all you would do to unmold is remove the tape?