Peacock & birds rug - Tapis Paon et oiseaux

J’ai enfin terminé mon tapis ! Ça m’a pris environ 2 ans et même plus, je ne compte plus les heures de travail. Bien sûr je n’y ai pas fait des petits points tout le temps, j’y vais plutôt par phases. Tous les jours pendant un mois, plusieurs heures, et puis j’en ai marre et plus rien pendant plusieurs mois.

Enfin ! C’est terminé ! On ne m’y reprendra plus à faire un tapis aussi grand avec des points si petits. Je dis ça, mais je suis certaine qu’un de ces jours je vais trouver un autre dessin qui me plait. Je me dirai : bah ! je l’ai déjà fait ….c’est pas impossible.

My big rug is FINISHED ! After 2 years and even more. I can't remember how many hours it took me.
Of course, I didn't work every day. I go rather by phases. I will work every day during several hours for a month, and then I'm fed up and I do nothing more for several months.
Finally it's over ! I will never stitch such a large carpet with so many tiny points anymore. That's what I say today, but I'm sure that tomorrow I will find another beautiful chart. I will say to myself : "Bah , I have done it before.....nothing is impossible".

Il manque toujours le lit dans cette chambre .
By the way, the bed is still missing.

Le dessin a été fait par Nicola Mascall www.nicolamascallminiatures.co.uk . C’est un canevas soie de 48 count, donc 48 petits points par inch. Il s’appelle «  Paon et oiseaux » d’après les tapisseries de William Morris. Ce grand nom du Arts &Crafts tombe pile dans le style de ma maison.

The chart is by Nicola Mascall, on a 48 count silk gauze www.nicolamascallminiatures.co.uk .
The design is called "Peacock and Birds" inspired by William Morris. This top name of Arts & Crafts is exactly what I need for my Art Nouveau bedroom.

Woodworking workshops at KDF

The Kensington Dollhouse Festival is now over. I took workshops with Geoff Wonnacott with the intention to improve my skills in woodworking. I'd like to be able to make some furniture for my Art Nouveau dollhouse. As it would take more than three days to learn all those techniques, I'm still a long way from the goal...but I keep training ! The knife box and the Chippendale corner cabinet are far from finished but I will fix the problems soon. I think that my inlay is not clean enough, on the box, and I have hinging problems on the cabinet.

But, these are little trifles, as, on the bright side, I have met a lot of very nice ladies during this time. Yes, mostly ladies, with the exception of Geoff.

I've bought a new chair by Kim Selwood, a model from Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo, going back to 1883. But I didn't like the leather and I replaced it with a William Morris design - a kit I bought from Nicola Mascall.

For now, I have made some improvement in the Cabinet of Curiosities and they will be the last before September. Once again we are moving - from London to another borough of London - and the house will be packed soon.

 

 

 

 

Details

I did some interior decoration in my gypsy vardo. It turns out to be more and more the wagon of a French gypsy not far from the Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
Come in, I will show you...

 

 

Some pieces of lace were added around the windows and on the furnitures. I made the lampshade following the tutorial by "1 inch Minis", it looks really nice and kitsch in that corner.

I have used only LED on batteries in the wagon, I found it easier for a small moving stuff.

 

 

 

The crystal ball is ready : the owner is a fortune teller. I will add later other accessories regarding her work. HER, it seems obvious that this is a girl's dwelling !

The very fine lace on the chest of drawers was made some years ago by an IGMA Artisan, and I forgot her name...If someone can help ! I bought it in Philadelphia Miniaturia, probably in 2008 or 2009 and, if I remember well, she was from The Netherlands. All the other pieces of lace came from my great-grandmother and are in pretty bad state.

 

 

 

There are some "bondieuseries"as they say , kind of religious knick-knack : holy picture of Mary, crucifix. I will make more of these... And still my beautiful painting by Catherine from Ninette and Co and my little needlepoint cushion : a kit by Nicola Mascall.

 

 

Work inside the vardo

Still working inside, and far from finished.
I try to make something looking like a queenie stove for my vardo. The base is a Chrysnbon Parlor Stove Kit.

Between the saw and the glue, I work on a fine little cushion for the bed. It's a kit from Nicola Mascall. 48 count silk gauze and I need my big big magnifier.