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  • That’s pretty perfect @CrankyYankee👍
  • That's beautiful too @CrankyYankee
  • Thank you, both!  I'm really impatient when it comes to painting and staining, so they don't meet muster if you look at them close up.  :D

    I'm starting to decorate my little fake Christmas tree, and this year I want to make easy ornaments that are more natural.  Yesterday I baked orange slices for the first time and I'm really loving how they look hung from the tree.  If anyone has any ideas for natural ornaments, I'm all ears!  I have some pine cones, and I've collected sticks to make into star ornaments.
    New England, USA
    Metacomet soil with hints of Woodbridge and Pillsbury
  • You lot create some amazing pieces! Among them the standout for me is your dog, @Penny_Forthem. That is just brilliant. Take a bow (wow wow).
  • Ooh @Obelixx those are lovely
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087
    Thanks @bullfinch.  I have a nifty Sizzix machine which cuts felt and fabrics using templates.   The folded fabrix "trees" begin with a 20cm/8 inch circle of fabric.   All the hand-sewing is really quite Zen and keeps my hands busy while watching TV in teh evening.

    My latest venture is hand-embroidered Xmas cards thanks to a gifted embroidery lady in the patchwork club - also very Zen once the basics are understood.  
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096

    Obelixx said:
     I have a nifty Sizzix machine which cuts felt and fabrics using templates.
    You have one too? I have used the embossing function of the big shot more than the cutters. The machine certainly does have huge capacities - for MDF, card, fabric. I am trying it with fresh petals to try and get prints (in the manner or ironing or hammering).
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,087
    I've never used it for cards or paper @Fire, just fabric and felt.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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