Beach Shop and More Summer Cushions

My favourite thing to do is make cushions and my favourite kind of cushion design is summer.
A pile of new seaside cushions.

The Beach Shop is now well stocked.

Summer fun at the Beach House. What could be better?

I hope you're enjoying the sun too,

Beach Shop and a Bead Curtain

I have tried not to make too many new miniatures that I don't need and have been quite successful, although I did make some new cushions because I'm really a cushion fan as they can change a scene dramatically. Naturally, I made beach related things because it's that time of year again and I love summer!

I made some new signs for the beach shop. The little 'Beach House' is new. I can see I have serious amounts of space on the shelves of the Beach Shop, I need to make new stock!

This big sign was going to be fixed to the side of my Beach Hut but I actually like it here, for now, anyway.

And the most exciting of all for me is the bead curtain I had pondered over for a few years.
I finally sat outside, feet in a bowl of cold water to stop my brain from boiling in the heat, and made one. I love this selection of beads, they are the colours of the sea, sparkling wet seaweed and sand.

The beads were a necklace I bought in Accessorise last year for £10. I felt guilty while the girl carefully wrapped them in a protective layer of tissue, knowing that when I got them home I intended to cut them up!
It took two weeks to thread the beads, make them all the same length and fix them to a wooden strip without them falling off. The hardest part was to fix the first bead well enough to take the weight of all the other beads. I tried jewellery cement but actually found white glue easier in the end.
I made a pelmet to hide the fixing bar and glued a door behind it to make it look realistic enough for a rear exit from the shop, straight to the beach!

The glass beads hang beautifully and are heavy enough to swing realistically. All it needs is a gentle breeze......
I hung them up yesterday and they stayed up overnight! So far so good.....

Party Dress Cushions

Having seen the ballerina cushions for little girls, with their pretty net skirts I just had to make a miniature version or two .... or 10!

With Christmas very close I made a few of the dresses, suitable for the Christmas party!

Which one shall I wear tonight?

Retro Cushions

My little retro scene of 60s and 70s was sadly lacking. Considering the humungous  amount of cushions I make every year I have never made any for this scene.

I have two fabulous chairs made by Kris Kompas that I was creating the scene around.
I bought a table, chairs and wall unit from a lady on Face Book because they resembled the G-Plan furniture my parents bought in the 70s.
I stitched the small rug and my old friend, Bob made the wooden coffee table which displays the fruit made by Bel in a turned wooden bowl I bought on the internet but it was so long ago I can't remember and I didn't keep details, I'm very cross with myself as I usually keep note.
So, this morning I made two cushions, and already the scene has livened up a bit.

Typically, I have more waiting to be made up so that's my job for today.
Happy Monday!

Thinking Beach and Summer

Feeling the chill of the English winter my thoughts wander to warmer and sunnier times to come. I can at least use my imagination and prepare my miniature life for the beach hut. I have made about 30 different cushions, all beach themed.

Feeling warmer yet?
Have a great weekend,

Who Doesn't like Pretty Things?

I can't resist pretty things and this sofa is one of my favourites. Made by Jill Lucas with matching cushions. Shown here with some of my cushions in the middle.

And speaking of cushions, these are a few new ones I've made, my little homes always need cushions!

It's Friday so I wish you all a happy weekend,

I love Beach Huts!

Are you still in the holiday mood like me? I've just finished all these seaside cushions, cutains, pinboards and teeny weeny doorstops.

 These doorstops are just half an inch square and perfect for the breezy day in the Beach House.

 Tab Top Curtains to match.

I made too many to show you!
Have a good week!

The Return of the Miniaturist

Thank you for returning to my blog after a break of almost three months. As we all find, real life sometimes takes over and this time, real life butted its head in using full strength and gave me a good beating.
I'm so pleased to be slowly getting back into the life that is normal for me. Here are photos of my sewing shop which I've been working on.

 I've just finished some new cushions/seat pads especially for the sewing room.

Lots of haberdashery will be in my Etsy shop this weekend, I've made too many of everything as usual!
I hope the snow isn't causing too many problems in your part of the world, keep warm and remember 'It's Always Sunny in Miniland'.
Have a great weekend!

Back to Cushions!

Yes, More Cushions!
These are some I made recently.

I'm having a great week, I hope you are, too!