Are you Crafty ??

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1005 on: December 31, 2015, 16:20 »
All the above crafts are fab people!  ;)

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1006 on: January 04, 2016, 12:52 »
Well, I can`t knit or sew very well, hopeless at cake decoration, greeting card creation is something I have never had but the most fleeting desire to do, flower arranging is not a forte, crochet is so passe, a potters wheel is just my way of making mud, which does not leave a great deal of scope for creative crafting one would think.
However, here are some things that could vaguely come under the heading.
First, two ceiling roses, After redecorating our bedroom a la Wm Morris, the two new ceiling roses I put up looked so clinically white I decided to "enhance" them.
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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1007 on: January 04, 2016, 12:55 »
Next is something I am very comfortable with, woodworking             First an oak table I made for the kitchen,  and then a woodworking joint that is part of a porch canopy I made for a cottage in the village........
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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1008 on: January 04, 2016, 12:57 »
A watercolour, which looks better in real life than this picture, honestly! Prague..............
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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1009 on: January 04, 2016, 12:59 »
PS on the ceiling rose pics, on one you can just see the top corner of a dark wood corner cabinet, that is one of my woodworking creations too........

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1010 on: January 04, 2016, 13:36 »
Well done you, love the ceiling roses for a period style room ;)

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1011 on: January 04, 2016, 13:50 »
For someone who doesn't think they are crafty, I would say you are pretty talented.  That table is beautiful and I think the painting on those ceiling roses is very well done  8)

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1012 on: January 04, 2016, 13:55 »
Thank you both, most kind.

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1013 on: January 04, 2016, 15:17 »
I think you have a talent there Stree. 

The ceiling roses are splendid and I love the water colour.  Many people would pay good money to put that painting on their wall !

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1014 on: January 04, 2016, 16:06 »
I did frame it, for a birthday present..........
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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1015 on: January 04, 2016, 16:29 »
 That is splendid Stree!

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1016 on: January 05, 2016, 13:00 »
Loved the ceiling rose and the picture i can knit and sew but carnt  paint a pic like that well done well all have a talent in one direction or the other .
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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1017 on: January 05, 2016, 18:25 »
Some more woodworking, 2x bathroom cabinets and that bedroom wall cabinet, plus some fitted robes in the bedroom. Plus the decorating if that comes under the craft heading......
Unfortunately one craft yet to master is photography.......I think the exposure time is set for too long, will have to get  the instructions out and take these pics again and replace them.
You should get the idea though..............
 
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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1018 on: January 06, 2016, 08:21 »
They are all very professional looking bits of furniture Stree   8)  My woodworking skills just about extend to compost bins, so it counts as crafty to me  :)

I did buy a picture frame for putting a flower embroidery in yesterday.  I find it easier to get the frame and size the piece accordingly, than the other way round.  Just got to think up a design now and get going  ::)

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Re: Are you Crafty ??
« Reply #1019 on: January 06, 2016, 11:56 »
I link embroidering flower picture.

I'm working on this Jacobean leaf picture at the moment.
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