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I thought I'd post my 12-year-old daughter's latest portrait of Bianca and Ophelia, for which she used pens for painting on stone. They are like bright marker pens and so the palette is limited and the colours can't be mixed, yet she managed to get a brown by interspersing an almost-fluorescent orange with black and merging them together with a pencil. This one will go on her wall rather than near the hutch!

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KHBz said:
I thought I'd post my 12-year-old daughter's latest portrait of Bianca and Ophelia, for which she used pens for painting on stone. They are like bright marker pens and so the palette is limited and the colours can't be mixed, yet she managed to get a brown by interspersing an almost-fluorescent orange with black and merging them together with a pencil. This one will go on her wall rather than near the hutch!

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She's done an incredible job. So hard to get the shape of an animal right, especially piggies, and the colour mixing is amazing. Well done to her.
 
Black piggies said:
She's done an incredible job. So hard to get the shape of an animal right, especially piggies, and the colour mixing is amazing. Well done to her.
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I'll pass the compliment on to her -- thank you! She does have a good eye. She always gets an outline down quickly, easily and accurately, rather than build it up through shapes. I do try to encourage her to do the latter, however, especially if she is drawing from life rather than from a photo and gets unstuck.
 
Betsy said:
I like him Lorcan! Very colourful.
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"What are you working on next?"
"I dunno. Something in green."
"Like an emerald green?"
"I suppose I could. Why?"

And that's how Sammy ended up being the colours of the Irish tricolour. Green bear, orange ribbon, and grey eyes (closest I had to white, lol). The neighbour in question seems happy with him, though I wasn't quite convinced, lol. Said neighbour also isn't Irish. 🤷‍♂️
 
KHBz said:
I thought I'd post my 12-year-old daughter's latest portrait of Bianca and Ophelia, for which she used pens for painting on stone. They are like bright marker pens and so the palette is limited and the colours can't be mixed, yet she managed to get a brown by interspersing an almost-fluorescent orange with black and merging them together with a pencil. This one will go on her wall rather than near the hutch!

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Wow! Well done her, it looks very life like.
 
Lorcan said:
"What are you working on next?"
"I dunno. Something in green."
"Like an emerald green?"
"I suppose I could. Why?"

And that's how Sammy ended up being the colours of the Irish tricolour. Green bear, orange ribbon, and grey eyes (closest I had to white, lol). The neighbour in question seems happy with him, though I wasn't quite convinced, lol. Said neighbour also isn't Irish. 🤷‍♂️
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I'm sure neighbour loves it. I love emerald green and I'm not Irish.
 
Out of interest, do any of you know where I could buy minky fleece and/or shaggy fur fabrics? The place I buy the cotton stuff from doesn't actually sell it and I'd rather not go through Amazon for it if I don't have to.
 
Lorcan said:
Out of interest, do any of you know where I could buy minky fleece and/or shaggy fur fabrics? The place I buy the cotton stuff from doesn't actually sell it and I'd rather not go through Amazon for it if I don't have to.
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Try this place, it's one of my local fabric stores and is usually a bit more reasonably priced material_magic1 | eBay Stores
 
Lady Kelly said:
Try this place, it's one of my local fabric stores and is usually a bit more reasonably priced material_magic1 | eBay Stores
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A 5 second glance at that and I'm considering signing up for ebay again, haha. I've been using Sew Essential and after the hiccup with the first parcel, I know the service is great as long as I don't spend over £70. Orders over £70 are sent by courier and the Middleton depot got a few (well, 4) internal complaints over their inability to deliver. I emailed their customer service who offered a partial refund even after the box was delivered and they've said if I have an order over £70 to let them know and they'll see what they can do about avoiding the courier.

Sorry, that was a very long explanation of why I stick with them, heh. But they've been great otherwise, and I've never had an issue with anything they've sent. They just don't do fleece or fur.
 
Lorcan said:
A 5 second glance at that and I'm considering signing up for ebay again, haha. I've been using Sew Essential and after the hiccup with the first parcel, I know the service is great as long as I don't spend over £70. Orders over £70 are sent by courier and the Middleton depot got a few (well, 4) internal complaints over their inability to deliver. I emailed their customer service who offered a partial refund even after the box was delivered and they've said if I have an order over £70 to let them know and they'll see what they can do about avoiding the courier.

Sorry, that was a very long explanation of why I stick with them, heh. But they've been great otherwise, and I've never had an issue with anything they've sent. They just don't do fleece or fur.
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My current favourite is Northern Monkey Makes. They have a super saver section where fabric is precut at 2m lengths and then discounted on the price per m so it works out really well. They also do bundles and I need some ribbing for necklines too... Maybe some Halloween fabric for the Halloween classes this year hmm
 
Lady Kelly said:
My current favourite is Northern Monkey Makes. They have a super saver section where fabric is precut at 2m lengths and then discounted on the price per m so it works out really well. They also do bundles and I need some ribbing for necklines too... Maybe some Halloween fabric for the Halloween classes this year hmm
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@Lady Kelly I would like to report this post to a moderator.
Because of this post I have now ordered fabric that I don't really need, and had to buy 2 new patterns (that i also probably don't need) to justify the fabric purchases.

I also blame @Lorcan for all the fabulous and inspiring sewing posts of late.
 
Swissgreys said:
@Lady Kelly I would like to report this post to a moderator.
Because of this post I have now ordered fabric that I don't really need, and had to buy 2 new patterns (that i also probably don't need) to justify the fabric purchases.

I also blame @Lorcan for all the fabulous and inspiring sewing posts of late.
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I was told at school that you are responsible for your actions @Swissgreys but I would have blamed those two as well! Just as well I hardly know one end of a sewing machine from another or I'd be buying stuff too! Now I haven't visited the local wool shop yet .......
 
Betsy said:
I was told at school that you are responsible for your actions @Swissgreys but I would have blamed those two as well! Just as well I hardly know one end of a sewing machine from another or I'd be buying stuff too! Now I haven't visited the local wool shop yet .......
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I mean, I'd blame me too :))

Edit: or actually, I blame me ma for donating the sewing machine to me in the first place!
 
Betsy said:
I was told at school that you are responsible for your actions @Swissgreys but I would have blamed those two as well! Just as well I hardly know one end of a sewing machine from another or I'd be buying stuff too! Now I haven't visited the local wool shop yet .......
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My pocket is the only thing stopping me 😭
 
Betsy said:
I thought you were making a elephant 🐘 this time as it's grey!
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Well I figured if I'm gonna make an elephant why not do it in the light grey? Here's to hoping it works though, I don't have enough of the light grey left for a second chance haha.
 
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