Another day with the ladies at the center

Hello dear readers,

Today was my third time with the ladies.  We made flowers, lots of flowers.

This is what took about three hours to create.

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As you know, this center is for elderly people, some of them are recuperating from strokes or orthopedic problems which handicap them. I  had to find a way of making flowers which
will be easy for them.


This is the method I thought of and it proved successful.  We stiffened a green thick embroidery thread with tacky glue.  While it dried, we punched out green paper bases.  The thread was dry before we finished punching the bases.
The stiffened thread was cut into stems.  each stem was dipped slightly into the glue and then stuck to the green base.

We perforated a styrofoam food container with a barbeque screw and placed the stems to dry
in the holes.

When dry, the stems were pushed right inside.

Now we were able to glue the flower firmly on top of each stem.

A tiny piece of yellow felt was rolled into a ball and glued to the center of each flower. (We
wanted to add color but painting with a brush was too complicated.)

When dry, and this took only a few minutes, the flower was pushed out.

I am so proud of my pupils....

Next Tuesday I'll not be able to teach.  There will be a workshop with my fellow miniaturists and we
are going to make chairs.  It will be held at Goldie's place and I hope to be able to show you her
latest works.  But there are going to be many more Tuesdays at the center.  I enjoy working
with these people more and more each time we meet.

A very warm welcome to two new followers, Florina and ToTylko.  Thank you for following.

Blessings to you all.