Phyllis Stafford has been a needle worker all her life and used her expertise knitting and sewing for her ten children,. Her interest in miniatures started in the late '70's when she began the challenge of finishing a doll house for her youngest daughter. Trained by her original teacher, her grandmother, to be meticulous and accurate at any craftsmanship, Phyllis strived to produce miniature rooms that were authentic in size, era and material.

    During years of mastering the woodworking and architectural aspects of the dollhouse and many subsequent room boxes, Phyllis found the miniature market to be lacking in one area. Authentic detailed carpets. Soon she began attempting to make what she could not find.

    After much research and trial and error, Phyllis produced what she had been looking for. Using her now trademark formula of single strand DMC cotton floss on 40 silk mesh (1,600 stitches to the square inch) stretched on a light-weight wooden frame. Phyllis literally began drawing with needle and thread. The finished carpet proved to have accurate dimensions, intricate detail and a realistic wool-like sheen, an authentic miniature of the original carpet.