THE FHG SEWING THREAD :-D

[ilove2patch]

As requested, a place for us to ask for help and advice from other stitchers and to show the things we make.
Over to you.:-D

[bookworm26]

Hi, I hope you dont mind me butting in but I have a question and its not actually about sowing (sorry) although it is about crafting.

My daughter got married over the week-end and now Ive got all the flower arangements which included pine cones and candles. I thought it would be nice to make them into some Christmas (sorry again) decorations for her, but I dont know where to get wooden bases from and dont know who to ask.

Can anyone on here help me please?  🙂

[****merlin*****]

:|do you have room for me to move in chickengrandma?

i'm pretty sure when he finds out i have a tuesday man,
(remember he works away)
 divorce will be his  answer
 
its MrsR that has a tuesday man:^O
  
 
are you looking to make like a table centrepiece bookworm?

[bookworm26]

Yes merlin, or perhaps smaller ones to go on a mantlepiece, possibly as well as a table centre

[****merlin*****]

what about using the bases that they use to mount small statues on
it would be easy to find the size you were looking for
you would need to fix them in place if you used that though
just trying to think what else you could use
hmmmmmmm
 
i am a member of another forum
and one of the guys works with wood
he is amazing
i shall try and find his etsy shop (least i THINK its etsy)
if you cant find what you are looking for i am almost sure he would be able to turn you something

[hiddengems2010]

Good Morning 🙂

hi bookworm 🙂

(((CK))) telling orf, eyes roll from side to side, eyebrows raise, runs for cotton buds, i must be hearing things, ok ok cleans glasses, i must be seeing things 😐

[****merlin*****]

oooooooooooh i just thought
i have an old pocket watch
its on a display stand, with a dome
(its small obviously, and the watch hangs from a glass hook in the top of the dome
 
again i know someone who bought bigger ones
wooden base, with a groove all the way round
and a dome on top
they used it to display things they made at a fair
what about one of those?
that way it would be protected from dust etc as well

[bookworm26]

Thats great merlin. :-x  Ive got a glue gun so I can stick everything on. I tried looking in ebays craft section, but they didnt seem to have much. Possibly I wasnt searching for the right thing........

[bookworm26]

I hadnt thought about a dome. Hmmmmm.........

Could work, but would have to be quite a big one, I was thinking of making a table centre about 9"" across.

What would you search for?

[****merlin*****]

morning Gems:-x:-x
 
bookworm i have PM'd you his site
the domes bases are for model makers
http://www.woodenbases.co.uk/glass_domes.php
 
but i am sure you can get them for some sort of science thing as well, and i bet they would be a lot cheaper
however they may look a lot cheaper as well

are we in the right ball park?
i like the contour one here
http://www.thebaseshop.com/bases.htm

[****merlin*****]

forget the scince thing
they are not cheaper and look naff!

http://www.stirlingengine.co.uk/protective-glass-dome-38-p.asp
 
the wooden ones are much nicer, and in keeping

[learning2me]

Morning ladies

Need to buy a few crafty bits today to finish some Christmas stuff I started last night.

Welcome Bookworm - hope you find what you need.

[****merlin*****]

:^Osearching on here all i got was cheese boards with glass domes
big enough across the way:^O
dual purpose!

[bookworm26]

I like the contour one too

I cant find any prices though, how do you find them?

[bookworm26]

Didnt find chees boards merlin, I found taxidermy domes big enough, but the price took my breath away  😮

[bookworm26]

Hallo learning, what Christmassy things are you making?

[hiddengems2010]

Merlin :-x :-x

Mags :-x:-x what your been making, something cute, adorable, cuddly ?:|

[hiddengems2010]

Pokes bookworm for ignoring me 😛  😉

[bookworm26]

Oh sorry hiddengem, didnt mean to ignore you :-x

[****merlin*****]

**pokes Gems for poking bookworm**
 
i cant find prices either
with wood, each piece will be different i suppose
price will be depndant on what you require
usually pieces like that are there to show you what they have done or can do
the taxidermy ones will be a good bit more though
thats why i didnt suggest them

[hiddengems2010]

Aw tis ok bookworm I'm only small and easily missed :-x

is this the kind of thing you mean 310260242269