Passion for Miniatures

Miniature doll house sites 

Buttercup Miniatures

From Tudor times to the present day.
For all your miniature knitting and miniature crochet needs. they specialise in designing miniature knitting patterns and miniature crochet patterns for dollhouse dolls and dolls houses (these are marketed under the name Farthing Patterns). they also offer a pattern design service for miniature knitting and miniature crochet in both 1/12th scale and 1/24th scale.

They make their own range of miniature knitting needles, cable needles and stitch holders and carry a wide range of yarns suitable for miniature knitting and miniature crochet.

They also produce kits for miniature knitting, miniature crochet, dolls house accessories and stitched rug kits as well as some ready made accessories for your dolls house.

Miniatures Projects 

Make a Rose Topiary

This project is for beginners. A quick-and-easy reminder of summer!

Quick and Easy AIRBORNE Tables

Project for beginners. Fancy side tables.

Make an Art Deco Chair

Project for beginners. Build your own club chair. Pattern and instructions.

A Halloween Party Shop

This project is for advanced. The store is filled to the brim with Halloween party and decorating supplies. This easy to assemble "four-frame box" has glass on three sides and the top for easy access and viewing. There is ample counter, shelf, and floor space to display DIY and items from your collection. For fun, a grapevine trellis curves across the shop: a perfect place to display bats, ghosts, owls, and Halloween signs. "Tricks & Treats Inc." makes a fun holiday decoration and holds your seasonal collection in the meantime. It is also a perfect gift, especially to one with a fall birthday. It will appeal to both children and adults and would make a nice library or school display

Make an Antique Car

This project is for advanced. Make a Model-T-inspired car.

Make an Art Deco Bridal Gown

The skirt of this gown has the long, sleek lines of the '30s, and the bodice, with its cutaway sides and low back, is reminiscent of that age. The dramatic geometrical lines of the pleated drape and train are complemented with a crystal-trimmed bow. The headdress is a dramatic tiara edged with Swarovski crystals, and the cathedral-length veil has a fingertip-length upper tier with draped sides.

Vintage High Tech for the 1950s Den

Learn how to recreate vintage electronics. 1950s treasures in miniature like a pole lamp, a TV set, and a Hi-Fi.

Make a Modern Chair

This plan is of a chair that is the best know design of Frank Lloyd Wright (apparently no one called him anything but Mr. Wright). He designed it for the Robie House in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Mr. Wright was still making versions of this chair 50 years later, albeit with entirely different materials (plywood).

The Houseboat

Welcome aboard! What better way to spend hot days than on the water? To do that, you need a boat.
The designer invites you to make one!

A Concession Trailer

Build your own little traveling business. It's up to you to decide what you'll serve!

Breakfast in Bed

Imagine a big bed in a round room, soft carpet underfoot, and accent lights gently reflecting off mirror-topped furniture. And to top it off, breakfast in bed %u2026Ah, the luxury of it all! Well, what is probably just a pleasant daydream in real life can be yours to have in miniature - Enjoy the magic of this hobby!

Build a Haunted House

It may look complicated, but it is easily and inexpensively constructed.

"Shoebox" Scenes or "Thinking Inside the Box"

The project includes instructions and patterns to make several box scenes; inside and outside scenes.

BUNKA 

Bunka is especially valuable to miniaturists

Bunka ~ From a miniaturist's point of view

The author gives you an explanation of what it is, where to purchase it and what she uses it for.

Make A Bunka Rug

This project is for a Cake Shop rug. It has the look of a fuzzy floor rug. It is easy and fun to make.

Tutorials 

REWORKING INEXPENSIVE FURNITURE

If you have acquired inexpensive chunky-looking furniture that is too thick or too shiny and detracts from the realism of your setting. Or, you have one thing but wish it looked different. Rework it! Usually, we do these things in the beginnings of our hobby before we know too much about scale and replace these pieces as soon as we are able.

Miniature Pincushion Dolls

No miniature sewing room is complete without this lovely tiny pincushion doll.
This is a very easy project to make.

MAKING MINIATURE DOLL PURSES FROM TAPESTRY RIBBON

Making miniature doll purses from tapestry or jaquard ribbons is fun, inexpensive and easy! This purse is perfect for a small all-bisque doll, or a small teddy bear.