But this week, the fun has been making the furniture from printies I found on the Internet. It is in 1:24 scale, and so not as easy to get dolls and so on at the right scale. But it is coming together slowly. There is another floor to be done yet - really must get that out again.
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Showing posts with label dolls house. Show all posts
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Pictures - Gothic House - incomplete
This is a kit house I got from the Reject Shop - and like the others, not yet complete.
But this week, the fun has been making the furniture from printies I found on the Internet. It is in 1:24 scale, and so not as easy to get dolls and so on at the right scale. But it is coming together slowly. There is another floor to be done yet - really must get that out again.
But this week, the fun has been making the furniture from printies I found on the Internet. It is in 1:24 scale, and so not as easy to get dolls and so on at the right scale. But it is coming together slowly. There is another floor to be done yet - really must get that out again.
Pictures - Craft Shop - incomplete
This is the miniature craft shop I am making - again for the Show in March.
The top floor is a Christmas Shop - and in the customers from the Post Christmas sales have left it in a real mess. It needs lots more attention.
The second floor has two rooms - the right hand side is a paper shop with wrapping paper, cards and lots of scrap book supplies, as well as paints.
the left hand side is the threads and beads shop. As you can see, the stock is still being set up.
The bottom floor is the fabric and patchwork shop. Some completed quilts are available for sale. I wish I could find the miniature sewing machine (an old singer model) that a friend gave me 12 years ago when I had a dressmaking shop. But it seems to have disappeared somewhere.
The shiny cover in front of the material bolts is a piece of sticky tape to help hold them in place. Without that, earthquakes were far too often, and the fabric spilled all over the floor.
Still to do:
Lots more to the Christmas shop - there are quite a few things available, and I need to decorate the tree - beads I think for baubles.
More things in the paper shop - some scrap booking albums, and display the stickers I have and all sorts of little things
More threads and beads, and patterns, and books, and ... well I am sure you can imagine what else. Maybe some knitting and embroidery to display.
Some patch working books, sewing notions, some patchwork in progress on the table, and sewing machines etc.
The top floor is a Christmas Shop - and in the customers from the Post Christmas sales have left it in a real mess. It needs lots more attention.
The second floor has two rooms - the right hand side is a paper shop with wrapping paper, cards and lots of scrap book supplies, as well as paints.
the left hand side is the threads and beads shop. As you can see, the stock is still being set up.
The bottom floor is the fabric and patchwork shop. Some completed quilts are available for sale. I wish I could find the miniature sewing machine (an old singer model) that a friend gave me 12 years ago when I had a dressmaking shop. But it seems to have disappeared somewhere.The shiny cover in front of the material bolts is a piece of sticky tape to help hold them in place. Without that, earthquakes were far too often, and the fabric spilled all over the floor.
Still to do:
Lots more to the Christmas shop - there are quite a few things available, and I need to decorate the tree - beads I think for baubles.
More things in the paper shop - some scrap booking albums, and display the stickers I have and all sorts of little things
More threads and beads, and patterns, and books, and ... well I am sure you can imagine what else. Maybe some knitting and embroidery to display.
Some patch working books, sewing notions, some patchwork in progress on the table, and sewing machines etc.
Pictures - Old woman who lived in a shoe house (incomplete)
Here are some pictures of my dolls houses - works in progress.
The theme of this one was "The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe" - the house is to be based on old Queenslander style houses from my childhood. Now no Queenslander was a 3 storey house - that is my artistic license. But is has weather board outside, painted walls, tongue and groove interior walls, corrugated iron roof, perched up on posts, and will have verandahs on the first and second floors.
But the motivation for the house was my ever expanding collection of re-loved miniature babies and child dolls which needed to be displayed.
Top floor is Adult's Retreat and the nursery. That is Granny on the rocking chair - and she eventually will have some knitting to do - you can never have enough knitted goodies when you have more than 20 children!
The second floor is the bedroom - with a distinct lack of beds at this stage. I need to make some bunks to include, and probably a hammock or two. At the moment it is the play room. the section where the kids are playing on the mat will be the verandah.
And finally the kitchen/dining room. With 22 kids, they had to eat in rotation I am sure. It must be family allowance day because there seems to be plenty of food available at the moment.
Still to do - making the essential "posts" under the house - thus creating a new area for play. Curtains, windows, food and kitchen equipment, more beds, carpet in the Adult's Retreat/nursery and lots of little things... - oh as well as a "greenhouse" under the front verandah, thus creating the toe of the shoe.
Just when I thought I was nearly done - there is a LOT more to do!
The theme of this one was "The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe" - the house is to be based on old Queenslander style houses from my childhood. Now no Queenslander was a 3 storey house - that is my artistic license. But is has weather board outside, painted walls, tongue and groove interior walls, corrugated iron roof, perched up on posts, and will have verandahs on the first and second floors.
But the motivation for the house was my ever expanding collection of re-loved miniature babies and child dolls which needed to be displayed.
Top floor is Adult's Retreat and the nursery. That is Granny on the rocking chair - and she eventually will have some knitting to do - you can never have enough knitted goodies when you have more than 20 children!
The second floor is the bedroom - with a distinct lack of beds at this stage. I need to make some bunks to include, and probably a hammock or two. At the moment it is the play room. the section where the kids are playing on the mat will be the verandah.
And finally the kitchen/dining room. With 22 kids, they had to eat in rotation I am sure. It must be family allowance day because there seems to be plenty of food available at the moment.
Still to do - making the essential "posts" under the house - thus creating a new area for play. Curtains, windows, food and kitchen equipment, more beds, carpet in the Adult's Retreat/nursery and lots of little things... - oh as well as a "greenhouse" under the front verandah, thus creating the toe of the shoe.
Just when I thought I was nearly done - there is a LOT more to do!
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