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dollshouse contentsWORLDTHE UK’S TOP-SELLING MINIATURES MAGAZINEIssue 271 - April 2015The small print 4 Top collectors donate houses 6Editor: Richard Jennings Public will be able to enjoy magnificent miniaturesEmail: [email protected] in one permanent exhibition in North YorkshireAssistant editor: Jill Mundy Cottage from a different timeEmail: [email protected] Jane Fiddick gives us an exclusive look atFeature writer: Sandra Harding her wonderful cottageAdvertisement sales: 13 Furniture range growsMaria Fitzgerald - 01903 884988 Introducing an interesting range of furnitureEmail: [email protected] from a German internet company 14 Wedding rehearsalSubscriptions: Sandra Harding tells the fascinating story of what’sEmail: [email protected] going on behind the scenes at a lovely church 20 Vintage & vogueDesign: Wendy Crosthwaite Gabriele Layne remembers a late friend and fellow miniaturist with a lovely mini tributeContributors: 23 Make mini towelsMarianne Colijn, Sue Kirkham, Ronnie Godfrey, Amanda Phillips makes a special setMari Meredith, Martha Puff, Deb Weissler, of thrifty towels for the bathroomAlison White, Beryl Hales, Jan Clarke 26 How house was saved from flames Rowans House was saved from the bonfire andPublished by ashdown.co.uk is now set to raise funds for a local hospice 30 Spring baby in a seedpodISSN 0961 - 0928 Marianne Colijn shows us how to crochetDistributed to the newstrade by Comag. a fun little pod for your miniature baby 32 ClubsTo reach us: Catch up with what’s happeningCall us on +44 (0) 1903 884988 around the clubsOr write to: The Editor, Dolls House World, 34 Pretty petals made easyPO Box 2258, PULBOROUGH Jacquie Hall shows you how to make beautifulRH20 9BA Great Britain blooms for your borders or potsEmail: [email protected] 35Craft a tiny toilet brushInternet address: Amanda Phillips shares a few simple stepswww.dollshouseworld.com on making something for your bathroomUS office: Ashdown Inc., 68132 37 A simple turkey sandwich250th Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944, USA. Here is a simple way to use polymer clay toTel: 507 634 3143 make a little lunch that’s a delight to look atEmail: [email protected] rates:1 year (12 issues) UK £54; US $120iMAG £43. Add the iMag Digital Library to yoursubscription for only an extra £31.99 per year.TV £34.99. Add a year’s subscription to theonline Dollshouse.TV channel for only £29.99extra per year.Postmaster: Send address corrections to Ashdown Inc,68132 250th Avenue, Kasson, MN 55944, USA.Canada Post International Publications Mail -Sales Agreement No. 546038.All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part withoutthe written permission of the publisher is prohibited. Alleditorial contributions in the form of articles, letters and pho-tographs (b/w or colour print or transparencies) arewelcomed by Dolls House World but cannot be returnedunless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope.In any event the publisher can accept no responsibility forloss or damage to contributions. Material is accepted solelyon the basis that the author accepts the assessment of thePublisher as to its commercial value.All material submitted to the magazine for publication inwhatever form is accepted solely on the basis that copyrightin the work will be vested in the publisher who assumes allrights worldwide, in all forms and in all media.© copyright ashdown.co.uk

38Meet the maker editor’s Middlemums Miniatures was born out of one woman’s welcome need to find items for her decorating shop WHAT DO you do with your miniature collection when40 Cornwall General Store space dictates much of it has to go? Here’s an old-fashioned store run by hedgehogs.. who else! For two top collectors the answer was simple, although it must have been a decision not made without a lot of46 Swinging easy and free heartache. Caroline Hamilton and Jane Fiddick have How to make simple doors and hang donated their houses to a stately home in North Yorkshire. them easily on pin hinges The upside is that they get to drop in and see their48 Quick and easy bouquet ‘babies’ whenever they like. The other benefit is that we all A quick fun project that’s perfect for any get to visit them too. scene that needs a bouquet I’ve seen some of their houses over the years, and many50 Spring flings and Easter things are quite extraordinary and filled with exquisite miniatures Now it’s time to celebrate that Easter is on from some of the top makers from around the world. We the way with our wonderful gallery feature one house this issue so you get a flavour of what will be on view at Newby Hall.58 Busy show is full of talent City of London Dollshouse Festival is filled with The permanent exhibition opens in the summer. We’ll talented makers and an international crowd let you know exactly when in a future issue, but I recom- mend you start planning a trip now.62 A funky wire garden chair Vera Blair shows us how to make a It will be full of inspiration, and it might give you some whimsical chair that looks like wicker ideas on what to do with your collection once you start running out of space.64 Surprise discovery at island castle Richard Jennings - Editor. [email protected] Sandra Harding visits Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight and is delayed by a doll’s house 68 A bit more roombox Second part of the room box series but there’s67 Learn from top makers plenty of tips to use in other projects Workshops to be held in lead up to Kensington Dollshouse Festival 74 Happily ever after Terrie Wertz uses her magic wand to create these beautiful fairy tale characters 77 Cut outs 82 Fair dates House Hunt FIND THE little house hidden somewhere in this issue. Last issue it was on page: 20.

FEATURE Top collectors donate houses to stately home Public will be able to enjoy magnificent miniatures in one permanent exhibition in North Yorkshire RIGHT: Caroline Hamilton (left) and ‘display mate’ Jane Fiddick.Our Dollshouses at Newby Hall Caroline Hamilton & Jane Fiddick M iniaturists are in for a treat the Festival and the generous donation of tion of about 60 items will open in the this summer when a full some 60 pieces was largely prompted by summer at the beautiful Newby Hall collection of sumptuous her moving to ‘a posh retirement flat’ in Mansion. houses goes on display for Battersea. the first time. The talented miniaturists are also pub- She said: “We couldn’t see ourselves lishing a really well photographed book Two of Britain’s top doll’s house col- flogging the bits on eBay for months on to go with the exhibition. lectors have donated their magnificent end so we were looking to donate them to collections to a beautiful stately home in a public place. ‘Our Dollshouses’ by Caroline North Yorkshire. Hamilton and Jane Fiddick will cost “Newby Hall was Jane’s brainwave as £12.50 plus p&p from www.newbyhall. Caroline Hamilton, co-founder of the it’s near her family cottage, so we will be com London Dollshouse Festival, and her able to do the annual dusting and see our ‘display mate’ Jane Fiddick have decided ‘babies’ whenever we like.” The photography was all done by Bay to give their houses to Newby Hall in Hippisley who has ‘performed miracles’, Ripon, (picture below right). Caroline added: “Jane and I have according to Caroline. “He normally spe- exhibited our houses a lot and I contin- cialises in food, so he has terrific lenses Caroline retired ten years ago from ued doing this from home in aid of Great and endless patience.” Ormond Street Hospital, so we know CAROLINE HAMILTON & JANE FIDDICK how much people enjoy them, especially as we like little jokes.” OUr DOLLSHOUSES The permanent doll’s house exhibi- On the following pages we run an extract from the book featuring Jane’s Milly-Molly- Mandy cottage. AT NEWBY HALL, North YORKSHIRE4 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

FEATUREHow a passion developedIn the introduction to the book Carolinegives a fascinating glimpse into how she andJane met, and how their passion pushed aglimmer of an idea for a doll’s house fair intoan international success storyJ“ ane and I first met in the late a miniatures-only fair in London. She ABOVE: Caroline at the London ’50s at university where we had £300 in the bank and an electric Dollshouse Festival, sporting her both read Modern Languages, typewriter so we took a deep breath traditional organiser’s headgear. but we weren’t hand in hand and in May 1985 we hired Kensingtonas I’m a year older. We met again as Town Hall for a one-day Dollshouse off and inspire – not just a fair but ayoung mothers at the local playschool Festival. festival.gate and realised we live around thecorner from each other. With no experience in this field Jane took charge of the display at all, I just tried to do everything I and every year we laboured to finish I started going to Woodwork for would like to find as a keen collec- another project, offered each otherBeginners at the adult college with tor myself. I aimed for a balance of whatever papers or mouldings mightthe ambition to rebuild my childhood different crafts, to celebrate the best come in handy, ran around the cornerdollshouse and Jane decided a small quality work I could find worldwide, late at night to borrow the fret or thelegacy could be spent on making up a proper catalogue with clear floor table-top saw and consulted at length.for the two childhood houses lost in plans, name badges printed large for Finally we had to wax everything downparental home moves. middle-aged eyes to read across a in the houses so that we could bubble- table, decent refreshments and room to wrap them and load them into a transit When it became embarrassingly sit down and, above all, some finished van that I drove with considerableobvious that I was spending a lot of dollshouses in a display section to show trepidation.the housekeeping money on my hobby,I started making little framed scenes – The Festival, quickly expanded to‘shadow boxes’ – for sale and traipsed a three-day weekend, became a greatoff on Sunday mornings to sit in the international success and our limitedcold at Covent Garden craft market number preview tickets sold outwith my dollmaker partner JudithJames. months in advance. When I passed the show to Charlotte Stokoe, This led to joining the British twenty years later, she tookToymakers Guild and also find- it onwards and upwards,ing out that, while there were adding more shows to thea few specialist dollshouse calendar, with the origi-fairs in various parts of nal Kensington Townthe country, in London Hall festival passing itsminiaturists strug- thirtieth year. It has beengled to be noticed immensely rewarding to seeamongst large so much talent blossom fromantique dolls and Scholarship Table (our freeteddy bears. I got to place for rising talent) to topknow Sue Atkinson of of the tree and to share theSunday Dolls and she delight of fellow collectors.”thought we should start D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 5

MILLY-MOLLY-MANDYdCiofftetargeenftrtoimmeaIn an extract from the new book ‘Our Dollshouses’Jane Fiddick gives an exclusive look at a wonderfulcottage inspired by childhood memories By Jane FiddickT his cottage was inspired by the produce his very realistic thatched cot- series of children’s books by tages I felt that the “nice white cottage”, Joyce Lankester Brisley, started where Milly-Molly-Mandy lived with in 1928, favourites of mine andmy daughter. her mother, father, grandmoth- er, grandfather and uncle and When Graham Wood started to aunt, had to happen. It wasn’t easy, because the drawings in the books, though charming, are inconsistent and it was difficult to see how the scullery and the ante room with coats and shoes could fit with the outside shell as depicted. So internally it couldn’t be an exact copy, and anyway we have drawings only of Milly-Molly-Mandy’s bed- room, the spare bedroom, the kitchen and a glimpse of the scullery. So I have had to guess at the rest of the rooms, although we know that there was a big armchair in the parlour.6 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY The attic room was particularly use-ful in providing a room for quality itemswhich didn’t fit anywhere else in mycollection, including the trunk whichMother was to take on her trip to theseaside. I made Milly-Molly-Mandy’s littlebed and the dresser in the kitchen, not-ing that in the illustrations the doors,unusually, are hinged on the same side,and painted it green because that seemedappropriate for the period. The chinacupboard was made from a kit on whichI painted the shell inlay as illustrated. There are a number of curtains and D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 7

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MILLY-MOLLY-MANDYI set the gathers on these by first pin- the converted jam store and after Motherning them to a block of polystyrene and has had her hair cut to the family’s con-steaming them with an iron – preferable, sternation and Father has shaved off hisI think, to the rigid lines of curtain pleat- beard.ers. The parlour armchairs are madefrom kits by Tetbury Miniatures. The stories belong to a time when children could roam the countryside Milly-Molly-Mandy’s real name was in complete freedom and provideMillicent Margaret Amanda – Milly- what Lucy Mangan in the GuardianMolly-Mandy for short because it was (1.11.2008) calls comfort reading: “…so much easier to say in a hurry. The these tiny non-adventures… The storiesaction in the cottage takes place after are simple, not stupid. They provide suc-M-M-M has been given a bedroom in cour, not sentimentality”. DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 9

MILLY-MOLLY-MANDY Makers’ list: Windsor chairs and spinning wheel by Barbara Moore of Pear Tree Miniatures; piano, spare room bed and kitchen table by Cliff Brown of Edwardian Elegance; brass bed kit by Phoenix Miniatures. Kitchen range by Blockhouse Models. Dolls by Barbara Kinghorn Dickinson and (Milly Molly Mandy) Edna Wheeler of DCT. Cat and dog by Pocket People. Scullery furniture by Lyndel Smith. Sewing accessories by St Leger, Danny Shotton and David Provan. Lights by Grandad’s Workshop and Small World Products. Watercolours by David Bean. Hats by The Little Hatter. Dress by Janet Middlebrook.10 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

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FEATUREFurniture range growsbigger every yearK irsten Faust founded Childhood Dreams, order again and again.” Dreams has its own products one of the first Not only do buyers come which are manufactured by Internet shops in local artisans working exclu-Germany, back in 1998. The from many different coun- sively for them, and UKrange has grown over tries, but so do the makers miniaturists will be able to seethe years and the represented on the site. them at the Spring Miniaturacompany now offers in Birmingham on March 28more than 15,000 “We offer minia- and 29 when Kirsten will bedifferent items. tures from 20 dif- exhibiting. It even includes ferent countries,” items for hospital scenes Kirsten told us: Kirsten said. “One (right).“Everything is in stock speciality is theso the customers get great selection of This year Childhoodtheir package within a miniatures which Dreams also becomes the solefew days. This leads to we buy every distributor in Western andcontent customers from Northern Europe of the JBMmany countries which year at one of the range of fine furniture. DHW big shows in the • www.miniatur.com USA.” Childhood D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 13

OPEN HOUSEWedding rehearsal atSaint Peter’s ChurchSandra Harding tells the fascinating storyof what’s going on behind the scenes atthis lovely church By Sandra HardingT his pretty, well-made church is The church was a purchase from the second Item I would like to Wicor Models and was in fact made by show you from Sunny Dawson’s the talented Barbara’s Mouldings. There collection that I had the pleasure was no reason to get a church, it just of viewing at her appealed as something a bit different and lovely home earlier Sunny, being a very capable doll’s house this year. enthusiast, did all the decorating and a lot of the making of course. She also put in the lighting, to very good effect. Each light is individually wired and leads to a junction box. To add even more atmosphere the lights can be worked by remote control which her grandchildren love to play with. The14 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

OPEN HOUSEvicar is often perplexed at the strange waythe lights keep going on and off for noreason. He blames the bats in the belfryor the mice in the vestry. There is a wedding being planned andthe bride and groom and the choirboysare rehearsing in readiness for their bigday. The happy bride is very excited asshe is to marry a soldier, although hermother thinks he’s above her station. Butthey seem in love so that’s all right then.The vicar’s wife always does the flowersand although the bride would prefer herown mother to do them, she dare notcross the vicar’s wife. The organist isvery heavy-handed and seems to be half anote behind the choir (or is that the otherway round). The choir are just randomrelatives and friends by the way. All of the assembled people weremade and dressed by Sunny usingmoulds which she then re arranged tosuit her own idea of the little characters D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 15

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OPEN HOUSE she wanted to create chased from Chichester Cathedral. for this special day. The cross on the back wall of the The lovely set- church was also a purchase from eBay ting inside the and somehow just looks right in its set- church was built ting. The lighting was mostly from and decorated by Maple Street, and the lovely roof was Sunny, as was the from Richard Stacey, laid with care and love by Sunny. The font was a lucky find bell tower. The in Egypt and the red chair just one from bell was actually stock. On the roof top the flag of Saint a find on eBay, George is proudly flying. and it does ring - very loudly. There Outside the church we have a grassyis even a set of ladders which go all the knoll on which reside several coffinsway up to the bell for cleaning if needed. (avert your eyes now if you are of a nerv-Mind you the verger is getting a bit old ous disposition).for that, so he usually sends up one of thechoirboys. The boy in the stocks used to I was shown a coffin, and as Sunnybe a choirboy but started to add his own turned it upside down, I saw that it hadwords to the hymns, so he has to be pun- a skeleton inside, dressed in rags (I toldished for a couple of hours. you to avert eyes didn’t I?). The organ, hymn books, the pewsand the rest of the lovely furniture were This is a delightful project and wefrom Dean Designs and a friend made must now quietly creep away and let thethe kneelers. The leaded lights were from rehearsal continue. We hope the coupleeBay and the stained glass effect was will be very happy, that the bouquet iscleverly created from acetate cards pur- beautiful, and it all turns out well in the end between the bride’s mum and the vicar’s wife. DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 17

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FEATUREVintage &VogueGabriele Layne remembers her late friendand fellow miniaturist, Margit Bandmann,with a lovely mini tributeBy Gabriele LaynePHOTOGRAPHY BY GABRIELE LAYNEM iniaturist Gabriele Layne condition as far as clothing was con- The search for authentic finely woven remembers her friend and cerned, found their way into her posses- materials, laces, ribbons, embroidery miniature artisan, Margit sion. Constant use and age had destroyed flosses and yarns began. She found the Bandmann, sharing her story the material over the years so sheand how she commemorated her life’s attempted to dress these dolls most beautiful materials on herwork in a specially made room box. in the styles of a bygone era trips to France which was not using old materials and only the leader in the fash-Remembering Margit Bandmann laces. ion world of the ladies but I first met Margit Bandmann also the fashions of the doll world.while she was attending a doll show in Her long time searchFrankfurt, Germany. Since then, our for materials not beingfriendship grew and we started attend- produced any longer wasing miniature shows together. She didnot own a car and travelled by streetcar being rewarded.or train to the shows. After offering her For example, the extremely tinya ride with me in my car, she was very glass beads from Bohemia (the oldthankful and invited me over to see her Czechoslovakia), Murano in Italy andcollection and her work. Her husband, a of course France which produced metalmusician, was deceased and she kept her- beads in the last century as well were inself busy with her craft. her possession. In the Biedermeier Era (mid 19th Her interest in doll’s houses and century), crochet or knit handbagsminiature shops was awakened when she embroidered with beads were in fashionpurchased an old millenary shop that and in the 1880’s Macramé handbagscontained only a few of the original fur- were in style. She taught herself the skillnishings. of making these, working on a special Macramé board that held the pins that When visiting at her apartment are needed.I admired her amazing collection of The miniature Macramé bags are pro-antiques and tiny creations of dresses, duced just like their large counterpartspurses and hats that were replicas of using old embroidery floss which provid-items I had seen in pictures or museums. ed the colours needed to match the beadsShe had owned an antique shop and that were knotted in. The new coloursbeing retired now she was enjoying her of embroidery floss are too bright. Eachhobby dressing dolls. individual bead is tied with a knot as the Several dolls, which were in desolate20 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

FEATUREOPPOSITE: A variety of bags, hats, and a ‘This would be the several times when travelling to Germanylovely necklace made by Margit Bandmann. to see my family and later on heard sheTOP: The finished Vintage and Vogue box. ideal setting to display had passed away.ABOVE: An ornate dress on display in the her tiny pieces in aVintage and Vogue shop. She never taught her skill to anyone ’way that they could so now that she is gone it will be hard to find another gifted artist that can create be admired. such beautiful pieces made of materials that are becoming harder and harder to work progresses; this requires a steady find. hand and a magnifying glass, essential for this type of work. From Inspiration to Creation I had seen many antique miniature The beaded bags are embroidered first and then sewn together. They are room boxes so when I bought the beau- lined with material and a very fine chain tiful pieces made by my friend Mrs. is finally attached to the bag. Here the Bandmann there was a vintage store that material colours are chosen by the bead I had already purchased in my posses- colours and matched accordingly. In sion. This would be the ideal setting to order for the needles to fit through the display her tiny pieces in a way that they very tiny eye of the bead, special sewing could be admired. needles are required. The piece was restored and the plastic As she became older and could no on the side display areas was renewed. longer attend the shows, she spent her The dresses and most of the hats, bags, time at home with her cat, listening to and jewellery displayed in my dress shop classical music and still working on the are creations of Margit Bandmann. hobby she loved so much. I visited her The vision for the final room box morphed over time. After filling the shop with all of Mrs. Bandmann’s pieces I wanted the hats, D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 21

FEATURE which were just laid on the shelves, ABOVE: The addition to the Vintage and to be more visible so I changed it Vogue roombox. by making some hat stands and a LEFT: Another of the beautifully crafted and bags stand as well as adding some ornate miniature vintage dresses. items to the counter and the shelves. The wall holds posters and a special The mirror in the back is made oil painting a friend did for me many with nine mirror tiles and framed years ago. Dresses are displayed and the with wood. The cabinet beside it is lady is shopping for the newest fashions. made of bone and well as all of the tiny turnings that are painted with a gold The most fun to create was the addi- ornamental design. I found this at a local tion which was done later on. The addi- antique store and it had been tucked tion to the Vintage and Vogue store was away until I decided it would make a done last year after I purchased two new great display in the corner of the fitting dolls and dressed them in two of Mrs. room. Bandmann’s dresses which had been in a box for so many years. The doll in the The bags and boxes are assem- shop with the pink and white dress and bled print outs sitting on the the doll in the fitting room addition are shelves that I made from wood by Nada Christensen. moulding and wood pieces. On two shelves are jars and perfumes, Every time I look at the “Vintage and made from beads and jewellery find- Vogue” store I am reminded of my friend ings. and her great talent. DHW22 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

PROJECTGfrUesEhSTmTinOiWELSFollow along with Amanda Phillips and makea special set of nifty thrifty towels and a rackfor your miniature bathroom By Amanda PhillipsI ’ve always been a thrifty should be 11/4” wide, another, that they are both rotated to the shopper when it comes 5” wide and yet another same degree. to my doll’s house. If I can approximately 1/4” wide. These make it, I do. If I can make will serve as the bath towel,it on a tiny budget, well that’s hand towel and washcloth. Theeven better! The bathroom is longest strip should be about 4”one of my favourite places to in length and the others shouldfurnish because most of the be progressively shorter.items inside can be made fromthings I find at thrift or pound Step 2: Cut the ends off of a Step 5: Cut some lace to fit Step 7: Wrap the biggeststores. Today I’ll show you how toothpick so that it is just wider each of the towels. I prefer to towel (the bath towel) aroundto make your own towel rack than the biggest towel. cut the same type of lace in to the toothpick and glue its endscomplete with a towel set. a smaller pattern for each towel together. Glue the hand towel so that they will all match. and washcloth to the top of thisYOU’LLneed towel to make it appear as if they are all laid out on the rack ■ Baby washcloths together. ■ Scissors ■ A ruler Glue the towel rack to your ■ Pony beads doll’s house wall, or use gripbox ■ Toothpicks to adhere it. Mix and match ■ Decorative lace colours and types of lace to ■ Tacky Glue create displays for both bath- room and kitchen. DHWStep 1: Cut the baby wash- Step 3: Glue the pony beads Step 6: Glue the lace onto thecloth in to strips. One strip to each end of the toothpick. towels. Feel free to make deco- Step 4: Make sure that the rative patterns. beads dry on a flat surface and D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 23

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OPEN HOUSEHow amazing house wassaved from the flamesRowans House was saved from thebonfire and is now set to raise fundsfor a local hospice By Sandra HardingI have to start this article with yet The Rowans Hospice, a another thanks to Facebook and Hampshire charity, has been friend Valerie who thought that given a large twelfth scale DHW readers might enjoy this house by local residentsstory. Harry and Sheila Dinsey with the intention that they sell it to raise funds for this very worthy cause. It is a house with an interesting back- ground, including long periods of hiber- nation, and two escapes from the bon- fire. Harry and his first wife Maureen liked making things and, although not dollshousers, they decided to make this house – having been inspired by a photo of a New England house they rather liked. That was in 1976. Sadly, before it was finished, Maureen died of cancer and Harry decided to burn the house. A friend persuaded him otherwise and it went into hibernation in the shed. Some years later Harry met and mar- ried Sheila and during the “sort out” he told her he was going to burn the house. Sheila was horrified and she persuaded him to bring it to Hampshire and, after removing the family of mice that had taken up residence, the house was saved. As Sheila’s husband had also died of can- cer, they agreed that between them they would finish and furnish the house and26 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

OPEN HOUSEdonate it to a local charity. The house structure was finished in2004 and luckily Sheila, although nota dollshouser either, is artistic and shemade the curtains, blinds, and beddingand did some of the pretty stuff whilstHarry made most of the furniture. Theshower is an exact copy of a real one hehad, including a plug hole and spray.Further accessories were purchased from D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 27

OPEN HOUSE Wicor Models in Portchester. When I first saw this house I was astonished at the design, the size, and the obvious quality of the build. It is three stories high, 52 inches wide, 36 inches high, and 27 inches deep, made of birch ply throughout. It has twelve rooms including four attic rooms, some fitted wardrobes, hidden back stairs and a fabulous pillared hallway and staircase. Lighting is controlled by Small World Products electronic wizardry. It is unique and, although it is lit, decorated, fur- nished and ready to move in, there is still28 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

OPEN HOUSEplenty of scope for new owners to addtheir own stamp on it. (Did I sound likea real estate agent just then?) It is a house that anyone would love toown and, thanks to this lovely couple youcould be the lucky new owner collectingit from The Rowans Hospice very soon. The Rowans Hospice is a local char-ity dedicated to improving the lives of people with cancer and other life shorten- ing illnesses. Established in 1994, they have helped more than 7000 patients and families across Portsmouth and South East Hants. They will soon sell the house and contents via eBay, with a minimum asking price of £500, with every penny going to this worthwhile charity. DHW • [email protected] 023 9225 0001 For further details go to http://stores.ebay.co.uk/therowanshospice D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 29

PROJECT spring baby in a TINY SEEDPOD Marianne Colijn adds a wonderful touch of spring by showing us how to crochet a fun little pod for your miniature baby By Marianne ColijnB abies need a safe YOU’LLneed each chain to last chain. Work 2 still want to be able to see the and cosy place to sc in last chain. babies’ head. rest in. A seed or ■ Crochet hook 0,60 mm pea pod fits the bill ■ Punch thread or thin • Row 2: Chain 1 and turn. Leaves and stemvery well. These days you will When making the leaves andfind all kinds of pods for full- wool in two shades of Work 1 sc in each stitch to lastscale babies usually made out green and pink if you st. Work 2 sc in last st. stem for the top of the pod,of fabric or done in knitting or are making the flow- use the lighter shade of greencrochet. ers • Row 3-16: Repeat row 2. thread for this part so it will ■ Needle and thread stand out a bit more. I felt they were so practi- ■ 2 1/2”porcelain baby Finish off and cut thread.cal and cute that I just had to Step 1: To make the second First leafmake one for my mini doll. I got Abbreviations half of the pod, attach thread toa bit carried away and added other side of the chain 40 and • Chain 15flowers to decorate the pod tr = treble crochet repeat rows 1-16 in the same • Row 1: 1 sc in second chainand a little matching outfit for st or sts = stitch or way.the baby. Mine ended up look- stitches Step 2: To finish, close the from hook, half dc in next chain,ing a bit ike a flower fairy, but sc = single crochet seams at the top and bottom of 1 dc in each of next 2 chains,you can also make a practical dc = double crochet the pod to shape it and weave half dc in next chain, 1 sc in lastversion. sl = slip stitch in all ends of thread. chain. Step 3: Place your baby in If you feel like only dressing Making the seedpod the pod and check how far you • Row 2: Turn leaf and workthe baby, you can use the pat- will want to close the top oftern for the little pants, hat, and I used a soft green punch the pod. I closed the seam at along other side of chaintop. It will look great in all kinds thread for the seedpod. It is about 1”. Attach a thread and repeating row 1 to form the leaf.of colours. made in two halves and con- sew closed. Remember you Close with slip st and fasten off nected down the middle. My and weave in threads. You could make a plain pod baby is 21/2” long. If your babywithout the flowers and your is taller or shorter you can make Second leafbaby could use it as a sleeping the pod smaller or bigger by Step 1: Chain 10 and work thebag. You can close the pod fur- making a shorter chain and 2 rows of the first leave. Thisther to keep the baby warm. working less rows on each half will give a leaf with a shorter of the pod. stem. I used a little porcelain doll Step 2: Sew the stems to thecalled Eric who is easy to find in • Chain 40 using darkest shade top of the pod.various doll’s house shops and Step 3: Attach thread to theonline. But you can replace Eric of green top of the pod and chain 10 forwith your choice of doll. the stem. Fasten off and weave • Row 1: Work 1 sc in second in all ends. chain for the hook and 1 in30 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

PROJECTClothes for the baby Step 1: Finish off and weave in Pink flower bud work 2 tr in each of next 3 sts, the ends. Glue or stitch leaves work 2 dc in next st, work ½The babies’ hat to the top of the sweater to Calyx is made using the dc in next, work 1 sc in same Use the lightest shade of form a collar. lighter shade of green. Chain 4, st. Fasten off and weave in the close into circle. ends.green. Baby pants Use lightest shade of green. • Round 1: chain 4 and work 7 Step 1: Fold row 1 and 2• Chain 25, close into circle together and add some glue Work from the waist down. tr (treble crochet) into the circle. and push into Calyx. Leave towith slip st, chain 1. Fold in half to get a cup shape dry. • Chain 22. and close with slip st. Step 2: Decorate the pod with• Row 1: 1 sc in each chain, • Row 1: 1 sc in second chain the flowers. I only added flow- • Round 2: * Chain 4, 1 sc in ers to the top of the pod, butusing only the back loop of the from hook, 1 sc in each chain you can add more or less flow-stitches (the loop farthest away until end, chain 1 and turn. next st, 1 sc in next st, 1 sc in ers if you like.from you on top of the crochet), next st * repeat from * to * tilldo not close round. • Row 2: * 1 sc in first st, 2 sc end of round and close with a This little baby would not slip stitch. Finish off and weave only look nice in a mini set-• Row 2-4: Repeat row 1. in next st *, repeat from * to *, in ends. ting, but could also become a• Row 5: * 1 sc in first st, work chain 1 and turn. very nice ornament or gift to a The flower new mother if placed in a clearnext 2 sc together *, repeat • Row 3: 1 sc in each st, chain For the flower, use the pink Christmas bauble or somethingfrom 8 to *, do not close round. similar. 1 and turn. l Row 4-6: Repeat thread.• Row 6: 1 sc in each st, do row 3. I hope you enjoy making this • Chain 7. little baby in a seedpod! DHWnot close round. • Row 7: Dividing the leg open- • Row 1: Work 1 tr in 4th st• Next row: Work 2 sc together ings: Count 14 sts from the from hook and 1 tr in each of beginning for the first leg. Work the 2 chains.until there are no more sts left. 2 sc in the 14 st and bring otherFinish off and weave in ends. end over to this. Stitch and • Row 2: Chain 2, work 1 sc in close with a slip stitch.The babies’ sweater same st, 2 sc in every st till end. Use the lightest shade of • Row 8: Work 1 sc in every st. • Row 3: Chain 2, work ó dc ingreen. Work one front and one and close round. l Row 9: Workback in the same way. 1 row of 1 slip st in every stitch. same st, work 2 dc in next st, Close round and fasten off.• Chain 12 leaving a tail of Step 1: For the remaining leg, attach thread and chain 1, thenthread for finishing up later. work rows 8 and 9. Close round and fasten off.• Row 1: Work 1 sc in second Step 2: Close back seam of pants, weave in the ends andchain from hook, 1 sc in each put on the doll.chain, chain 1 and turn.• Row 2: Work 1 sc in each st,chain 1 and turn.• Row 3-9: As row 2, finish off.Leaving a tail for finishing uplater. Repeat for other half ofsweater.Step 1: Close the side seamsof the sweater from row 1 torow 3.Step 2: Sew from the bottomupwards. Weave in the ends.Step 3: Put the sweater on theseems. Weave in the ends.Leaves for the collar You will need three, in thedarker shade of green.• Chain 7. Work 1 sc in secondchain from hook, * ½ dc in nextchain, 1 dc in each of next twochains, ½ dc in next chain, 1sc *.• Chain 1 and turn leaf so youcan work on the other side ofthe chain. Work 1 sc and repeatfrom * to *. D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 31

clubNEWS ■ Share your club events and activities with readers around the world - Dolls House World, PO Box 2258 PULBOROUGH RH20 9BA Great Britain or email [email protected] Groupstage exhibitionBy Sandra HardingIjust love it when I hear sense. This informal group on about a group of friends the Isle of Wight was started who get together just to talk by Kathy Shepard in 2002 and about and make things for they meet three times a monththeir doll’s houses. It makes me (they must be keen) and meetrealise that there are unknown in Kathy’s home (I like this ladygroups of lovely crazy people already). Under Kathy’s guid-keeping our wonderful hobby ance, they have made numer-alive – hurrah for them I say. ous items and learned new(Can you tell I belong to another and wonderful skills, includingcrazy group?) dressing dolls, making luggage and furniture, plus much more. That’s enough nonsense, Kathy also holds workshopsnow to get back to some at their local doll’s house shop ‘Dolls Houses by Design’, in Holyrood Street, Newport and covers a wide range from hats, dressing dolls and Fimo foods of all kinds. The reason I am writing this, apart from singing their praises, is to tell you about an exhibition they are putting on to display over fifty pieces, including dolls houses, shops, room boxes, gardens and seaside scenes. The exhibition is to raise funds for The Earl Mountbatten Hospice and is to be on Sunday March 29 from 10am to 4pm at Northwood Primary School, Wyatts Lane, Northwood, Isle of Wight, PO31 8PY. In addition the club will be running a raffle and sales table and refresh-32 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

Likely Ladies The Likely Ladies choose cake over handbags at their latest meetingments will be available By Sandra Hardingin aid of school funds. friends want to publicise such Once again, this The ladies chose which For those of you an event (or just have a chat group of ladies got colour leather they wanted,not familiar with the about their group) then email their priorities right cut it out, glued it on (aroundIsle of Wight I am me direct sarenharding@yahoo. when they stopped the outside rim first for neat-told that there is a com and I promise I will get making handbags the ness), let it dry, and thenregular bus service back to you. DHW moment Julie bought in her simply decorated themfrom the bus station home-made lemon drizzle however they wanted.at Newport and from cake and date and fruitthe Red Jet Terminal loaf. My handbag teaching I always have a largein Cowes. techniques stood no chance stock of findings (thanks at all against the delicious Tee Pee), stick-on jewels For further infor- offerings. and decorations galore frommation on this event (which Hobbycraft and Accessorise,sounds like a lot of fun to me) However, we did eventu- and stick-on nail jewels fromplease contact Kathy on 01983 ally mop up the crumbs and various places, just collected523476 or Denise on 01983 continued making to finish over the years. A girl can740034 rather a lot between us. never have too many sparkly These girls really do know jewels in my opinion. If any other club or group of what they are doing and picked up the fairly simple Time just flew as we sat techniques immediately. and laughed so much whilst Well, I was the teacher you telling stories around the see, and you know I like table, each lady adding a things to be easy if I can get sentence at a time, and I still away with it. don’t know how my mice in the woods ended up in flying We used sticky-backed saucers. foam core; two pieces stuck together to make it a little We were going to make more handbag shaped, and jewel boxes, but ran out of cut any shape we wanted to time, so that’s going to be form the basic bag shape. for the next meeting at Jan’s. Wonder if she can cook? DHW D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 33

PROJECTpretty petalsMADE EASYIt’s time to start planting that mini garden!Jacquie Hall shows you how to makebeautiful blooms for your borders or pots By Jacquie HallJ acquie Hall puts and fold the very tip over to YOU’LLneed together many make a tiny loop. I used twee- wonderful flower kits zers. ■ Thin paper for petals and is sharing her ■ Thin paper for leavessunflower tutorial with us. These ■ Florist wireflowers can be made with or ■ Brown scatterwithout a kit, if you have thesupplies that are listed. It’s time materialto start planning your spring/ ■ Scissorssummer garden or fill those ■ Tweezerslittle pots you have in your mini ■ PVA gluestash! ■ Veining tool ■ Sewing needleFlower heads ■ Medium sized Each flower consists of two Step 3: With the needle, first, and then the second, flowerpotyellow sunflower shapes, 1 pierce the centre of one of the making sure that the petals are ■ Florists’ foambrown star, 1 dark green star brown stars. Then push the staggered. ■ Earth (tea leaves)and 3-5 dark green leaf shapes. wire through the brown star and Step 6: End with the green ■ Small sunflower/daisyStep 1: Cut a length of wire push the star up to the loop in star and leave the flower headabout 3½”-4” long. Then, with the wire. to dry. punch (5/8”)your veining tool, lightly mark Step 4: Dab a tiny blob of glue Step 7: Make as many more ■ Small oak leaf punchthe centre of each petal. onto the loop and then dip itStep 2: Take a strip of wire into the brown scatter material. (7/16” x 5/8”) Step 5: Leave this to dry and ■ Mini star punch (1/4”) repeat the piercing and thread- ing process, putting a dab of as you wish. When the flower glue in between each layer. head is dry, dust off the excess Thread one sunflower shape scatter material and bend the flower head forwards slightly.34 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

Leaves Step 3: Once you have made PROJECT your flowers you can present them in a variety of ways. If you TOcrIaLEftTaBtRinUySH would like to set them in a pot, take a small section of florist foam and glue it into your pot.Step 1: Fold each leaf in half Amanda Phillips shares a few simplelengthways. Gently curve the steps on quickly crafting a toiletleaf downwards and spread the brush for your doll’s house bathroomtip open slightly. By Amanda Phillips Step 4: Spread a layer of glue E ven twelfth scale Step 2: Bend the pipe cleaner over the top of the foam and people have to keep into a very tight circle. scatter on the earth (tea leaves). the toilet clean. Make Step 3: Twist the ends of the Before the glue dries, carefully your own toilet brush pipe cleaner around the base of push the stems of your flowers using a toothpick and a piece of the toothpick and apply a small into the pot. These work best if pipe cleaner. dab of Tacky Glue. they are fairly close together YOU’LLneed Step 4: Let the glue dry and You can also put your flow- snip off the end of the toothpick ers in a vase or if you have ■ A toothpick to the desired length. a doll’s house garden, at the ■ An extra fuzzy pipe back of a flower border. In real Time to get scrubbing! Stick life, sunflowers can grow up to cleaner your new toilet brush in an over- six feet tall. You can add other ■ Scissors turned thimble near the toilet for flowers to the pot also, as long ■ Tacky Glue added realism. DHW as you make sure that they flower at the same time. Step 1: Cut the end off of a toothpick and cut a strip of pipe Have fun gardening and cleaner about half the length of don’t forget to add tiny birds, the toothpick. turtles or little green frogs! DHWStep 2: Glue one leaf about¼” below the flower head.Then glue the secondleaf 8” below the firstand continue workingaround the stem in aspiral, finishing about1½” from the end of thewire. D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 35

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PROJECTa simple turkeySANDWICHHere is a simple way to use polymer clay tomake a little lunch that’s a delight to look at By Auralea KriegerT his is a quick and easy wheat bread.) This is where you can also tap it way to make a little Step 2: Press it down on your with the bristles of an old tooth- turkey and cheese wax paper and roll it out using brush if you wish. This will give sandwich. Hopefully it your paintbrush handle (or a it the texture of bread.will make you giggle as you see round pen) as a rolling pin.it come to life. I did my happy Make it just a bit thinner than exposed. Rub your paintbrush Step 8: Take a small sectiondance once I put down the you think it should be. You will in the pastels then lightly brush of the two polymer greens andturkey slices! be surprised how thin bread on to the sides of the slice. Try mix them together. Don’t worry needs to be once the sandwich not to get the coloured pastel about mixing them perfectly.YOU’LLneed is assembled. on the front and back of the Having the two tones of clay Step 3: Cut the white clay into slice by wiping your fingers on show up makes for more realis- ■ Polymer clay: white, a rectangle resembling a slice of a rag as you move to the next tic lettuce. light tan, yellow- bread using your razor or knife. slice. The thicker the bristles of orange, two tones of Step 4: Peel each slice off the your paintbrush the better it will Step 9: Roll out the piece very green wax paper using your razor and hold the pastels. You can also thin, then start to make marks tap the corners to round them tap your bread onto the pastel all over it using the toothpick. ■ Razor blade or sharp out. stick if your brush isn’t picking Don’t worry if it starts to make knife up the powder. Then brush the actual little holes. Peel it up Step 5: Lay each piece down crust a bit with your brush to ■ Wax paper and push a small indent into the work it in. (continued on p39) ■ Toothpick top two sides of them with the Step 7: Use your toothpick to ■ Old toothbrush - end of your paintbrush, assum- make small marks all over the ing it is a small tip. slices of bread, front and back. optional Step 6: Pick up a slice and ■ Pastels: Brown or hold between your fingers red-orange so that only the crust side is ■ Paintbrush-thick bristleStep 1: Take a small sectionof white polymer clay and startkneading it until it gets soft. Ihold it in my palm for a bit towarm it up. This makes it easierto work with. (If you would likea healthier option you can usea tan coloured clay for whole D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 37

FEATURECarole’s shop searchled to new businessMiddlemums Miniatures was bornout of one woman’s need to finditems for her decorating shop By Sandra HardingIfirst came across this to try her hand at creating she filled up buckets with her a market for her items. name on Facebook a shop, having already had many failed attempts. But After putting her wares whilst talking to Carole some success with ordinary eventually she was produc- Houseman about the doll’s houses. However, she ing enough for her own shop, on eBay she was heartenedlovely items she had on wanted something different and for many more too, and to sell all of her excess stock,her page, and realised that for her project and decided decided that maybe there was and many orders resultedMiddlemums, based in she wanted a decorating shop in enough money to make aNorfolk, was her business. with wallpaper, paints, sand- toyshop, a cafe, a wool shopIt is such an unusual name paper and paste. Unable to and a pet shop. Each timeI thought you might like to find the products she wanted she designed and made itemsknow how Carole’s business she realised that she would for her own use and to sell on(and name) came about. have to make her own, which eBay. she did. It started about six years Carole then decided to tryago when Carole wanted Mind you, as she tells me, doll’s house shows and sell- ing in high street shops but it meant that she was neglecting, and missing, the making. She resolved to sell only on-line and in her Etsy shop, which she now does very success- fully. Luckily she works from home and always has lots of things on the go, as usual for a busy lady. Carole only buys a few things from other makers, such as the dolls38 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

FEATURE (continued from p37) real turkey slices. Fold them every which way and layer them. off of the wax paper with Step 11: Roll out a piece your razor. Give it a light pat of thin orange clay and cut it between your finger, if it is into a square using the razor. full of holes, to keep it as Peel it up off of the wax one piece and place it on the paper with your razor and bread slice. Maybe have it place it on top of the turkey coming out of the bread slice slices. just a tad so it will show once the sandwich is assembled.which she then dresses, but creative pieces coming from Step 10: Roll out a piece of Step 12: Now put youreverything else is all designed Middlemums. By the way, tan polymer very, very thin. other slice of bread on top.and made by her. Her regular the name comes from when Peel it up off of the wax paper Press it down in the centrecustomers know this, but she Carole’s Mum lived with her, with your razor and rip pieces to adhere it all together. Ifis always amused when a new then Carole’s daughter had a off it and place them on the the bread texture disap-customer asks her where she daughter, and Carole became lettuce slice just as you would peared then lightly tap withbought something, even when the “middle Mum” of the the toothpick or toothbrushshe tells them that she made family – a nice touch I think.DHW again. Cut a section out toit. look like a bite mark if you like. Carole tells me her most Step 13: Bake as instructedvaluable tool is her computer, on the polymer clay packageas she designs her packages and stage your little yummyand other items, then just sandwiches in your miniprints them out. How easy scene. DHWshe makes it sound, but don’tbe fooled, there is a lot of tal- BigBeadShowent in this lady. ORGANISED BY BEAD & JEWELLERY MAGAZINE There are plans already Saturday March 21for an arts and craft shop soI see many more designs and Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey KT10 9AJ 10am - 5pm www.thebigbeadshow.co.uk D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 39

OPEN HOUSE The Cornwall General Store What’s cuter than an old fashioned store in miniature? One in which the general store proprietors are hedgehogs, of course! By Eleanor Kilham PHOTOGRAPHY BY KETAN GAJRIA PHOTOGRAPHYH edgehogs aren’t particularly this time too. Quite a testament to the sliding glass panel for the ceiling of the known for their selling skills, store’s longevity and to the unswerving shop to allow light to illuminate the room but after a trip to Germany in loyalty of a patron! and another one for the front wall so my mid-twenties, I found a the viewer could look inside the shop. Inumber of wee ones (made, I believe, The store itself was made by my father painted the interior wall white for bright-by Steiff) and decided to give them in his basement wood shop. I explaineda try at full-time employment as the to him that I wanted a room box withstaff of a small general store. So, for shelves to display miniatures I’d col-the past thirty-seven years, a hedgehog lected. He decided to make one thatshopkeeper, baker, and butcher have would maximise the minis’ visibility bymore than adequately staffed a small angling the side walls out at a 115-degreegeneral store in my living room. angle. The end effect was rather like aIncredibly, one particular lady hedgehog theatre set where all the props would behas faithfully shopped the store daily all visible to any member of the audience from any vantage point. He added one40 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

OPEN HOUSEness and painted and glued in someturquoise-coloured shelves. Filling them,of course, was the easy part! A trip to Spain and Portugal providedme with some wooden wine caskets anda “bota”—a portable, leather wine bot-tle common in the Basque region. A minuscule clay mouse from Mexico the store are tiny mementos from travels was the inspiration for including to Germany, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, the mail office, where, if you look Colombia, and India. closely, you can see a mouse in one of the slots, brashly reading a letter Ms. Hedgehog has her cart loaded in broad daylight. (Hopefully, he’ll with foodstuffs, including a loaf of spot the mousetrap at the far end of hedgehog bread and some knitting yarns the mail counter and take an alter- to make striped socks. The hedgehog nate route home!) All throughout baker and butcher take time out for a chat while a little beagle looks expect- D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 41

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OPEN HOUSEantly at the yummy sausage hanging My sister Amy painted the head-from the butcher’s hand. The hedgehog board sign, which names it “Cornwallstorekeeper has his keys dangling from General Store,” for me with oil paints.his hands and his stepping stool at the This normally sits at the top front ofready, should he need to ring you up. At the store. With a screw eye on either3.5” tall, fetching things from the higher end, hooks attached to the uppershelves and ringing in the sales has its sides of the room box swing intochallenges! the screw eyes and thus hold the sign upright. The sign also hides amongst other things. You could say this and keeps both the top and front room box was a family affair! pieces of glass in place. Of course, like any other miniaturist My other sister, Leslie, made with a fervent penchant to collect, I peri- the little postal cards and packages odically add little minis or “wudgets,” and the record jackets from mailer as my mother used to call them, to my record advertisements, and these line general store. And nobody smiles more the top shelves. My mother made broadly than those little hedgehogs when small flour, tea, and sugar canisters I do. DHW from wooden spools topped with beads, and I crafted two or three pocketbooks from folded felt and glass beads, some teeny dolls from toothpicks, and a basket of oranges,44 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

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PROJECTswinging easyAND FREEOne readers shares her techniquefor making simple doors andhanging them on pin hinges By Susan BirrellA fter daydreaming for many years able to purchase all had pins inserted in the YOU’LLneed of someday having my own top and bottom frame and in the door itself. little Victorian doll’s house that I was able to order several of my doors ■ Self-healing cutting mat I could build and decorate, my already made, but I still had six doors thatwish came true when a BIG 50-pound box were too small and narrow and I could not ■ X-Acto knife with various bladesarrived on my front porch. It was a ten- find a door that would fit the small open- for cutting (I used a #1, #2, #11room Victorian die-cut doll’s house kit that ings. I used a Houseworks door as a tem- and #18; use what works formy husband ordered! plate for my own doors. you) Having no miniature building experience, There just had to be an easier way. ■ Stainless steel ruler withthis was rather daunting, but it was exciting This is how I began to make my own cork backingat the same time. My husband encour- doors and pin-hinge them. I imagine manyaged me to have fun and so my adventure more experienced miniaturists already know ■ Masking tapebegan. Since I am also an artist, this was how to do this but perhaps there are othertruly an amazing world that I was embarking new doll’s house enthusiasts like me who ■ Tweezersupon and a very creative place. would find this tutorial helpful so I am shar- ing it now. I hope it helps! ■ Translucent wood glue Months passed and then I entered acontest to build a small one-room struc- Step 1. Measure ■ Razor saw kit with blade andture to give me some building experience. your interior door handle and 45˚ and 90˚ mitreI made a small Victorian sunroom with a opening across boxgreenhouse garden. I didn’t win, but this the top and bot-gave me so much confidence and experi- tom and along ■ Mini finger drills (perfect forence that helped me to begin my kit—and the two sides. making your pin holes and holesI found out about doll’s house forums and Cut pieces of for doorknobs); you could alsomagazines like DHW for encouragement! strip wood for the use a metal artist push pin top and bottom The contest room had involved inserting and the sides. ■ Sandpaperone small door with teeny-tiny hinges and This will be yournails, which I found to be very frustrating. door frame when ■ Assorted balsa wood or otherIn looking at my Garfield doll’s house, I then put together. soft wood, like pine, in assortedrealised that I had so many doors to tackle sizes (you’ll need a piece forthat I had to find an alternative for my min- I laid the wall your door, the door frame, andiature door installations. Time passed and flat and then used trim)I then decided to change out all of the kit the door opening as a guide to make suredoors and windows to working ones. It was the inside door frame was accurate. ■ Wainscot panels or otherthen that I discovered that the doors I was embellishments you may want to add to your new door ■ Wood stain or acrylic paints ■ Sewing pins (two per door) ■ Doll’s house doorknobs46 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

To the right is the original plain door. This PROJECTis the opening you will measure to makeyour door frame. TIP Be careful that you line up your pins in the same spot on the top and bottom. space is very limited, so I had to make the Step 4. Once your pins are inserted, then door open on the left-hand side. use a blunt object to ensure they are in all the way and snug. Now your door is pin- Your pins will go through the top and hinged! No tiny hinges or nails needed! bottom part of the frame you built and then Step 5. Next you may want to add some through the door itself. Push the pin all the interesting features to your new door so way up or down through the frame and that it is not so plain. I added two wainscot door. If you want to shorten your pin, then panels on each side and glued them on. you may also cut it, but leave the pinhead Use your imagination and add whatever side intact. I left my sewing pins as is, catches your fancy! which made my door stronger. This is why I suggest using a soft wood, as it makes I also began making the outer trim, as inserting your pins a breeze! you can see, by using my mitre box. Step 6. Once done, then the entire new door gets glued into the door opening. You may add door trim on the reverse side as well. The final two photos show the finished door after I stained and sealed it and put on the doorknobs. DHWStep 2. Glue the four pieces together withwood glue and tape to make your newframe. Allow to dry. You can see why mak-ing your doors before you glue your doll’shouse together is the easiest way to do this!Step 3. Now that your door frame is gluedtogether, measure the actual size of yournew door opening to ensure that the dooryou make will fit inside your newly madeframe. Cut a piece of balsa or pine to fit insidethis space. This is your door! Sand as nec-essary and dry fit your new door to makesure it fits but is not too tight—you want itto open and close easily. The photo above shows your door andtwo sewing pins and the mini finger drillused to make the pin holes. You will needto decide which side you want your newdoor to open, whether on the right or left. Inmy case this is a small closet door and the D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 47

PROJECTmWaEkDeDaINqGuiBckOUanQdUEeTasySandra Harding comes up with a quick funproject that’s perfect for any scene thatneeds a bouquet By Sandra HardingYOU’LLneed Stage 2 Starting with the middle stem, Stage 3 Take the three stems and, keep- take your main flower choice and place it ing them in the same position (middle one ■ Three flower stems, with white front facing, just above the lowest white a little longer), twist the stems together very flowers and buds on the “bud”. Twist the flower stem tightly up the firmly at the top. Bend the stems over a end (white heather). From stem, 3-4 times, and cut off the remaining little to get the bouquet effect ready for the Hobbycraft or similar stem at the back using small wire cutters. next stage. Once you are happy with the Place a flower on the two outside stems, a shape, firmly attach the florist’s tape at the ■ Flowers and decorations of little higher than the central stem. Twist and end and wind around stems a little. Cut off choice (pearls, beads, flowers, cut off as before. Add your second choice the remainder of the stem, leaving enough etc) flower (buds/roses) as before, a little higher, for a “handle” and tidy the tape (it sticks to on the central and side stems, and continue itself) ■ Ribbon, about three inches long doing this, adding as many or a few as ■ Green florist’s tape required, but checking at every addition that Check that all flowers are facing the front ■ Glue it is looking good. (Do not worry about any and are where you want them, and that the ■ Small dish (for glue) gaps, as these will be filled with glued-on general shape is good. Once you start glu- ■ Scissors flowers and decorations). ing it becomes difficult to tweak. Add a bow ■ Tweezers or ribbon of choice to the top of the handle, ■ Small wire cutters hiding any join. Bend the handle over a little more to form a bouquet shape.Stage 1 Take the three main stems(heather) and lay them side by side with thecentral stem, a little longer than the outsidetwo. (It is easier to work on the stems sepa-rately and put them together later.)48 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D

PROJECT with scissors if required. There are addition- al white stamens, and the additional glued- on decorations are small plastic flowers with stems cut off. However, any colour will do as you can see from the photographs, although I usually make mine colour co- ordinated. Your choice. DHWStage 4 Try out your additional chosendecorations before gluing to make surethey are suitable for the position you wantthem in. Trim, cut, or adapt any that are notquite right. Keeping the bouquet to the frontstart gluing on extra flowers, beads or otherdecorations to match, checking as you gothat the shape is still good. Leave to dry completely.Note Bunches of various small flowers areavailable from craft centres/shops. Someare about twelfth scale and the larger onescan usually be reduced in size to suit withscissors or wire cutters. Satin flowers canbe reduced in size by unrolling the flower,cutting to size, adding glue and holding withreverse action tweezers until dry. For this bouquet the three central stemswere “White Heather”. The roses are satin,the buds are paper and the lilies are thinwhite foam, which is easily reduced in size D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D APRIL 2015 49

EASTER GALLERYSpring flings andEaster thingsIt’s been a long cold winter, but now it’s timeto celebrate. What better way to start thento be inspired by Easter miniatures! By Martha PuffH ugs, kisses and springtime season. May it start to soar as you sit ABOVE: Kathi Kuti Harding created this joy- wishes! April is finally here and happily with this issue of DHW and ous Flower Girl. She is handsculpted/ paint- what better way to welcome smile when you see things that make you ed and is 51/2” tall. She carries a pewter this joyous season then with happy or become excited when someone’s watering can and hand cut taffeta in her hat.a fabulous spring gallery featuring the masterpiece sparks the beginning of your All paper flowers are by Barb Plevan.work of many talented miniature artists. own journey to create something extraor- dinary! They have come together and gener-ously contributed some of their favourite NATALIA ANTONELLI Milan, Italycreations that they have made in tributeto spring and Easter. From fantasies and “I am a twenty-seven years old girl from Italyfables to gardens and babies with every and as long as I can remember I havepage you turn, you will be more inspired been making miniatures. In 2009 Ito add some spring touches to your own started thinking about it as a pos-creations. This is truly a colourful gallery. sible full time job. This was when I started my mini The beauty of this showcase is how blog to share my workeach artist has their own individual way with others. The mainof expressing their love of spring and the focus of my interest inEaster holiday. For some it’s celebrat- miniature making is Italianing the beauty of nature and all of its food, something I know verycreatures, even a charming slow moving well and something that hassnail. For others, it’s delicious Easter become my trademark. I also create colourful fun tables that are inspired bysweets, wondrous memories of child- the main holidays of the year; Easter, Christmas, Halloween, and other themehood, and even dedicating the beauty of tables for birthday parties or children parties.”life through a miniature garden to a lostfriend. ABOVE: The Easter basket holds a chocolate egg decorated with pink icing and some paper boxes filled with little chocolate and sugar eggs. These boxes have been made using photo Spring is about rejuvenation. It’s a quality paper and vintage Easter images. There is also a traditional Italian Easter cake that wefresh start to a new life. As the flowers usually eat during Easter time in Italy. Its called “Colomba” which means dove. It is basicallypush open their blooms and the trees the Easter version of our Christmas “Panettone” and “Pandoro” cakes.turn lush and green again, baby birdschirp and learn to fly. Butterflies effort-lessly fill gardens with joy and hope. Thisgallery has captured just that, a celebra-tion of the beautiful things in life. Let your imagination go free this50 APRIL 2015 D O L L S H O U S E W O R L D