Hi, my name is Elga and I live in South Africa. I love dollhouses and miniatures. My two biggest passions are furniture making and embroidery and of course the two combined. Welcome and enjoy browsing my blog.
Elga, I am overjoyed to see your beautiful work. It was on my list for years to build up a furnished dollhouse or roomboxes. Now my eyesight is too weak. Congratulations, I love to see you inspiring others too. Roma from Australia
I am married and the mother of two grown up daughters plus two dogs and two cats. I love working with my hands and enjoy furniture making, petit point, doll making, crochet and knitting and I am also building a dollhouse to house all my treasures.
Fall Mini Quilt Sew Along
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If you love playing around with your reproduction fabrics (and especially
scraps), I hope you'll join me in my Fall Mini Quilt Sew Along beginning
th...
Rentrée des classes - Back to school
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Marie Crayon : "Bon, il n'y a plus que Nina et Lucie à placer."
Colin : "Blanche j'espère qu'on ne va pas commencer par une dictée."
Blanche : "Je suis ...
Rokken in de 17e eeuw / Skirts in the 17th century
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Foto is van internet /Photo is from the internet
Na lang zoeken op internet werd ik niet veel wijzer over de dameskleding in
de 17e eeuw bij de hogere st...
Mini pocket sewing kit
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Every year I offer a free Christmas ornament, or pattern. But this year I
thought to do something a little different, and design a small embroidered
...
The Yellow Drawing Room
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I've been away for a while, and my blog has been a little neglected, as I
lost my father recently after a short illness. My dad made many things for
m...
1/48 Scale
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Hello!
Working on a series of 1/48" scale miniature house kits. All are original
designs. This series is designed for advanced miniaturists and will be ...
Just a Little Thank You
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Blogger in their wisdom have decided to put Feedburner in maintenance mode
on 1 July. This has caused me (and thousands of other bloggers) a huge
head...
little Guinea pig
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One day a week in my local newspaper the back of the front section runs
info and pics of a topic. Could be a state, an animal, King Tut, anything.
One d...
Goodbye gallery, hello parlor!
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Hello my dearest friends,
I hope you are all doing well. How I have missed your blogs and commenting
on your work, but fatherhood is most wonderfully time...
The end.
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I am now in a hotel very close to the Milan Malpensa airport where I will
be getting on a plane tomorrow morning and flying to Newark, NJ where I
will be g...
The kitchen pump...
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In the comments of the previous post, several of you mentioned that you
were not familiar with water pumps in kitchens, so I will tell you a little
bit abo...
More treasures
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Hi everyone, well after a short break im back home and carrying on with
making small and unusual treasures for my wunderkammer room.
This piece was another ...
Garden Shed–Sold!
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Original Noel & Pat Thomas Gardener’s Shed As of May 28, 2019, The Garden
Shed has a new owner–thank you to all who responded. Please watch this site
for f...
Slothaven's Dining Room, New Fireplace!
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This has been a loooonggg time coming! The overmantel I made a while back
but I just recently added a heavy top (plaster or resin or whatever that
stuff i...
Shining light on the matter
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It was time to electrify the Little Duck House yesterday. First we drilled
tiny holes, one above the bed, one on the kitchen wall further down from
where ...
Esattamente 1 anno fa - Exactly 1 year ago
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*§ *E' passato 1 anno dall'ultima volta in cui ho scritto su questa pagina.
Un anno colmo di novità, di passione e qualche difficoltà, troppo lungo da
ra...
Het mooiste miniatuur cadeautje van 2018
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Ik loop achter met het schrijven van blogs wat op miniatuurgebied in 2018
mij heeft gegeven. Ik zie dat ik maar 2 blogs geschreven heb en dat is toch
wel e...
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Well, here I am! Back to blogging! I've missed you! I haven't worked on
minis for four years!
I was recently inspired to make a Christmas gift for my s...
Tiny Village news for 2018
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It has been nearly a year since I updated this blog. I suppose if the Tiny
Village had a yearly newsletter it would state that no new houses were
built in...
Colonial Williamsburg Classes
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With the much anticipated Maysville Study Program front and center in many
peoples’ minds, the preregistration deadline for the Williamsburg Study
Program ...
Still working - with three days to go!!
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It's like a sickness isn't it? I can't stop making baskets.
This is a produce basket I made yesterday. So pleased with the results!
Hope you like i...
Good Bye Kilmouski. Rest in Peace
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For anyone who *truly loves animals *and has ever had a pet, you know they
are more than that. They are part of your family. In my case Kilmouski was
m...
Verde Vittoria - Victory green
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*§ *Il verde Vittoria è un colore speciale, è il colore degli infissi
Genovesi.
E' un verde ricco, scuro e si trova in tutte le case di Genova, antiche e
...
Rheda fair !
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Yesterday I went to the Rheda fair (Germany) ; drove there and back, total
600 kms round drive. Is a bit of a distance to cover for this ole'gel, esp
when...
Kitchen floor Victorian dollhouse is ready.
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To get a straight edge my husband intersects the glued tiles in half. He
uses a razor.
The floor is almost ready. He only needs Gloss ...
NEEDLEPRINT IS NOW CLOSED - BUT TRANSFER PENDING
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Needleprint is now closed but I shall be posting exciting details of the
transfer of our intellectual property towards the end of February - so do
watch th...
Happy New Year and Free Pattern!
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Натсупил Новый 2017 год! Я так долго ждала его, очень рада, что високосный
2016 позади, даже не смотря на то, что для меня он не был плохим. Но я
всегда п...
Santa's coming soon!
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Dear friends/followers,
it will be Christmas soon,
don't you forget to hang your Xmas stocking...
I already hang mine: :D
Wishing y'all a wonderful Chri...
NEW EQUIPMENT PART 2
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Well here is my new piece of equipment as I promised .I have always wanted
to get this.... NANO milling machine I call it NANO because my micro mill
is ...
london Dollhouse Festival
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Hadde en fantastisk uke i London .Var på ett 2 dagers kurs hos Geoff
Wonnacott å laget et skrivebord .
Her er litt bilder fra messen
The Ham House laget av...
relief carving
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Here's a few pictures of a carving I did last autumn. I received a request
of a wonderful company that still uses an ancient technique to create
gorgeous...
How to Decorate a Tiny Victorian Christmas Tree
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To decorate your tree you will need a little bit of time and patience.
To decorate the tree you will need:
- beads of several kinds in the shapes an...
Timmy Mouse
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Having seen all those mice made of felt on Pinterest, I couldn't help
myself trying to make one. Not bad for a first experience with felting, I
think!
I...
Tutorial - Curved Fencing
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Following on from the launch of my landscaping materials last week I
thought I'd do a quick tutorial on how easy it is to bend it to create
curved fencing....
Chicago Class
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There's still room in my Chicago class. If you'd like to try landscaping in
1:144 scale, why not join us for this fun and easy project?
For details, go to...
New tulip vase!
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Remember this?
It's now this:
It's still at the Almond Barn, just out of the kiln. Yolande took the
pictures for me. It's about 10cm tall, the width a...
The Leslie Hindman auction staff
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Ali Winters, Benjamin Fisher and Cookie at the auction!
Julie Parker, Corbin Horn and Cookie at the auction!
These two photos show the lovely people who ...
A little girls room......
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Hello every one,
I am going to spare you all the usual explanations as to why I have been so
absent in blog world, except to say we are all good here...
Frame Finished
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I had no idea how long it had been since I posted. Today, a follower
reminded me that I hadn't posted pictures of the finished frame for my
lighthouse pet...
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IGMA KENSINGTON WORKSHOPS
Now we're all up and running for the new IGMA Kensington workshops in
conjunction with The Kensington Dollshouse Festival.
Res...
Getting back on track
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I have been working on new dress patterns for my tiny dolls. I am planning
on posting about three different types of silk threads that I have been
u...
Miniature Flowers and Plants
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I had to play with paper and paint again yesterday.
Such fun to make a new fern, please note a different variety.
Once again it is an
*" Erika Gross De...
Working on my Jewellery projects
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*As I go on keeping my miniature projects on the shelves, I decided to make
some photos of my miniatures combined with my latest adventures** in the
jewl...
Farewell to Melbourne
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I can't believe that it is a year since I wrote on my blog. I will try to
catch up briefly so that I can keep it up to date from then on.
I spent the whole...
3 comments:
This is beautiful. Do you make the furniture. I am impressed.
Thanks Lucille, yes I made all the furniture and I petit pointed the lion on 58 count silk gauze.
Elga, I am overjoyed to see your beautiful work. It was on my list for years to build up a furnished dollhouse or roomboxes. Now my eyesight is too weak. Congratulations, I love to see you inspiring others too. Roma from Australia
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