Making progress

Working from a 2014 mission to learn new techniques, navajo plying is proceeding nicely. It makes me wish I had more singles at hand, just to practice. Eyeing a box of alapaca roving now . . .

Frabjous Fibers BFL tri-color, top; alpaca,

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Wreath for the New Year

Red osier dogwood rectangle wreath

Coffee filter wreath

Halloween banner

Pumpkin topiary

     

In place on our front porch (and yes, those are weeds!)


The project is designed so that (in theory) the pumpkins can be removed and replaced with winter greens. We'll see how it holds up!

Dollar store plastic urns spray-painted with Rust-oleum universal in oil-rubbed bronze. Plaster in the bottom for weight and to hold dowel

I didn't want to add so much plaster as to increase weight, but level was too low for the topiary. To add height I used styrofoam plates . . . 

. . . many plates, 9 to be exact, hot-glued together and then spray-painted.

Large and small pumpkins were those carve-able craft types, hollow in the middle. Expensive, though these were purchased at the end of last season. Stem cut off (with some difficulty - this material is a lot harder than styrofoam) and a hole drilled to thread onto the 3/8" dowel.

Middle was solid styrofoam.

Silk leaves - who knew that identically-labeled packages may hold either oak or maple leaves? I'll pay more attention next time so I can get the variety on purpose

Leaves hot-glued in place; wired berry garland in red, gold and green was a find.

Squirrel Fridgie

Squirrel. Fridgie.