Doll's House delights
Old Buckenham Women's Institute met on Thursday 27 April in the Village Hall. Viv Carter gave a talk called Woodglue and Masking Tape which was all about refurbishing a
doll’s house
Members had a really interesting evening listening to
her talk about her doll’s house and how she refurbished it from a
damaged and run-down building. It was an
amazing talk about all the ups and downs of
her journey and how she became jack of all trades to make fittings and
accessories to fit the scale of the house. She brought along some of the items she made and it was interesting how
small some of the items were.
She was given the doll’s house when she was 4
years old and it lived in the bottom of a wardrobe for many years. She started refurbishing it in 2019, working
through lockdown and finishing at the end of last year. Because the scale was not a standard one she
made most of the fittings and accessories herself. She became an electrician, carpenter, roofer,
builder, painter and decorator among many other job roles. Her sister even made some of her ‘carpets’
for her in counted cross-stitch and needlepoint. Lots of recycling of materials including a
brooch with a watercolour inside used to hang on one of the walls.
A very enjoyable evening. The next meeting is at 7.30pm on Thursday 25 May. The evening's entertainment will be provided by the members themselves.
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