While we have been locked down during Covid and until our in-person meetings start up, I have been busy adding more details to my Kitchen in a Cupboard project. I designed and printed out a "blackboard" sign to put onto a swinging sign on the left door. The sign will fold into the cupboard so that the doors may still be closed. On the bottom shelf is a little wicker basket I made during one of our meetings before the lockdown. I haven't yet decided what to put into it. My daughter painted a beautiful little design on the right-hand door and I made a little counter-top grill, printed out some placemats and made the sugar, flour, coffee and tea containers for the door. There are still many things I can add to this and will continue to do so until our next Show and Sale, coming up on May 7th, 2023 when we will display our cupboards for all to see.
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Seems like we are slowly getting back to normal. Along with our own show on May 1st, I am happy to announce that the M.E.T. show will also be back in October.
Some of you may notice that I changed the legs on the Bargello chair. I did this to make the chair a more historically accurate wingback and am very happy with the legs now. The previous ones were a bit chunky for this style of chair and detracted from its elegance.
I will post another update photo of Santa's Cottage near next Christmas to show the next stage of my progress but for now, I have completed all that I will be this year. Do any of you have photos of Christmas miniatures that you are working on or have done in the past? Contact me at [email protected] and send me some photos and a description. I would love to add your photos to the blog. Have a Very Merry Christmas! This summer I worked on a few 1/12th scale projects. The first is a wingback chair that I re-covered in order to use it in a Santa's Cottage that I am building. I designed the fabric and inset image myself and stitched it in the Bargello style on 48 count silk gauze. I began stitching the chair at the beginning of July this year and just finished it on November 5th of this year. The chair was one I had in my stash and wanted to re-cover. I began the chair as part of a group challenge started by an online petit point group I belong to. We were to design a fabric and re-cover any chair we wished then post the photos once finished. It was great fun and I may someday, stitch another for Santa's Cottage using the same colors but a different Bargello pattern so that I don't get bored stitching the same thing over again.
The second thing I worked on were some hand-made room screens in 1/12th scale. I created 8 different designs and am selling them in their un-finished state here. The example above is one that I made for my daughter Heather. Eventually, it will go into an Oriental room box that I wish to make for her. She chose the picture she wanted in the screen and I printed it onto cotton fabric before adding it to the screen. Our club is looking to try and have in-person meetings starting in January if all goes well. I look forward to seeing everyone then if we are able to resume the meetings. In the meantime, what have you all been working on? I would love to post a blog entry about your projects. Please email me at the club's email address ([email protected] ) and let me know. This post was seen in an online miniature group I belong to:
The Miniature Enthusiasts of Edmonton (M.E.E.), Alberta, Canada are having their 2nd Virtual Show & Sale. Check out our website at: miniature-enthusiasts-of-edmonton.com starting on SEPTEMBER 19 to access 16 vendors from Canada and the U.S., and to see what the members of M.E.E. have created during this past year. The Show & Sale will be on our website for a couple of months, so please stop by and have a look! Joanne Root President: M.E.E. Mark your calendars and make a plan to visit their site and support Canadian shows! |
AuthorMy name is Yvette. I am a member of OMEGA and I am now continuing the blog started by Susan. Archives
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