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    Hi everyone

    David has made a couple more of the lovely Canadian designed scrollsawn baskets. He's actually worked out a way to do them so that there is virtually no waste from the material. It's made him happier to produce these, allowing him to make maximum use out of a piece of timber.

    I really like them, and they lend themselves to all sorts of combinations of coloured wood. I guess you're imagination is the only limitation.

    Cheers
    Lili

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    They look great, does David use plans for them, or make it up as he goes

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    Hi BPJ
    These baskets are from Canadian plans by Sheila Landry designs.

    Conveniently enough you can buy them direct via download. They're a marvellous way to use up bits and pieces of different timbers in the workshop.

    I think they're sensational, if a fair bit of work, but I think they'd probably make a good gift, as well as being popular sellers. We haven't tried them out on the market yet.

    Cheers
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    Thanks for that, had a look at her designs and there's a lot of beautiful stuff. My father has just gotten into scroll sawing and asked if I saw "some patterns" but couldn't decide what. I have printed her catalogue and he can pick out some. Life would be easier if he had the internet

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    Quote Originally Posted by LiliB View Post
    Hi BPJ
    These baskets are from Canadian plans by Sheila Landry designs.

    Conveniently enough you can buy them direct via download. They're a marvellous way to use up bits and pieces of different timbers in the workshop.

    I think they're sensational, if a fair bit of work, but I think they'd probably make a good gift, as well as being popular sellers. We haven't tried them out on the market yet.

    Cheers
    Lili
    Good workman ship I would like to now how they sell I made some for the Moama market and couldn't sell any even had fruit in them selling them $15.00 dollars each

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    I love Sheila's baskets, I have a few patterns but I haven't had time to cut them yet. David did a marvelous job.

    Marg

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    Hi Patch

    Interesting that they didn't sell. They're jolly time-consuming to make. But once again, the punters often just don't see the work, and craftsmanship in things enough to part with their money. I think Sheila's designs are sensational, but then I love this kind of thing.

    I see them as possibly nice little mother's day gifts, along with some of David's boxes.

    I'm planning to have a 'garage sale' at home, offering both some of David's woodwork and some plants. I'll bet you now that the plants sell, but the woodcraft stays here.

    Anyhow, you can only try. I'll let you all know how they went, when the time comes.


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    thanks LiliB have you done the deny market at the end of each month

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    David doesn't really want to do the local market. I think he feels a little self-conscious around all the people he knows in town, maybe having them think we need money. It's kind of hard to explain - he hasn't actually explained it to me, so I'm only guessing.

    Whereas selling from home, has a slightly different feel to it, perhaps less about money and more about showcasing his craft.

    We've actually even considered the Moama market, but perhaps that may not be all we'd hoped for. I guess being retired now, we don't want to be tied to having to go to markets on a regular basis. Too much like work Still we'll see you there sometime and introduce ourselves.

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    Going to a local market does have some advantages:

    I've had great success growing grapes for the past 10 years, even here at 53N. Last spring, I saved a lot of garbage prunings, rooted the best 45 of them in a big styrofoam block and took them to the local farmer's market. I sold out in 2 weeks at $5/stick. So, I didn't go again. Next thing I know, I have a steady stream of people coming to my house, asking if I have any more.

    Now, the locals know what I do and where to find me. I won't shed a tear if it doesn't happen but I've got requests for 20 vines. I see that it pays to advertise.

    Go twice and then stay home. Try it.

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    You make a jolly good point. I guess people have got to know you're out there, and as you say, it's cheap advertising. It means at least people know that you have what they want, and as you say, they know where to find you.

    The same thing happened to me with roses that I sold at a yard sale. I didn't sell them all on the day, but about a week later a woman came to the door and took all I had left.

    I don't see why good woodwork shouldn't elicit the same type of response.

    Cheers
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    There ya go! You have already had it happen. Maybe they see the work and walk away. Then they have to come up with a really spiffy present for somebody...... who are they going to call for something one-of-a-kind?

    I put house numbers on my back gate into the lane. Told people to drive by and just look over the fence. Two grapevines cover the entire SW side of my house 60cm out from the wall to keep the late aftenoon sun off. That's 4.5m tall and 14m wide. Probably already cut 20m off the dang things. The tendrils grow into the flyscreens, I can't see out my kitchen windows for 3 months. BUT, they're worth 7-10 degrees difference in the kitchen.
    Everything falls off for the winter. Great, I can see the snow-covered mountains again, maybe 3km away, 2200 -2800m high

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    I do envy you Canadians your mountains. Now that's what I call mountains. From what I've seen on the travelogues, Canada must be close to what heaven looks like. We live in a dusty little outback town without so much as a hill.

    Mind you, I don't envy you your snow and ice. It's a glorious mild summer's day here and the sky is the blue of a good Ceylon sapphire. The whole world is smiling benignly today. Makes it feel good to be alive.

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    I agree that the mountains do look nice, here in McBride, they're quite close to the village.
    However, the winter avalanches kill about 2 people per month. Rarely accidents, outright ignorance and stupidity.
    If the sky is clear, it's a long time from actual sunrise until the sun peeps over the mountains and the same in the afternoon. Like it or not, I live in the shade half the day.
    Narrow mountain valleys have high speed winds, called the "venturi effect", so I'm told. And those winds are always full of rock dust that gets into everything.
    I keep most of my stash of western red cedar carving wood (as chunks of logs) outside on top of the dog houses to keep them (the dogs) from blowing away. Chesapeake Retrievers, Muddy is 40+kg and Tia is about 35kg. Their houses are either spiked and roped to the frozen ground or bolted to freight pallets.

    But, I digress.
    Try promoting those baskets for no more than three weeks/markets. Then stay home. That's the "tease" part.

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    We'll certainly give that a whirl

    Note to self - don't visit Canada in winter. Sounds positively scary.

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