Saturday, March 3, 2012

ltts: play town

Here's my project for the February edition of a little gray's ltts sew along (only a few days late!). I really wasn't excited about making one of these houses... until I actually started pulling supplies together for it. Now I only wish I would have started sooner!

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I think I could get wrapped up in the details of this project for weeks! I could make a whole village of these little guys! Here's one side with a window and a couple flowers:

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The other side with a bay window:

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And here's the back with some more flowers, or maybe a grossly out of proportion blueberry bush. I liked Jessica's circular windows so much, I made one too!

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There's even a little greeting inside the door:

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You can probably tell I didn't use the foam called for in the pattern. Since I was going to use fiber fill, I fused some medium-weight interfacing to all the pieces. Not once, but twice, I managed to fuse the interfacing to my pressing cloth rather than my house pieces. Sheesh. That's what I get for trying to do some sewing while also keeping the kids occupied. As you can see, adding the interfacing gave the little house quite a bit of structure (this is before stuffing and attaching the bottom).

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As much as I would like to add to my little play town right now, I've got a project list about a mile long for March- mostly in preparation of K's birthday at the end of the month. I'm sure not even half of my ideas will get done, but here's hoping!

9 comments:

  1. It's fantastic Jenny! That's exactly how I felt about it too, but it was so fun once you start thinking up ways to embellish. I love your curtains and button topiary! Also, great idea to interface everything instead of foam.

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  2. How cute!! If you made this bigger without a bottom it would make a cute tissue box cover! :)

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  3. That is super cute! I love your flowers and the curtains in the window! Great idea on the interfacing. The "Hi!" was a fun touch, too. :)

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  4. Your details are amazing. I love the buttons on the side too. I want to make more too.

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  5. Oh a bay window!!! I love it! The buttons were a great idea too. Shoot. Now I may have to make more.

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  6. This is very cute. I love the little door that opens and the curtains!

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  7. Too cute!!! Love your button flowers and the little hidden "hi!" too! Great idea to use the interfacing in combination with the fiberfill. I may just use that tip one day when I finally make these!

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  8. I love the little message inside the door and the tree/topiary next to it. The details make so fun.

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