 Another pair of blocks joined.
The Stitches down this join are Loop Stitch,
Cretan Stitch,
The third stitch is Portugese Stem Stitch done with a tubular nylon floss and misstitched in that I didn’t do the wraps aroung the right part of the stitch…misstitching is an easy way to discover new stitch variations.
Next…When I did the Fish for Dinner Scene I was asked if I was going to put a frying pan on it, too? my answer at the time was Yes….No…Maybe…When I join the blocks there is room for one on the left hand side…I do Have one in my dolls house…but the one I have is plastic and the handle would be at risk of breaking so there may be technical problems in attaching it.
Today when looking through some boxes I found a miniature copper frying pan…pity the handle had been broken off
Could I add a handle…wire is the only thing that I could think of that would be strong enough…I drilled a couple of extra holes in the pan and used a stiff wire to form the base of the handle
I then used a fine beading wire build up the structure of the handle.
At this stage I was thinking that I would wrap the handle with thread held in place with PVA White wood Glue but before doing that I did a mental wish list of what would work well if only I had the materials/skillsm some sort of resin to mould the handle is what came to mind and then I remembered that I had just what I needed….I used My Acrylic fingernail resin to mould a handle around the wire.
Then it was just a matter of painting the frying pan, The bottom of the pan won’t even be seen once I sew it on but I still felt compelled to paint it.
And the top of the Frying Pan, photographed with a coin to show the size.
At the bottom of the same Fish for Dinner Post I commented that I would have to go shopping to try and find a lemon button…The next Day Kathy M contacted me and said that she had some lemon beads that she would love to send me…They arrived today together with some adorable kangaroo buttons.
…I hadn’t dared hope that they would actually be exactly what I wanted…I did a happy dance when I opened the package to find that they are just that the exact size perfect little lemons for my scene…
…And the little lemon is even more perfect because most of our lemons came from the neighbours tree and now the lemon for my quilt has come from a cyber Neighbour…Just Perfect.
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June 28th, 2007 at 4:02 am
Annie, I am SOOOOO pleased that the lemons were of the right size and color. It’s been a real pleasure to be of help, and I am glad that you like the “kangaroo crossing” buttons. I saw them and was reminded of you and Sharon, so had to order them. The block looks fantastic!!
June 28th, 2007 at 8:03 am
Annie, I just love looking at your blog and your creativity never ceases to amaze me. This quilt is going to be amazing!
June 28th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
It is so much fun to see how you created the frying pan. I used to make and furnish dolls’ houses, making everything myself. So I really enjoyed seeing how you figured out a way to make the frying pan. It looks great! As does the whole block.
June 29th, 2007 at 12:06 am
I love following your details on this quilt, but I have one question: Do you have any fish to cook? You have all the ingredients but the fish.
Can’t wait to see the finished quilt! It is fantastic.
Jane
July 4th, 2007 at 8:41 am
I didn’t realize you did all that to get your frying pan! How cute it is. That button is perfect, you are right!
September 12th, 2007 at 9:37 pm
Hi those kangaroo buttons are just what im looking for where can i get some from, thx xmoonflowerx@hotmail.com