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The gorgeous drapes are open to the promise

Alma’s exquisite food is inspired by her travels

Almaira de Jonge, known as Alma, creates some of the most realistic food that our mini world has seen and continues to create stunning pieces

Victorian illusions turn paper into wood

Become entranced by a range of Victorian furniture from Erzsébet Bodzás as she takes on a new challenge and shows what can be achieved with card

Still Crumpled after all these years

Doll artist Judith Laird, of Crumpled and Rumpled, chats about how she started making the characters that are so instantly recognisable to collectors

Make a bright start with calendar for New Year

If you enjoyed Margarita’s autumn recipe books in issue 356 then you’ll love the calendars she’s created for us to celebrate the start of a New Year

Vintage kitchen stool was inspired by antiques find

Kris found a retro stool in a flea market and just loved the design. She finally got around to making it in twelfth scale — here’s how she did it

Make some fuzzy slippers to keep out the cold

These little slippers are fun to make and would look great under the bed or beside the fire lace. ou could even sli them onto the feet of your residents

Turn cheap bottles of plonk into fancy wines

Elize shows how to turn average bottles of plonk (those cheap mini bottles you can buy) into classic wines from vineyards around the world

Make some sweet and simple mini hangers

Dress up your miniature wardrobe with some pretty hangers. Choose any colour combination you like and make them a custom size for your scene

A doll’s house fireplace made with carton bricks

Tania wanted to put together a rustic fireplace with a mantelpiece to dress — making bricks from egg cartons was just the job

Sofa bed is just the thing for mini visitors

Last issue we showed you how to put a modern room box together and promised to show you how to create the sofa in the scene. Here it is!

A lovely coconut cake for Valentine’s Day

This heart-shaped cake will add a lovely touch to a Valentine Day scene, but you can easily adapt it for other celebrations in your house

Stitch a Victorian gown to hang in your house

This beautiful late Victorian dress will look perfect in a lady’s bedroom - far too pretty to hang in the wardrobe

SMALL TALK

THIS MONTH WE CHAT WITH VICTORIA SHAPARINA 

Doll’s house day returns with wonder and magic

Sandra drops in at the Curtis Museum’s doll’s house day and finds the volunteers’ e orts are well rewarded with hundreds of visitors through the doors including many children

Elizabethan manor is tribute to dear friend

When a master builder died before completing this magnificent manor auline and eo realised they had to ut aside sadness and finish the roject in his honour

From birdcage to little stone church replica

Jo unearths a birdcage in an antique store and is immediately inspired to create a church based on a quaint Gothic chapel she’s always loved

THE CUTOUTS PAGE

From our house to your house

INSIDE BRUCE WAYNE’S MANSION

“Holy miniatures made from 3D,” Sandra’s discovered a house that is full of furniture and musical instruments created with one of these new fangled printers

Beautiful bedroom is filled it sunlight

Chloe wanted to create a soft and dreamy bedroom in a sun-kissed chateau in the south of France and she’s captured that vision perfectly

Knit a waistcoat ideal for a man or a woman

As the weather continues to be a bit on the chilly side why not knit a waistcoat for one of your doll’s house residents?

Rosie creates a soap opera in miniature

A miniaturist has created quite an online following on Instagram as she documents the adventures of the Littleton family in her doll’s house

Gayle’s passion turns lacklustre into lovely

Sandra catches up with a miniaturist who scorns beautiful new houses in favour of abandoned wrecks she can rescue and give a new lease of life to

NORTH WEST DOLL CLUB

Don’t be put off by the name folks

Quick and easy

Sandra creates simple bronze statues

Make a custom sized miniature rug

Find a carpet picture you like and print it out on a paper towel backed with paper to create a realistic rug for your scene

Adding an aged look to a new project

While making a faux antique doll’s house Auralea has not forgotten the most important detail, adding dust. She shares some tips for making a new build look aged

Maddy’s in tune with curiosity radio scene

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Stephen paints to fill his mini gallery

When someone describes themselves as an artist and

Reupholster a chair in some pretty fabric

You can find cheap mini chairs quite easily but they’re not always that attractive. Here we show you how to dress them up in pretty fabric

Mother and daughter create Mini Mayhem

Georgina and Gillian prove the perfect team in starting a doll’s house shop that is friendly, welcoming and filled with unique pieces they make themselves

Tips for building a small scale house

Working in smaller scales is very different than working in twelfth scale. Connie shares some valuable tips she learned while making her 1/144th scale house