Pete R.Oehmen wrote:Nice interpretation Howard. I'm still looking for the right material to silk screen the tissue windows and doors for the original Dolly's. Do you have any idea of where I might find some?

Pete...have you considered blue vellum paper?...i'm not into printing or silk screening...but i'll be on the look out for blue tissue paper that i think is sturdy enough to be feed through a press or silk screened...
Howard...

Laurie wrote:So pretty Howard. Are you making bases for all your Dollys?

Laurie...yes...i'm making and putting 3/4" thick bases on my dolly house reproductions...but i know some dolly originals has flat bases...
Howard...

Thank you Howard, I'll look into that. In the mean time what I have found that is the right stuff is firecracker pack wrapping paper. Everything about it seems perfect but were does one get big sheets of it? I happen to collect antique fireworks and can unwrap packs and use that paper but that would be tedious and inefficient.

Hi Pete, you can find sheets of it on ebay---so far I have found green and blue https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Unuse ... 0677.m4598

This is so beautiful. I just love all of your creations. I love those colors!

update...3-11-2020...

DOLLY REPRODUCTION PROJECTS FOR 2020...NUMBER 2...A CHURCH...

greetings to all...

last year, forum member, Lynn, saved a tired and tattered dolly church that a previous owner had tried to reconstruct...as you can tell from the photo of the vintage original, the person who did the repair and reconstruction possibly had some trouble with the configuration of "skewed" wall arrangements, proper base details and the inadvertent placement of the steps below the window and not the door...but we think our reproduction has remedied that...

in a day or so, we'll be posting four pages of PDF patterns for the parts...more construction photo details, finishing information and a photos of the completed church will follow later...we'll also be posting PDFs for the windows...

stay tuned...

Very cool. That is a great design.

Lucy

I started this project almost a year ago from a series of pictures I found on the internet. I have a design I made up and also I have already designed the door and the window. It was a real challenge, but fun! This has inspired me to finish the project Howard!

update...3-15-2020...

first three pattern sheets for dolly church reproduction are below...

fourth pattern sheet will be posted in the reply immediately following...(due to only being allowed three attachments per post)...

my very best regards...

howard...

update...3-15-2020...

fourth pattern sheet for dolly church reproduction is below...

the dolly church repro windows and door are also below...

my very best regards...

howard...