22/02/2013

Cupboard for the Attic


For the attic in my Miniature House I wanted to make a cupboard. I had a plain wooden cabinet lying around so I decided to use it for this purpose. In the picture below you can see the items  I used for making my cupboard. For example, I glued a piece of decorated paper on cardboard. I cut the tiny flowers of the pattern out as little squares.





Next I sawed the wooden sticks into strips of 1 cm width. I adjusted their length and glued them on top of the cupboard as you can see in the picture below. I also drilled 4 small holes, 2 on each side of the cupboard. I put a screw in each hole and this made it possible to fit a round stick.






After that I painted the wood in red and green.





Next, I covered the whole piece with a crackling-varnish. When this had dried completely, I painted the entire surface with gesso. The gesso started to crackle very quickly! I wanted  the cupboard to have a kind of worn appearance so after the gesso had dried, I also sanded the surface.




Then, I glued the paper-squares in place like faux-tiles. And finally I applied a coat of diluted wood-stain.



So now it's finished and I can put it in place in my attic. I think I like it this way...:-)

The beautiful jug and plate are made by a miniature pottery-artist: Elisabeth Causeret.


14/02/2013

Pillow and White Seat




 


This is a picture of a pillow I embroidered with a stitch namend "petit-point". 
I made the white seat a long time ago, with help of a tutorial in a book mentioned in my post
about the couch and armchair.

The measurements of the cushion are  2,5 x 2,5 cm.

 

06/02/2013

chair with embroidered seat








In this post you can see an adittion to my first floor landing.

 

I took an embroidery pattern from a book and adjusted it to the measurements of the chair-seat:



 


The chair and table I made long ago form a kit.




Before cutting the embroidery out, I put some diluted Tacky Glue around it to prevent  it becoming frayed





Some extra filling for a really comfortable seat :-)






Finally wrapping and gluing it like a small package.

And there it is......





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