Cool Kristy, I want to see when you getter done! lol
Susan

oh my gourd!!!!!!!!

Ok getting going early..if you should see this...call me if you need help. I wanna see that bad boy in person lol

I want to work in the yard so much, but it is all so soaked...that I am NOT getting the tiller stuck there too roflmao

Lucy

Kristy, looking forward to see how you crave that baby!

LOL Lucy, good one!

Kristy, Have you dried big ones before? I was wondering how you get them to dry instead of rot.

Linda

That's an awesome gourd, Kristy.

LOL, Lucy. You have a great way with words.

Roflmao. You all are funny. I put one in the garage last year and just left it on a shelf. Was hard as solid wood by this spring. Just need some place warm and dry. They get a little moldy looking on the outside but its like powdery mildew and washes right off once its dried good. I have heard some people poke a small hole in it but I never have. Once dry I cut a hole in it and put in some gravel and shake it around and then dump out the seeds. The pith gets liked dried paper

Does it have thick meat like a pumpkin?

Linda

Hey Kristy Didn't know you were a gourd head! Me too! LOL
Never worked on one the size, it a beauty!
Have any pictures of your other work? Would love to see them.
I have never done craving. Work with leather dye and paints.
Have Fun!
Dorothy

Yes they have pretty thick walls. The squash that we have been growing and eating are really good when you can stick your fingernail into the skin but if you let them get too big they are hard like a pumkin and they get like wood after they sit all winter and get dry. You have to use a saw to get into them. I have never done one before except to dry and take the seeds so this is new for me. I saw a show where they used a wood burning tool and dremel tools to carve them after they cleaned them really well then used brown shoe polish to antique them and paste wax to make them shiny. I saw beautiful bowls and containers and lamps and all sorts of things they made. I liked the ones that look like indian pottery the best. Thought I might try and make this one into a jack o lantern since it looks like a pumpkin but don't know if I will have time or not by then. I would like to practice on one first. John got a smaller one shaped like a bowling pin. Maybe I will play with that one first. Dorothy post some pics of yours please. I even saw one that used color pencils to draw the designs and after the shoe polish was put on it looked like an old painting. It was really cool. Gotta do some research on making things with them.

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Here are is small banana gourds painted for Christmas Ornaments
The snowman are gourd was won my Mary last Christmas in a drawing I had.
She took the picture.
Will have to do other drawing for Christmas this year.
Hugs Dorothy

You guys are just too creative!

Oh my gosh those are sooo cute! I love the beards they look cool! I can't draw worth crap. Thats why I figured an indian design would be easier. Maybe I could trace something on it and paint it though.

Dorothy I envied your SS buddy about those last x mas :-)))))

Lucy