70s Bed Sit

Thanks Charlene for the photo of my 70s Bed Sit display at last week's miniature fair.


It was fun making it - including the two little girls in their cheese cloth dress, and poncho.

Super Saturday

Boy am I glad I am not counting ins and outs...

It all started with a visit to St Andrews fair this morning... and found Betsy and Paula who just cried out to be loved again.

Then I searched through a box of material and found this stash (well that is what was left after MiniBella took some out of it).


Then it was the ACT Miniature Enthusiast Doll House and Miniatures Fair at Weston Creek. More photos from that later on (I hope if TSS shares hers... I forgot my camera didn't I!)

Anyhow, I bought some fabric pieces from Jen. 80 pieces of beautiful fabric - even if it is only 10cm by 10cm big.



Then at the end of the show - the unbelievable happened. I won the basket of Minis Raffle. Apparently buying 6 tickets and stuffing them into one box worked...

That is kitchen furniture, an old cast iron stove, some crockery, little pots, books, a tea set, and oh so much more... Thank you people.

I have finshed rolling up all the material for my craft shop. Recognise it TSS?




Also I have started cleaning up my baby dollies - here is Marjorie after a tub, and hair in curlers. The curlers are chopped up straws with bobby pins... I washed her hair with shampoo and conditioner - supposed to make it soft and shiny again. We shall see how it goes.

The postie was nice to me

Look what the postie brought me yesterday


A bundle of craft shop goodies from RecycleMicol
including these miniature hand spun wool skeins - eat your heart out taph
And a bunch of miniature dolls bought on ebay



And just to show I am not all about babies - here is a wash cloth I finished yesterday. I was inspired by TSS saying she made one called coconut ice. I used the cotton yarn I picked up at Revolve on Saturday.

Now look what has happened.

Reading about knitting wash cloths has got to me ... now I have started doing it.


I have cut out the fabric swatches to roll up into fabric bolts for the craft shop. Just a few that I have still to make into bolts!!


Otherwise, the last couple of days I have been busy editing and preparing the local community newspaper. It is my first one and I will link to it when it goes online. Such a satisfying task to have (almost) completed.

Oh I forgot - and I celebrated by last birthday in the naughty forties, and better still, our 10th wedding anniversary. The thing is, I am 33kg lighter than last birthday, and i feel I am at least 15 years younger. I suspect I may have added 15 years to my life.

Blessings

Look what turned up in my letterbox today

Thank you m1k1 for this wonderful stash of miniatures fabrics. I feel totally spoiled. There are 92 - yes - 92 pieces.

What will I do with them. Firstly they will add to my collection of fabrics for the miniature craft store. Then what is left over will be used for patchwork quilts, aprons and mini dresses for my babies.

Boy am I glad I haven't started counting the ins and outs yet.

Industry on a Saturday

I have been industrious this morning - I made two little quilts for m1k1 in return for some stash for my craft shop I am making. Do you really think she will send me a thousand of them? I hope they arrive before summer - imagine trying to build up enough "outs" to make up for that.

Anyhow - I can't show you them until she gets them can I ... so you will have to wait. Just rest assured - they are cute....

Janet McK

Reloving dolls

Well - I won the first of the batches of dolls from ebay. I am feeling the impulse to rescue baby dolls who once were loved and have been deserted. The advantage of doing this over human babies is that they don't complain if I store them in the cupboard when the urge dies down...


They just cried out to be loved - especially the composite doll that has the white patches on it. All up, I paid just over $16 to buy them and have them posted to me from USA. Bargain.

Yesterday, I finished the sweetest little doll with a pink dress - all hand stitched. I will send a photo when ... well I keep on saying that don't I.

In the mean time - some more photos of my previous work.


This is called stash and slash (I think). You start with a bundle of 6 squares, and cut them in half any way you like. Then you jumble up the pieces, and stitch them together again. Pile them up again, and slash them again - only to stitch it up again, and so on. If you are very systematic about the rotating of pieces to be joined, you get 6 unique pieces that are stitched together in a common design. I kind of like it.


Some little tiny purses made from seed beads.

Blessings