The Miniature Pennsic Shelter Challenge, sponsored by the SCA Miniatureists FB group was a truly fun project, working on creating a Norse/Viking style tent for my tinyfolks gave me much sorely needed mental/emotional respite.
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time in the tinyworld:
a slightly aerial view of the new SCA camping tent for my tinyfolks, showing the carved framework, finials, and the doors, toggles, and striped sides...time in the tinyworld:
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The handmade toggle fastener sets for the tent give me great pleasure, they make a huge difference in the appearance. I hadn't realised how much adding a small practical detail like that would change how "real" the tent would appear... Now I think that I need to add actual toggle fasteners to my full size tent!)
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June SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | Kestrel's friends clothes | replace clothesline | yard waste bin |
| 2 | tiny green flannel dress | repair Nandina overalls | recycle bin |
| 3 | individual cheesecake | sew buttons on blouse | yard waste bin |
| 4 | shirt for Kestrel | old mattress off bed | recycle bin |
| 5 | Kenya tiedye top | bed slats shorter | yard waste bin |
| 6 | baked custard | Nandina overall pockets | yard waste bin |
| 7 | tiny giraffe | move towel holder | recycle bin |
| 8 | three tiny mattresses | bedrails attached | x |
| 9 | tiny Norse Viking tent | slat mat completed | x |
| 10 | x | pinafore front pocket | x |
| 11 | x | back porch lightbulb | x |
| 12 | x | x | x |
| 13 | x | x | x |
| 14 | x | x | x |
| 15 | x | x | x |
today's gratitude - the extra small clip-clamps are wonderful, they have such narrow tips that I can use them to aligh the silk ribbon to fray check the raw ends together, and they make manipulating the toggle pieces eversomuch easier. I would heartily recommend them to anyone interested in making miniatures, and will probably pick up a second set for myself
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Wow, wow, wow!!! You have created a truly museum-worthy display here. I always have high expectations whenever you start a project, but this exceeds even those. I love the stripes and those toggles send this right over the top. Thanks for the hint about the glue line on the masking tape. I almost always have some seepage when I try to mask off for painting. Have you told somewhere about the floor cloth? It caught my eye. It adds a nice touch of both texture and pattern. Also, I'm curious, does the tent have toggles at both ends? It looks like it does in the last photo.
ReplyDeleteAww Dawn, thank you for your compliments!
DeleteAdding a layer of something when masking off is a thing I learned about somewhere online, where they were showing best ways to be able to mask and paint trim on a full size house - the suggestion was to put down tape, then paint over the join using the wall color, let dry and then paint the trim. That seals the masking tape and keeps any seepage from happening. I just thought, oh, if I do that small scale, it will give me a cleaner line, since getting masking tape to seal to fabric is even less successful. Rubbing a bit of white glue over the join worked perfectly!
The floor cloth/rug in the tent interior photo is actually a handwoven wool trivet? dresser mat? mini wall hanging? that I brought home from Yugoslavia years ago. I suddenly had the thought it would be a good cozy floor covering inside the tent. The tent canvas has toggles and loops on both sets of doors. I couldn't resist! Making them was an experiment on my part, and I am so pleased with the results. (now I want to make full size toggle closures for my own SCA tent!)
I've been watching episodes of "The Great Big Tiny Design Challenge" online and it has really inspired me as well. It is sort of like the Great British Baking Show, only for dollhouse miniatures. I just searched around online until I found a few episodes I could watch...
Wishing you all the best!
I very much like the whole photo set, but I *love* the glimpse inside!
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