Hogwarts robe for Penny and crafting together (August)

When Jolinda, Connie and I had our monthly crafting afternoon in August, I started on a Hogwarts school robe for Penny.
When I'd done a Griffinfor robe a few years back I'd saved the pattern and even had cut the part for future robes.

I had somehow forgotten that Penny is smaller than a grown up wizard so she nearly drowned in my first attempt ;)

So, I addapted the pattern and started again.

Penny kept an eye on the whole process and couldn't wait.

The lining confirms the fact that Penny is a little Hufflepuf ;)

It still needs a crest and a fastener but we were both happy with how the robe has turned out.

Summer swap (garden shed) and a bit crafting together (July ^^)

I'm away behind with showing you the new stuff
I've made, so let's try to catch up :')

While crafting together with Jolinda and Connie
I worked on a chives plant. Another diy-kit 
from De Hobbyshop I'd bought through OMINIS.

I finished it the next day. Not that realistic
up close, but cute nontheless :)

Connie had surprised Jolinda and me with a homemade present. We
told her she should save it for our birthday swaps, but she didn't
want to ;) She has made us both a sewing kit box and a monopoly
game. I'm sure Penny will love to play Monopoly with her mother ^^

Kim and I'd agreed to do a summerswap 
 and I started working on it in June.

It was a tutorial from the DHN magazine and
I've made it with Balsa and stained it teak.

Made a couple of new flower pots because I liked
 doing them and tried to make bigger ones.

The terracotta pots are one of my favourites.

Though I liked these pots and jug even more :)

I tried to vary with different colors and structures.

Another favourite. Love cobalt blue :)

I'd also made a couple of metal signs for Kim,
featuring Harry Potter shops.
Again from the tutorial by Fabulously Small.

Greek miniatures for Jolinda - crafting together (September)

 

For the frame I found this image.

   

Looking for an image of a bust with draped fabric
I found this one I liked. I learned it's a bust from
 Jef Lambeaux ( 1852-1908), a Belgian artist. 

Sansevieria's and Bay leaf plants from diy-kits

I've made Sanseviera plants this weekend.
These were made with one of the diy-kits from De Hobbyshop I bought through OMINIS.

OMINIS is an international 'shopping centre' on the Internet. Born from the idea to create a kind of trade fair online in order to bring the participants and visitors together because the pandemic that started in March 2020 made organizing fairs impossible.
It's a shopping center with only shops selling handmade or handcrafted dollhouses and miniatures and shops with supplies for the dollhouse and miniatures hobby.

I also made a bay leaf plant, which was much more work ;)

I planted it in one of the pots I've made recently which meant I only used 3 out of 5 stems. I want to put the other 2 in a planter with other herbs.

I liked doing those kits, though I'll try to add a bit more detail and shading on the leaves next time :)

Making a paper flower pots and a jug kit

 

Making miniatures is getting more straining physically the last couple of years. And it lessened the fun I alway had. So recently I've bought some small kits at different webshops to get me back on track making miniatures and enjoying them :)
At 't Tafereeltje I've bought some flower boxes, a pizza cutter, a wooden pizza plate with handle and a kit to make nine flower pots and a jug from paper. All of which is for the Italian project.

I've make jugs and other things from paper before but never got the result I wanted so I was curious how this would turn out.
It was easy enough, the descriptions were clear and I like the effect of the paint with filler mixture.

The flower pots look very nice imo even though they are a bit smaller than I expected. But that will be a good mix with the flower pots and planters I already got. Plus need less flowers to fill them lol
I love how the jug turned out. I had choosen an olive acrylic paint and did - I think 3 or 4 layers before I gave it a gloss varnish coating.