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[emma T]

Some felt french bulldogs i made 

[emma T]

a hen

[Maggi Young]

Mercy, Emma! You are clever -  these are SUCH fun!

[emma T]

I like making them 

[Maggi Young]

I like making them 

I think that shows, Emma 

Have you got them listed on Etsy or wherever?

Once when I'd been clipping the westies and trimming the feet of  a visiting black spaniel, we made a "sculpture of a westie out of the white hair, with the black fur for eyes and  nose that was really cute - should have photographed the bloomin' thing 
We thought at the time it was asking for transformation to doggy felt!

[emma T]

Not yet , they take a good 18 hours to felt . I sell them before i get chance to put them on etsy ! I do have an etsy page https://www.etsy.com/shop/WoolyWoolas

[emma T]

I was commissioned to make the hen  then my mum wanted one .........now i have to make more hens . I just dont have enough free time .
 

[Maggi Young]

Not yet , they take a good 18 hours to felt . I sell them before i get chance to put them on etsy ! I do have an etsy page https://www.etsy.com/shop/WoolyWoolas

I was about to ask how long it takes to make them- I could well believe  it might take longer than that.
 The  details are suberb in the Frenchies,  particularly ( well, to be fair, and at the risk of offending my fowl-keeping chums- there's only so much you can do to show the character of a hen.......)

[Lillii]

I work with clay and this is one of the latest small personalities i have made

[Maggi Young]

So cute - he looks like he just came out of the nest!

[Lillii]

Thanks Maggi yes you are right, quite the curious one!

[Tim Ingram]

I remember this thread being a great deal of fun. This is more utilitarian - a banner for the nursery for plant events - but we thought we would come up with something extra special, so my daughter (and wife who has all the stocks of threads, felt, and innumerable sewing bits and pieces, plus all the expertise) have made a design with plants to be stitched onto hessian. This is just the beginning - it is 2m x 1m. Will it be ready for Great Dixter at the beginning of October? Should be interesting - the plants go through the year beginning with snowdrops...

[Maggi Young]

Oh my word, Tim - that is going to be fantastic! Cannot think of another nursery who will have such a fine handcrafted banner - that will be a good thing to make folks remember Copton Ash right away. I'm greatly impressed and will look forward to seeing the finished object. Congrats to the Ingram "gals" for their idea and handiwork.

[ranunculus]

Many, many years ago … way back in the mists of time … when Methuselah was just a nipper, I sat in my office at work one day, doodling away on a parchment with a small stick of graphite. I had illusions of grandeur and decided to start a totally impractical alpine nursery (I had no land, no money, no experience and little knowledge of business or propagation), but I did have the good sense to start with the sign for outside the gate (in essence I had no gate).  I designed and painted an attractive board that was of sufficient quality that it took many hours of thinking time to create … enough hours for the realisation to set in that any potential change of career would be both futile and ridiculous.  I still have the sales board in the bottom of my wardrobe and dust it off occasionally with a hint of nostalgia, a modicum of regret and an enormous sense of relief - we certainly wouldn't have been able to travel the world as we do now if that board had been theoretically fastened to our (non-existent) gate.

All best wishes Tim and the girls for such a wonderful project.

[Tim Ingram]

That's very nice of you to say so Cliff, and it seems that Whitworth Alpines just took a different course Some glorious photos from your recent tour and a great deal of encouragement from this remarkable Forum.