Candles

Well im an over thinker at the best of times so when I was planning to take a piece of cotton and dip it into wax to create candles for a dolls house I decided that there must be a far quicker fix. Yep there was, after a lot of wondering it struck me that tapers would cut down nicely, and they did. Ive made a few little stands using ribbon and a gem and a wrap for a selection of candles the same way. They turned out well.

Back at it

Well its been a while but its time to jump back on that horse and start again with my miniatures. As I loved the hanging witches, fairys and mermaids so much and they sold so well I decided to do some more. 
Im considering making them into kits too so those of us that like to create can make there own.
Heres a quick peek as they start to take shape. 

The 1.12 scale chair

Well that was not at all easy. My first living room chair. 
Other than wishing id done it all so differently as I made many mistakes its come out quite well and overall I am really pleased. Sewing really isn't my forte so it took some time, patience and redoing. Just a couple of scatter cushions to do.

1.12 scale living room chair

I am lucky enough to work next door to a wonderful haberdashery so I nipped in for some fat quarters. I chose a couple to use for covering my 1.12 scale couch and chair. The darker one will cover the backs and arms and the pale one for the cushions. 

I also grabbed some padding too.

For a start I made  paper cut outs of the arms and back of the chair, pinning them to a double piece of wadding, cutting them out leaving a small edge. Then I sewed them together leaving a gap to slot the wood into, turned them the right side out then inserted the wood.

Next I made a start with the material doing the same thing as with the padding. 

Ive only done the back of the chair so far so ill crack on tomorrow. 

More living room furniture

Continuing on with my living room furniture I decided a 3 seater couch and chair were in order. 

I have used balsa wood again, cut out the shapes I wanted then spent ages folding and gluing a piece of ribbon for the bottom of the seats.

Next I need to pad out and cover the arms, backs and make the seating cushions. Once all of that is done ill make some scatter cushions too. 

1.12 scale furniture

After putting together my fireplace I carried on with the balsa wood and created a small table, open storage box and a shelving unit.

Ill sand and decorate them tomorrow. 

1.12 scale fireplace

Looking through Making miniatures by Venus and Martin Dodge a book my aunty recently sent me got me back into the spirit of making my own miniatures. So today was the day and ive gone for a 1.12 scale fireplace made from balsa wood. Ive not sanded or decorated it yet but heres a sneek peek anyway.