Rocks And Rugs...

 

 And Elephants Too....!

I Know you will be getting tired, Dear Readers, of seeing more Castle Rock construction pictures! it is a long and tedious process and the Castle is a Large structure! To do it justice, I mustn't skimp on the building just because I am tired of it! You might have noticed that The Lord's Bed Chamber had another window on the side wall right at the front (and two more on the opening wall doors, but they will be much later) that it could be assumed would also have seats in the embrasure. As I said before, this Castle is Large, and the window openings start at 4 inches (4 feet in mini scale) off the floor. The ceiling of the chamber is 12 inches high (12 feet in scale) and it all must be kept in proportion. I needed a model to show the scale, and Charles was willing to come by and test the window seats. The seats themselves are a step up from floor level, making the view out the window a practical height for an adult. I needed to make sure I was leaving enough room between the seats for a "person" to stand comfortably.

Here, you can see it in better light.

(There have been a lot of cloudy days lately!)

Here you can see it in reference to the rest of the room.

This window is larger because

 I had to reduce the size of the ones

 on the back wall to fit below the stairs.

The seats are basically the same size,

 even though they look so much larger!

Here is a view from above with the top ceiling removed.

You can see the structure of the spiral stairs

 as well as the stairs from below on the left.

The bed will fit in the section between

 the front window and the spiral stairs.

 

Just this many "rocks" took an amazing amount

 of fiddling and adjusting to fit right!

But I got them glued in place and a coat of primer on them.

As for the Rugs, Dear Readers, I imagine you have guessed

 that it didn't take long for me to start stitching another one!

(No, I have not quite finished the fringe stitch on the last one!)

Exciting, Right?

I know this is a tease... but from Humble beginnings....

And yes, some patterns are a bit tedious to work.

They have you start in the center.... 

so I wanted to get some of all the colors in the design

at least to see how they relate to each other.

This is another of Janet Granger's designs.

This is the picture on the kit package.

 I know the colors must be a little off in the photograph,

 because the central area has the rose pink for the background.

 I am eager to see how it looks as it comes together.

This is as far as I have gotten. 

Yes, I am turbo stitching!

And what about the Elephants, you are wondering?

Well, the Elephant Tea Cozy had to

 audition a spot in the Doll Maker's Studio...

(It was a gloomy morning...)

The Elephant looks wonderful with the colors of this room!

But that was definitely not the correct teapot!

I had to hunt through all my boxes...

And I found her!

(I need to get better pictures!)

The Elephant Cozy does fit over

 the Elephant Teapot, just barely!

But I can't bear to cover it up!

So that's all I accomplished on my Week-end, Dear Readers,

A Couple more Rocks, Another Rug begun,

And the Elephants!