Progress....

Big and Little....

I was absolutely Determined, Dear Readers, to make Progress on the Teeny Tiny Garden before I did anything else this past weekend! All that was left to assemble were the tables and chairs and some "refreshments" and decorative planters. All the pieces were carefully sorted in teeny tiny plastic bags and the instructions were very straight forward. It didn't take too long to make the tables and the two planters with "flowers" in them. Both are in place in the above picture, but you might need to poke the picture before you can see the details clearly. The flowers are standing next to the fountain. Then I needed to assemble the "refreshments" to sit on the tables. These consist of bowls with colored beads in them, and tiny "glasses" cut from a straw!

Can you see them?

Yes, they are very tiny!!!

Maybe you can see them better in this picture...

And those are the chairs off to the side...!

But then I decided that the pond also needed 

some "koi" swimming in it.....

Can you see them?

Tiny orange specks in the pond?

Here you can see the chairs have been added too...

I swear this garden is getting "smaller" with every minute!

Lady Virginia arrived to enjoy the Garden Party....

I guess she will have to wait for her sisters!

( I can see I will have to make a bigger Tiny Garden

 if they All want to come for tea!)

The Garden kit came with some "paper doll" style ladies...

 but I am going to keep them for another day.

But I have to show you the Tiny Garden in the Morning Sunlight.....

 

Surely the best moment to visit the Garden!

Rather than Leave you there, Dear Readers, with so little to see,

I will show you several other Projects that I worked on over the weekend!

It was a Long weekend for most of us, and I am also having a Vacation week, 

so I have decided to tackle several larger unfinished projects.... 

and another Teeny Tiny New one...

I've begun stitching another of Janet Granger's needlepoint kits...

This is an oriental patterned Tea Cosy kit... 

stitched on 40 count silk, using single strand of cotton floss.

It is my first attempt at this count and I am using my magnifier.

I think I'm making good progress so far!

I stitched the darkest blue on Sunday and the lighter blue on Monday.

There is still a Long way to go...

but at least I've made a start!

And that is not all I want to show you....

I also have Finally made a start on 

attaching the Shingles to the Cloud Palace roof!

As you can see from this picture, 

the Palace Main room is not attached to the Towers,

And here it has been cleared of all the furnishings and inhabitants!

Where did they all go, I hear you ask?

Well, they are all temporarily on "Retreat" 

at the nearby SkyTower Pavilion!

It is a bit of a Squeeze.... 

but they are having fun!

And it leaves the Cloud Palace free to have the shingles glued on....

I am using the method recommended by the kit instructions 

which say to use hot glue...

It is slow going!

The back is all attached....

The front will take much longer....

It has so many gables and dormers!

And then it will all need to be painted.....!

And speaking of Painting, Dear Readers....

I have been Itching to get back to painting the

 details on the Castle Great Hall Ceiling....

Do you even remember where we left off?

I had begun the Little borders with the Ordinary People....

Even though All the Saints were not quite finished....

That was .... How long ago???

Here is the central panel border.... it is really only just begun!

And the right hand panel with the dancing figures....

It was so long ago I had to spend hours 

searching all my books for the "originals" 

I am using for my models!

And I am slowly but surely adding all the tiny details 

that make the pictures come alive....

Here you can see my painting with the tiny "source" painting in the book below....

This is a tiny volume of miniatures found in 

the Pierpont Morgan Library in NYC. 

This one was painted around AD 1350 in Belgium.

(Sorry about the glare on the page!)

I spent all afternoon on just this painting!

But now I am very close to finished with this painting!

They all have their faces, but I still have to do the hands, 

which is the hardest part!

And then the other panels....

And then the rest of the Saints......

And the borders on the other side of the ceiling!

Can you believe it Dear Readers?

I am finally making Progress!

Big Progress on the Little Things...

and Little Progress on the big ones!