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Miniatures RSS FeedsStart A New Hobby Week - Miniature Sewing and Needlework Projects for Beginners - Many miniature needlework projects involve simply using finer needles and threads. If you are a knitter, Start Knitting in Miniature Scales and amaze friends with tiny projects. There is a great book on Miniature Crochet Projects in 1:12 Scale which will help you crochet dolls house scale clothing and linens. These Miniature Needlework and Cross Stitch patterns and information on needles, special fabrics and threads for smaller scale work will help you try reduced sizes in needlepoint or cross stitch....Feed Source: miniatures.about.com Start a New Hobby Week - Begin Woodworking in Miniature - If the other miniature projects this week haven't tempted you, perhaps you'd enjoy woodworking in miniature. Wooden miniatures include dolls houses and furniture, wooden models of cars, bikes, trains and planes, miniature wood carvings, marquetry and turned miniatures to name just a few. Anything you can do in full scale, someone is also attempting in miniature. Woodworking in miniature has beginnings in some simple techniques and hand tools which can be used for all kinds of miniature woodwork. You don't need specially scaled wood, many miniaturists carve or build from scrap wood, old bits of furniture and picture frames, or wooden craft or stir sticks.Useful Tools For Miniature WoodworkUse a Simple Miter Box for Straight ... Start a New Hobby Week -Begin Collecting and Showing Model Horses - Collecting Model Horses is a great hobby for anyone who loves horses, but can't manage all the care a real horse demands. You can make tack, equip your horses for various show classes, and enter them in live horse shows or photo shows via the mail or internet.In the process you can research pedigrees for your model string and learn some of the key requirements for horse show classes. On the serious collecto... Start a New Hobby Week - Working With Printable Miniatures - Printable miniatures are items you print on paper or fabric with your computer printer. A wide range of printables are available, everything from dolls house wallpaper and accessories, to furniture and buildings for railways and gaming terrains. To get started with printable miniatures, read these tips: Working with Printable Miniatures Paper Tips for Printable Miniatures. Some printables are also designed to work on special printable fabrics like these Electric Quilt Company Printable Cotton Lawn Sheets.Easy Printable Miniature Projects for Beginners... Start Making Miniatures From Polymer or Air Dry Clay - For a beginner, polymer and air dry clays are great for making all kinds of very realistic miniatures and models. If you like working with your hands, and have limited work or storage space, this may be a great hobby for you. The materials you need to get started are inexpensive, and many clays are suitable for use by children. You can make any color of polymer clay from a blend of the three primary colors (red, yellow and blue) plus black, white and translucent, and air dry clays can be colored with water color or acrylic paints. First learn about the types of polymer clay and air dry clay so you can pick something that suits your work style, then look for projects and information to help develop your skills. Read More On Working With Polymer and Air Dry Clay Miniatures:... Start a New Hobby Week - Working With Miniatures - Most people get started with miniatures when they start making smaller items in their regular hobby, or when they view a miniature of something they work on in full size at a club show or online. In the world of miniatures there is truly something for everyone, as everything you can do in full size, someone is trying to do in miniature.If you do decide to try miniatures as a hobby this week, consider showing them off with one of these simple display projects.Make a Miniature Cabin Front Porch The Beginners Miniature Projects Gallery has tutorials for rustic chairs, tables and miniature racc... Time Saving Tools For Miniaturists and Modellers - These Time Saving Tools for Miniaturists aren't expensive or particularly special, they just help keep your frustration levels down and your productivity up when you are working in small scales.Share Your Favorite Time Saving Tool and add to the list. What is constantly within reach on your workbench or in your project box?Photo copyright 2008 Lesley Shepherd, Licensed to About.com Inc.... Make a Simple Dolls House Cupboard or Armoire - Building this dolls house armoire is almost the same as building a box. It takes very few tools, and relies on pins or hobby nails to hinge the opening doors. You can make smaller cupboards to hang on the wall in a kitchen, or change the door style to suit a different period. If you build a table height cupboard, you can easily add a plate rack above it to make a kitchen dresser. More Simple Dolls House Furniture Projects:... Miniature Furniture - Are We Losing Our Skills? - Quality miniature furniture appears to be harder and harder to find. I'm not talking about the reasonably quality (but pricey) Asian factory furniture from companies like Bespaq, Jiayi and JBM. They all occupy a similar market, but at varying prices, odd considering much of the furniture is probably made on the same factory line. I'm missing the brilliant basement miniature furniture makers who specialized in local pieces or reproduced antiques. True local collectibles made from identifiable wood with properly scaled finishes. The Asian factory furniture is easy to obtain, but it lacks character. Hand made furniture, with proper joins, careful carving and true hardwoods, seems to be on the decline. Will it come back? ... Small Displays to House Your Summer Memories - How do you display your holiday memories? If you bring back pressed flowers, beach sand, shells, coins, or other small items from your travels, check out these projects that will help you house and display them. You can keep your memories, or create scenes in:tea cupsroomboxes break away boxes... Copyright © 2010, TopLooker.com. All Rights Reserved. |