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.
Since space was limited in this corner of my dollhouse parlor, I designed and built this corner cupboard from scratch. I used standard moldings available from dollhouse shops.
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
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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...