Firescreen, Day 4

I begin to deviate from my pattern today. The leaves at the top and sides will be covered by the frame, which wasn't the idea at all. So I'm going to rinse the soluble marker off and re-draw the leaves. Eh. Win some, lose some.

Firescreen, Day 3

It's coming together.

Mea culpa...

Mea culpa... I just realized that I got my "original" idea for this project from here, "Kitchen Calamities" by Kristin Mary. No disrespect intended; I loved the series when I first saw it, and even gushed over how cool it is. And then I woke up to a new world and thought my idea was mine alone.

Color me crushed. :'(

1:3 Scale 18th Century Firescreen

This is a step-by-step of an embroidered firescreen to be used as an accessory/photo prop for my Dollfies. The square in the picture is about 3" x 3". I based the design on some miniature crewel designs in this tragically out-of-print book, Miniature Embroidery for the Georgian Dolls' House by Pamela Warner. I bought an actual-Dollfie-scale (1:3 scale) 18th-century-style firescreen from eBay about a year ago, and it has no screen in it, so it is up to me to fix that. You know, eventually.

How much do I lurrve the water soluble pen? I need to make changes to the leaves, so I'll stitch to the need-to-be-changed part and then rinse and re-draw. Ba-da-bing!

The above 2 photos were Day 1.

After Day 2. I worked on it for about 30 minutes today, during breaks.

I'll post updates here, and when it's finished and assembled I'll be sure to share!

I've been trying to collect 1:3 scale 18th-century-looking pieces. I need to make a dress for my female doll, and an appropriate outfit for my male doll.

Tea Towel Murders: Part Deux

It's like a scene from Sunset Boulevard, isn't it? Poor little olive.

Perhaps it's his sour disposition that got him killed.


I'm hard at work (snrk) on my next installment in the series. I'm trying to make it grisly without using knives all the time.

Vintage Ornaments

I found these at my favorite antiques/junkshop. They're quite delicate; one of the Santas in the last picture lost a leg during the photoshoot!

He's propped inside of a tiny bud vase.

The middle Santa is rather pink in the face... like grog-blossomed pink. Santa needs to go to rehab.

Country Girl Clothespin Dolls

This was a fun project. I ordered the kit from Alicia Paulson, of Posie Gets Cozy.


The felt mushrooms came from a pattern by My Little Mochi. I love the manic expression in the redhead's eyes. She's a little hopped up on caffeine.