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Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 3:42 pm
by mags
It is
goldwork so I would think people would expect to pay a little more. Sounds reasonable to me.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 4:17 pm
by karen4bells
mags wrote:It is
goldwork so I would think people would expect to pay a little more. Sounds reasonable to me.
I definitely agree!!! Wow!!! It's soooooooooooo pretty!!
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:20 pm
by poppy
I LOVE your latest design.
It is so generous of you to give your time and materials. £15 sounds good value to me. If I think that going for a meal out or to the cinema cost as much or more and it is just one experience. With the workshop, not only you get to keep your piece of art but you have the knowledge for ever.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:59 am
by Squirrel
WOW and WOW Mabel has done it again. Another simple yet oh so elegant and different. I agree that due to it being `gold work' charging a bit more is definitely needed.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:45 am
by Serinde
I don't think £15 is excessive, and the folk likely to be interested know full well that the materials cost more.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:34 pm
by wendywombat
poppy wrote:I LOVE your latest design.
It is so generous of you to give your time and materials. £15 sounds good value to me. If I think that going for a meal out or to the cinema cost as much or more and it is just one experience. With the workshop, not only you get to keep your piece of art but you have the knowledge for ever.
I would pay that!! I agree with everyone's comments!
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:50 pm
by rcperryls
wendywombat wrote:poppy wrote:I LOVE your latest design.
It is so generous of you to give your time and materials. £15 sounds good value to me. If I think that going for a meal out or to the cinema cost as much or more and it is just one experience. With the workshop, not only you get to keep your piece of art but you have the knowledge for ever.
I would pay that!! I agree with everyone's comments!
me too!!
Carole
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:57 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
Thanks all - here is what it looks like mounted in a card (the aperture is 63mm square). Am in contact with Sarah Homfray about supplies!
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:35 am
by BizzieLizzie
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:50 am
by Mabel Figworthy
BizzieLizzie wrote:the bee - he almost looks like a brooch.
Now there's an idea! I wonder how you could make that work....
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 10:28 pm
by Squirrel
Wait for it ----- a new idea for a design has got hold of Mabel. Well done Bizzie LIzzy.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:04 am
by richardandtracy
One way might be to encapsulate it in a resin. There are a number of thick resins that are designed to go on top of printed name badges. I have seen them, but not very recently. Wonder if it was in the last 'Hobbycraft' catalogue my wife got? Cannot remember.
Regards,
Richard.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 9:35 am
by Mabel Figworthy
Or work it on a thick calico background and then cut it out (carefully hemming the fabric, of course) and attach a brooch pin to the back, a bit like stumpwork (which I'd promised myself I'd never do again
) In that case the wings could be free-standing, just attached at the base.
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:04 am
by Serinde
The wings would probably come to an unhappy end if they were free... Is it possible to use a nice fabric on top of the usual stitching fabric (for background, I guess), then mount it on something solid (bit of wood -- trying to avoid plastic...) then use a brooch pin.
(I must confess I thought the bee would make a lovely pin, too.)
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:06 am
by daisymay
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:10 am
by Mabel Figworthy
it may have to wait until I've got the instructions, diagrams and materials for two new workshops sorted...
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:11 am
by thegirlwithabow
Oh I love the blue flower, it would be perfect as a hairclip!
Fab work
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 3:24 pm
by Mabel Figworthy
Following doubts about the best material for my bee I tried three of them, and then found they make quite a nice project in themselves
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:06 pm
by karen4bells
Re: Mabel's designs
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:27 pm
by poppy
Lovely, sparkly trio!
All very different in their own ways.