Monday, July 5, 2010

Tiny things


I really like miniatures though I don't think I have the patience to create really intricate ones. I had some fun making this little set of furniture from the scraps that I retrieved from the off-cuts bin at our woodworkers club. I cut the pieces out on the band saw (my favourite machine) and glued them together. Sometimes I use tiny nails but mostly the glue is so good that it will break the wood before it will fall apart. I knitted the baby's teensy dress on very fine needles using fine cotton. (honestly, some people just don't have enough to do with their time.)
It's a beaut hobby because it hardly costs anything, even the bedclothes are scraps of left-overs. I did buy the paint though.
The newsletter looms again and I'll be busy with that for a while, so I'll see you in a few days. Bye for now.

5 comments:

  1. Absolutely adorable! I think my fingers would be too big and clumsy for such fine work!

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  2. Oh that would go perfect with the little rocking horse. Thats so cute

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  3. Not ready it takes a lot of gritting of teeth.

    Donz I'll have a word with Bob.

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  4. Adorable. You are such a creative soul. And so much patience for such details! xo m.

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  5. So where did this cute little set find a home?
    No idea how you could deal with such fine and small knitting

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