Tiny dolls' clothes

I know, I've tried those, but I like the roughness of adult terry with the thinness of baby cloths. I'm now using some very cheap facecloths that I got in a dollar shop about 15 years ago. They were thin to start and by now are extremely thin. I'm going to have to replace them soon. I have a few handknit cloths, but they are also too thick. I think I'll look for cheap terry in a fabric shop and make some for myself.

Well, thanks - but what IS the DH shop? Am I misunderstanding something - i mean, is it something obvious?

:-)

Mary

D.H. means Dolls House...didn't mean to confuse...C

AH! Of course - sorry to be so thick! Doh :-(

We were taken to the place Robyn likes, it's part of a large complex of 'craft' shops, garden centre, a butterfly enclosure and play parks. Can't remember where, geograhically. We were disappointed though. I hope it's not the one you mean ...

Mary

Sounds like you went to Longleat, I think as I can't think where else around here has a butterfly enclosure. Not many know of the shop I'm speaking of, it's a tiny little shop that was open last time I passed by about a fortnight ago.. Sells Dolls houses and the special thin knitting yarn a few patterns but you can use fine 2ply and 2ply, or even darning wool for anything remotely connected with 12th scale. Get a supply of fimo in too, as this makes the little hot water bottles you can knit covers for, as well as other things, like flowers for window sills etc

No ... definitely not Longleat. We went there last September for the Red Bull Air races. They were cancelled :-( Still, we enjoyed our picnic under umbrellas :-)

I've just remembered - Studley Grange, Swindon.

I can't recommend it - but that's just me!

Yes, I'd never thought of that but the Education Officer of Chippenham Museum called in to see us and said that someone she knew made exquisit items for her doll's house in Fimo. Spouse loves modelling so I suspect that he'll be doing it :-) I'd already thought about splitting my two ply wool too :-)

Next time we go to Nathan's I'll make a point of going to 'your' shop - and I'll tell Robyn about it in the meantime.

Mary

Barbara, I recently bought a pack of inexpensive "kitchen utility cloths" made of thin terry at Wal-Mart to use as dishrags. But they certainly could be used as facecloths. So you might want to check the kitchen towel area of stores if you haven't already.

Thanks, I'll try to do that the next time I'm in the US. I've never seen terry kitchen cloths in Italy.

Oh well I rarely go to Swindon, I don't much like the place, if I go to a bigger town then I go to Bath.

I'll be going past the dolls house this week I'll make a note to make sure it is still going, and to find out the name and/or tel number of it if that is of help

cher

I didn't like to give my thoughts of Swindon because I might have upset you. Mind you, I've only been once and that was through it. I didn't like it at all but that's not a fair judgement :-) But Studley Grange, on Swindon's outskirts, didn't change my mind.

Thanks, it would be. I'm already mailes your directions to son.

Mary

No need to wait here is the info you need from the web hth Cher Margaret's Miniatures

Large displays with tea room & car park. Mail order catalogue £2.95. Opening times: Tues-Sat 10am-5pm.

Splendid information, I'll send it to son, thanks for all your input.

Mary