Wow, BL, that's amazing! Do you still have it? As I mentioned I'll be making the scenery for OH's layout once the roof is fixed, and am wondering a) how you keep the dust off it, and b) how you reached to the back to make/install the scenery?
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Thank you. I do still have it as I'm still in the same house. It's in what was a pig sty a long time ago which is attached to the sitting room which was a cow barn. It probably needs cleaning badly, OH had a track cleaning thingy and a hand held battery vacuum cleaner.
I did the back scenery before the front, but I had a garden kneeling mat and could put my foot in certain places between the tracks. Could walk where the station is before the platforms went in. The mountains are card packets eg cornflakes, draped with bits of fabric dipped in Polyfilla, then painted with sponges, painting on and washing off sort of method, grass is green paint mixed with wallpaper paste and squirted (old Fairy liquid bottles) with green flock stuff from modelling shops.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Thanks very much for the tips, Lizzie. It's the access which bothers me most on OH's layout - the ceiling slopes down towards the back so I'm going to have to be very careful when leaning over the track... I'm looking forward to making trees, hedges etc though. Sort of miniature gardening for winter, when I can't do a lot outside.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Any experienced quilters out there? I signed up for beginners' quilting classes when we still lived in Belgium and was made to do lots of different blocks to practise assembly techniques. Now I've joined 9 of them up to make a wall hanging and have tacked it to wadding and a backing layer but haven't a clue how to start quilting. Given they're all different blocks should I just quilt the "tram lines" or should I start with the tram lines and then do something on each block or vice versa?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I’ve done some quilting Obelixx. I really think it depends on which you like yourself. Your blocks look very interesting so it might be nice to emphasise each one individually, or if you want them to become one mixed display, then I’d run your stitching in diagonal lines.
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Busy, superb layout. Maybe something for the g'children to appreciate when they are older.
Busy that's great, it's massive.
Wow, BL, that's amazing! Do you still have it? As I mentioned I'll be making the scenery for OH's layout once the roof is fixed, and am wondering a) how you keep the dust off it, and b) how you reached to the back to make/install the scenery?
Thank you. I do still have it as I'm still in the same house. It's in what was a pig sty a long time ago which is attached to the sitting room which was a cow barn. It probably needs cleaning badly, OH had a track cleaning thingy and a hand held battery vacuum cleaner.
I did the back scenery before the front, but I had a garden kneeling mat and could put my foot in certain places between the tracks. Could walk where the station is before the platforms went in. The mountains are card packets eg cornflakes, draped with bits of fabric dipped in Polyfilla, then painted with sponges, painting on and washing off sort of method, grass is green paint mixed with wallpaper paste and squirted (old Fairy liquid bottles) with green flock stuff from modelling shops.
Thanks very much for the tips, Lizzie. It's the access which bothers me most on OH's layout - the ceiling slopes down towards the back so I'm going to have to be very careful when leaning over the track... I'm looking forward to making trees, hedges etc though. Sort of miniature gardening for winter, when I can't do a lot outside.
Pretty top Logan.
PP - that is very rude in French!
Busy - that is very impressive. Are the grandsons old enough to play with it?
Thanks Obelixx
Any experienced quilters out there? I signed up for beginners' quilting classes when we still lived in Belgium and was made to do lots of different blocks to practise assembly techniques. Now I've joined 9 of them up to make a wall hanging and have tacked it to wadding and a backing layer but haven't a clue how to start quilting. Given they're all different blocks should I just quilt the "tram lines" or should I start with the tram lines and then do something on each block or vice versa?
I’ve done some quilting Obelixx. I really think it depends on which you like yourself. Your blocks look very interesting so it might be nice to emphasise each one individually, or if you want them to become one mixed display, then I’d run your stitching in diagonal lines.
Thanks Pat. Plenty to think about so I shall carry on with other sewing and leave that on the back burner for now.