Thimble Hall Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I am interested in thatching but not using faux fur, I am thinking coir but there may be something better, maybe the stuff in brooms..just guessing out loud here. Any ideas please to make it look as realistic as possible. Very interested to know how you folks have done it. I have googled but so far I have mostly just found pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 This might help. http://earthntree.com/miniatures/index.php?main_page=page&id=6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The late Tom Berkner had a thatching tutorial on the Earth & Tree site, and they sell the fine size coir to work in scale, as Carrie has posted the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sable Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 The only time I've seen it on a dollhouse was at the Kensington dollhouse show in England. It had a lovely eyebrow window and was done to perfection. I just looked at the straw material on my broom and I think it's scale would be a little off. I'd go with the recommended coir for dollhouses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khadi Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'm not sure how well this would work on a whole dollhouse, but my students have used raffia to create roofs for their Jamestown homes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Miniature Madness Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 That coir looks really cool! I wonder how you's clean it. Canned air? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 18 minutes ago, Its_a_sm_world_after_all said: That coir looks really cool! I wonder how you's clean it. Canned air? I think if I were to make a thatched roof I'd coat it afterwards with a matt sealer to make it easier to clean. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thank you, I saw the earth tree site and was wanting to compare to that. The trouble with coir is the color is all wrong. I have thought of bristles out of dollar store brushes as I can get the color almost right/ I wouldn't want it sealed as the color would change over time if untreated just like a real thatched house and go quite dark, I might just grow some ornament al grasses next season .I have some in the garden right now that would be just right but only a little Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueirishmoon Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 If you wanted to skip to a dark look, maybe using shingle dye to color the coir? Just a guess, as I've never worked with it, but want to in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I have found that the UV rays will cause color changes no matter how I seal whtever it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thanks Holly of course you are probably right, I have never done it so I am guessing. I am going to have a go at bleaching the coir to see what color it fades too what happens to it. I like the idea of the eyebrow thatched cottage, but I doubt I would ever me that good. I will have a go though and try my best to make a decent job. It is the Glencroft I am thinking of to thatch by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Go for it, Jeannine! If I ever get to build another and it will agree to be a cottage, Ill thatch the roof; but Ill go with the faux fur, since that's the look I like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Holly I suspect I haven't seen a nice one, all the pictures of ones I have seen so far look to me like a house with a hat on but that probably comes from many years of working with fur fabrics I see it as something else.. I tidied up my house boxes today and for some reason didn't put the Glencroft away, it is part of the trio I planned but I intended to do the smaller two first.Then I thought I would just read the instructions, but oh boy, the feeling you get when you open up a new box. I had to fight with myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 By all means check out our Deb;s samurai's summer house (it started out a Coventry Cottage kit): http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/?app=gallery&module=gallery&controller=browse&album=243 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 That house is magnificent a wonderful job,how on earth do folks come up with these ideas. The roof is good and very well done but not like an English cottage which has a much thicker thatch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeannine said: That house is magnificent a wonderful job,how on earth do folks come up with these ideas. Deb's husband is an avid collector of Japanese militaria; something in that genre was inevitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 If I were going to thatch an English cottage with fake fur, I'd look for something a tad coarser and cut it and lay it in overlapping strips to get the thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thimble Hall Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Ah Kathie , that explains., wonderful job, maybe I should use that idea and turn my house into a Dickens house. Hollty that might work really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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