Miniature thingies 1

I have to share this with you all. I'm so childishly proud of these!

Yes, they are boxes. Small ones. I found an old wooden box that will become a miniature room box containing three rooms. I decided to make a storage house in it. Every room will show one part of our present home, mainly the storage spaces. It'll be a memory of what a cluttered place this is! It will take a lot of time to finish, because I have to learn all the skills needed as I go, so don't hold your breath.

These boxes are miniature replicas of the ones we have at our attic. 1:24 (half inch) scale. (Most used dollhouse scale is 1:12, but 1:24 is also in use. Play scale would be 1:6)

More practising on miniatures.

I'm trying more miniatures. Here is one and a half socks. Embroidery needles with polymer clay handles did not work very well, so I ended up buying the finest knitting needles I could easily find (size 1,5). The knitting went quite well, but I still need finer needles. I'll use these untill I can find better ones.

The miniature needles are made of polymer clay in a hurry. They need sharper points. Now they just look like spaghetti. Actually spaghetti might be good for this, if it can be sharpened. Polymer clay does not break as easily though.

The unfinished sock is fixed with glue, so that the needles won't slip away. The fifth needle can be removed. The yard ball is fixed as well.

Now I need to get more colours. The yarn is ment to be used for fixing well worn old knitware. It was the only one I could find that's thin enough and still looks like knitting yarn. Unfortunately there is not much colour choises available.

Dollshouse miniature embroideries

I wanted to try making miniature textiles. This is my first try. I made three small embroideries and made them look like they would still be on emboidery hoops.

A heart

A flower
And a duck

I tried cross stitch first, as it is easy. Any suggestions what to try next? I have an idea about miniature knitting, but I have to make the knitting needles first. I'll use a pair of bigger embroidery needles and make handles for them out of polymer clay. I'll put the embroideries on E-bay to see if anyone is willing to pay for them and how much that would be. Then I just might start doing more of these.