For August, I could have kept working on July’s POM, but it’s really been too hot. Quilts take lots of ironing, and I couldn’t face it. So I decided to start the Rolife miniature kit I bought in the spring of 2025 instead. I bought the kit as a way to ease into a new... Continue Reading →
The Gift of Sensitivity: Final Reveal
My 2025 creative project “The Gift of Sensitivity” is done. This massive princess-and-the-pea miniature now lives in a glass cabinet in our house. There have been some interesting comments about it. "The Gift of Sensitivity" by Kit Dunsmore I overheard my husband telling someone I’d been working on this for five years. I thought “Ten!”... Continue Reading →
Miniature Bedding for The Gift of Sensitivity
The linens for the bed were the easiest thing I had left to make for my Princess and the Pea miniature “The Gift of Sensitivity.” At least that’s what I thought. I already had a sparkly comforter made in 2009 when I was assembling all those mattresses, but I still needed sheets and pillows. I... Continue Reading →
Redefining My Project So I Can Meet My Goal
I spent an afternoon cutting out cardboard for a tower for my Princess and Pea miniature and got a shock. I already knew that the tower was going to be big. Like three-and-a-half feet tall big. But knowing it and seeing it were two completely different things. The wall of the cardboard tower is 36... Continue Reading →
Making Messes Leads to Success
Last week, I actually got back to work on “The Gift of Sensitivity,” my Princess and the Pea diorama. It was yet another reminder that before I make an acceptable miniature, I’m going to make messes and fail. My challenge this week was making a miniature basket by hand. I started on this back in... Continue Reading →
