New Chaise

Gosh, I think I had better learn Spanish!! Thanks so much for your kind comments.

Here's the chaise I've been working on, it's at CDHM.org and I am under furniture, 1 inch minis, Kris Compas

P.S. on Pottery

I forgot two things: to hold your bowls I use a toothpick with adhesive wax on the end. This gives you a handle to hold on to when you are painting, stick it into foam or something to hold upright while the bowl or pot dries. Then sometimes it's hard to get the paper started in the quilling tool just putting the tip in, I will fold paper in half or about half, (lengthwise) then start turning the tool to wind a tight circle.

Kris

Paper Pottery Update

Hi, I am beginning to be sleep deprived! I should be making furniture for the CDHM site to update things but can't get my head around it!
I've been playing with the quilling paper pots I started and I thought I would show you some of the work.
I can't emphasize enough the importance of using Elmer's glue to make the pots good and hard. I smear the inside and now the outside of the bowls with several coats of Elmer's and let them dry overnight.
I have started using my Dremel with the small diameter drum sander on to sand the bowls. It's so, so much easier and quicker.
I made a pot and bowl from the quilling paper from ideas from a birthday card to my husband and a note pad.
I haven't finished the pot from the birthday card, yet. I thought I would show you that one in progress.
I like the red speckled bowl with the handle. It's just 28 gauge green paddle wire and a toothpick for the handle. I drilled using a #72 bit for the wire to go through and used files to shape. To make the surface decoration I glued card stock onto the surface of the bowl.
Then I finished the pot I was making for the tutorial. That's the brown glass stain on the top part of the pot. I wasn't sure you could see it in the picture with the tulips.
I finished these with Delta's Perm Enamel Clear Gloss Glaze.
I'm taking a nap. Kris


I have some more sanding on the pot from the birthday card at the middle seam. The glue is drying.

Ira

Dear Ira, I hadn't thought of that. That's the best idea I've heard. My cat doesn't go after Ginger, my rabbit because I told him "no". Thank you so much for the input. I knew someone would give me a good idea to keep Fidget alive. Thank you, Kris

Fidget

I don't know what I am going to do right now. We had one before, Ally Mae. We raised her and just let her loose on our place, we have 5 acres. She raised lots of kits, one time she had 6. She was not a happy mom. She just wanted to be with my son, her eyes opened with him so she bonded to him. When she wasn't pregnant he could still get her to ride on his shoulder. She got very mean and cranky when she was pregnant. It was lots of fun seeing the babies all lined up eating out of a chicken feeder trough full of dry cat food. Of course Ally had her own bowl pulled up in front of her with a very unhappy look on her face. She would sit on her butt with the bowl between her legs, grabbing at the food, scratching her belly and looking around. They are always looking around and their hands are busy doing something else.
This story ends very sadly. She killed one of our chickens, she didn't need to, we fed her and all of her relatives. It got to be quite a scene in the back yard, all the different dishes. Ally would open the screen door and let it slam closed when she wanted to eat. Well, we let the first chicken go. The next year she killed another. My husband wouldn't let it go, he shot her. It was not a happy household for a few days. We all understood, couldn't have anything that killed the livestock. It was hard on him, too.
I don't want this to happen to Fidget. He is a male and that would stop all of the relatives from living here. I can have him neutered if I get a license for him and then he wouldn't have need to wander. But raccoons are wild and should be wild. They shouldn't be caged. They are very, very inquisitive, can not keep them out of anything!!! They have hands and they use them. They are not like a dog or cat that lays around and sleeps. If a raccoon wants into a cabinet or drawer they will get into it and empty the contents out. That's fun the first time.

I don't want to dump him anywhere. I couldn't leave him to die, it's a serious decision when you take in a wild baby, one we are never prepared to make. Getting the license and having him neutered and letting him live on the place sounds good, if he doesn't kill chickens. Living inside in a cage wouldn't be a life, would it?

I don't know

Baby Picture!

I couldn't resist taking this picture and sharing it with you. Mr. Fidget lives in a aquarium right now. His eyes and ears are still not open and he is a lot bigger than when we took him out of our wall. He does have a big, fat belly doesn't he? He lays on a heating pad to keep warm. I think he is going to start to sleep through the night, at least he did last night! TTYL Kris

Hello

I am tired, Mr. Fidget takes up a lot of my time, day and night. He is growing.


I have found a way to copy and paste my patterns and when you print them out they will be the same size, so cool.


I have finished another custom order for a miniaturist in California. It's a special size chaise. I have made one for sale but a little longer. I have the legs to stain and apply finish to, that will take a few days. It is black and grey, very narrow stripes, a piece of vintage fabric I bought from Sandy's Lace and Trims a long time ago. I will put it up on the CDHM site soon.

Here's a picture of the custom chaise.


I am working on a shelf you can make with the quilling paper.

TTYL Kris