A dear friend
I’ve mentioned a few times that a friend set me on the path of doll’s house miniatures and construction, and I thought, with her permission, I’d like to introduce her to you.

Her name is Isla and I’ve known her for about 5 years now, I think.
She has always been superb at craft work across a broad field: basket work, embroidery, card making, patchwork, knitting – you get the idea. She was, at one time, a professional florist and won many competitions with her arrangements. She tries to keep me straight with how to prepare flowers, but I think I will need much more teaching before I get the hang of it.
For family reasons she needed to take up a craft that involved less travelling about, and 10 years ago or so Isla decided to build a doll’s house.
She selected a Georgian kit and wired the whole thing through, decorated throughout and made carpets, soft furnishings and some of the furniture. More recently she has been working on smaller projects involving room boxes and displays.
Her work is a mixture of “Isla designed and made” and bought in items, which she always blends beautifully.
I hope you enjoy her work as much as I do. I owe my friend a great debt of gratitude for introducing me to the miniature obsession.
Here are a few examples of her work – click on the pictures and ‘enjoy’
 Georgian exterior and interior |

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 Hand stitched stair carpet |
 Child's bedroom carpet |
 Crocheted kitchen rug |
 Rug in Cook's bedroom |
 Beautiful patchwork quilt |
 Siting room sofa and rug |
 and matching armchair |
 Bedroom based on magazine article - made in the last 12 months |
 Foot of bed and rug - Isla decided to design her own bedspread |
 and bolster cushions etc |
 and of course, the palm |
 Hat shop & haberdashery - last 6 months |
 Current work - a room box to be furnished with Isla designed sofa |
 and a wee ottoman to match |
- Isla’s Baskets (theinfill.wordpress.com)
- The House Blog – 1 (theinfill.wordpress.com)
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