Kit Weather

Rain Showers

This past week has been great indoors weather.

I've been busy making-up some miniature kits

for my 1:48 scale Petite Properties, Bay Tree Manor.

This bedroom furniture is from JH's Kits

as well as the easel and chair below.

The Settle and sq.table and chair are JH's Kits.

The other kitchen funiture and the the madeup bed are made out of card

from the instructions in

PP, Making Dolls House Furniture iin 1:48 scale by Fiona Bradwood.

These projects have been great fun and very good projects to have with me to the cabin.

They don't take up much space in luggage.

Time to be thinking of buying

a new raincoat and splasy rubberboots

if this summer weather keeps up.

bye bye

Pat

Holiday Fun

My Results after the Online courses with DHMS & Jane Harrop.

Flappy Duck #1

Rockinghorse #2

#3 is to be a Peddle Car

#4 is to be  a Puppet Theatre

#5 is to be a Minidollshouse

The first 2 projects have been about finishing techniques

and kit assembling.

My First 1:48 Petite Properties Ltd. House

"Bay Tree Manor" 

I can now image the finished house.

This house was put together in a group with Torhild Fornes.

There will be 6 finished houses in the end.

Torhild was a very good teacher for the different techniques

I tried a new rusting technique with

Ten Seconds Studios Verday Paint on the dorm-roofs.

http://tensecondsstudio.com/

TSS site & videos

I also ordered a PP "Lean To" Greenhouse Kit.

Petite Properties Ltd. site

http://www.petite-properties.com/

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See why I had to redo the stove.

I took the wrong measurements 1st time around.

Learning curve READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS before starting.

See my measurement mistake and the redone kitchen sove.

Some difference!

Stove made from Petite Properties

 "Making Dolls House Furniture in 1:48 Scale,

 Author ...Fiona Broadwood.

That's all for now.

Pat

Arts & Crafts Roombox

                          

Things are moving forward with
my Arts & Crafts Movement Roombox.
Lets take a peek, but first notice the "Flappy Duck" by the door.
 from Jane Harrop's online class.
It Works too!



Looking down through the skylight of the roombox.
The box will be decorated for the Christmas Season when finished.

A peek in through the front widow lets us see how cozy the room will be.

The fireplace I made from Jane Harrop's instructions

in her book, " Edwardian Era Miniatures in 1:12 Scale".

I changed out the tiles with copper embossing,

used a metal brad as decor, and Island Lava as coal.

   The hatstand is a kit ordered from Jane Harrop.
http://www.janeharrop.co.uk/

Victorian cakestand is a kit from

 McQueenie Miniatures.

 A view with the front taken off the Roombox.

Kits by Jane Harrop are as follow......

Hatstand

Swinging bookstand

Plantstand

Edwardian armchair

Library stairs

Nonworking Floorlight

The fireplace and mirror made from instructions in  .....

Jane Harrop's "Edwardian Era" book.

As you can see Kits from JH are my favourite kits.

Woodbox I made from my love for copperworking.

Bookshelves were boughten.

My Pride... the ship "Mary Rose" model is from my

trip to Miniseum, Denmark this Spring.

Distressing the outer walls and pavement are  next on the "To Finish List".

More to come after I finish this projekt,.

Pat

                                 
                        

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Yesterdays post deleted as I got the measurements wrong and I'm redoing the projects.
Pat

A Work in Progress

This is a roombox that I'm working on for the Craft Retreat in 2013.

We are 25 or so who will be making these roomboxes.

When one is finished with the theme all the boxes  will be decorated for Christmas.

The fireplace & mirror are made from a pattern in Jane Harrop's book " Edwardian Era". The copper work is constructed by using an embossing folder.

The chair, plantstand, revolving book case, library stairs (can't see), floorlamp, hall hat & umbrella stand are made from Jane Harrop's Kits.

Fireshade stand and Victorian kakestand are also made from kits.

I'll come back to this Roombox occationally as the outside and Christmas decorations are finished.

Pat

Time for an update..............

                                                   SEAGULL  COTTAGE

My first finished doll'shouse was a kit from "Real Good Toys" and titled "Country Lane". What a job it was to get all the corners as right angles. Now it is more or less finished and standing on our tea-wagon in the corner of our living her in Norway.

The seagull on the attic window sill was made on commission by Odin.

                                                                                

 

                                    

Pat

                          

Yesterday's Projects

Fog, fog and more fog.The past few days have reminded me of growing up in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Expressions such as " as thick as soup" and "you can cut it with a knife" were common with foggy days. Well, I started with yesterdays projects so to keep on the track............
2011 Christmas 1:12 scale felt stocking for the fireplace. The fillers are a candy cane made with white papered wire and red thread... plastic coloured pins for lollipops... a folded bookcover... flag... and a twisting bell puppet made with felt,toothpick,wooden bead, felt and seedbeads.

A wardrobe trunk for my Seagull Cottage. This was a DIY kit from Jane Harrop's collection. Memmories rolled in while making this kit. My stepgrandfather gave me his military army wardrobe trunk when I was setting off to college in 1959. Natually I had to repaper it with my colours at the time.
The trunk needs more damage done to it to make look like it has earned the stickers from travels.
I seem to require a photographing box by the looks of the quality of the photos and maybe a photo course. Now that is a good idea for my Christmas Wish.
Klem
Pat
The DIY kit was from Jane Harrop. http://janeharrop.co.uk/kits.html