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Maureen and Barbara |
[Photo: Colin Entwhistle]
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| [Extracted from an article in The Dolls House Magazine, issue 39 August 2001] | ||
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Sisters-in-law Maureen Hall and Barabara Cairns have identical dolls houses, built for them by Maureen's husband, Brian. |
They each have their own tastes in colour schemes and furnishings so, although the rooms have very similar things in them, they are different in make, style or colour. |
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| Fortunately the rooms are big enough to take big furniture,' says Barbara. However, the size of the rooms was a slight handicap when the sisters-in-law began to embroider carpets to replace their cheaply-bought ones. They have to adapt carpet patterns |
to fit the rooms, which measure 15 x 13 in. Making miniature carpets is the latest addiction for Maureen and Barbara who also enjoy full-size tapestry. They share patterns but ring the changes by working the designs in different colours. |
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| Their dining rooms have similar furnishings, but Maureen's carpet is a version of Janet's design " Elizabeth", stitched in an alternative blue colourway. | To complement the red bone china dinner service in Barbara's dining room, the carpet this time is a design by Sue Bakker, stitched in the red colourway. |
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In her bathroom, Barbara has a "Jessica" carpet. |