Hi ya! Hope you had a good weekend. I sure did! Last week, I pulled out this big ol' bucket of scrap wool and just let it inspire me for a bit. We all have a scrap bucket don't we? I have a wool, fabric, fusible web, batting interfacing and Valdani threads, scrap buckets! I can't help it, stuff is expensive and I know I can use those little bits of stuff for something. So, I started sketching an idea and then one thing lead to another and to another. Starting this Friday I will be sharing Five FREE Friday designs. Each design will be an ornament for Christmas. BUT, there is a twist. The ornaments are not just ornaments...you'll have to wait and see. Also, these are not your ordinary, same old tree, wreath, candy cane, etc. ornaments. Oh no, they will all feature some type of animal. Ok...so you already know the first one features a bunny. ;) (Saw this at the local quilt show and just had to share. Isn't it cute? Love the mini Ott light!) I will have a tutorial here and then a link to the pattern. Again, it will all be FREE. It's just my way of saying thank you for being the most wonderful friends and a way to start this beautiful season of giving off on a fun note. So, tell your friends and all your stitching buddies to gather their scraps and hop back here on Friday. Light, love and hugs to you, Michelle, the Bunnies and Sabrina too!
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Do you remember these photos? I started working on putting together a small sewing room a while ago. I painted the wooden suite case... ...
Here's a quick look at my new sewing room diorama. As my regular followers know, I design doll clothes patterns (see link for my free, printable doll clothes patterns). The Liv Doll you see in the header image is supposed to look like me, and now my doll has a little sewing room, in which
This little craft cottage is my first miniature project and it features a creative space for an artisan working with yarn and textiles in 1:12th scale. The rustic style cottage room decorated in shades of blue and grey is fitted into a cardboard shoe box, which was exactly the right size. Some furniture pieces and tiny accessories are commercial, paper and textile stuff is completely homemade. There is a sketching in progress on the desk and a cork inspiration board on the wall to help with idea generation. Newspaper is waiting to be read and some correspondence to take care of over lunch break. Toothpicks are so perfect for pencils. Found the idea in the zakka life blog, there is a great tutorial for making these as well. The chest of drawers is made of matchboxes cut in half, legs and pulls are just metallic spacer beads. The stool is made of matches glued together as other small wood material is really hard to find. The stone flooring was quite easy: teared pieces of cardboard glued and painted. For the shelf unit, I found a box where the 'shelves' were already there. It's not very strong, but enough to hold the sewing machine and all the supplies, books and notions quite well. The fabrics are folded over pieces of cardboard and fixed with glue. Same with thread and ribbon on printable cards. All the yarn in the stash is real wool in cobweb and lace weights. The chunky knitting basket is crocheted of medium weight cotton. As for books and magazines - I just diminished the ones from my own collection... When there is work in progress, coffee must be available at all times, why not serve with style on a silver tray. For after dark hours and burning the midnight oil, the hanging ceiling light can be switched on. It's a battery LED light, no electricity and wiring needed. For the size comparison, here's an oversized apple from the big world.
Over the years, I've had lots of people ask me how I made my doll's sewing room. There are plenty of options out there, but today's blog post shows you how I turned a Gloria home office dollhouse set for 1:6 scale dolls (i.e. Barbie-sized) into the little sewing room you see in my
Over the years, I've had lots of people ask me how I made my doll's sewing room. There are plenty of options out there, but today's blog post shows you how I turned a Gloria home office dollhouse set for 1:6 scale dolls (i.e. Barbie-sized) into the little sewing room you see in my
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Everything you need for your miniature dollhouse sewing room plus lots more will be added to this site as soon as we make it so keep checking back. Sewing Shelves-Highlights Download PDF Template:Sewing Room and Bookshelf 2017 Miniature Embroidery Loops Miniature Pattern EnvelopeDownload PDF-Sewing Pattern Cover & Fabric Bolts Labels Sewing Room Set VIDEO TUTORIAL […]
Do you collect anything? My Mum used to collect crystal and glass figurines. When Christmas came around, it was always easy to find something to add to Mum's collection. Each year, we'd watch her collection grow and remember who gave her which one and why. I don't have a collection of my own (unless you
Olá! A Nerea Pozo é uma artista que eu admiro muito! Ela faz coisas maravilhosas! Os dioramas dela são tão lindos e perfeitos que séri...
Everybody has her own favorite miniaturist, I think? As there are many of you I admire deeply, there is one miniaturist I find realy AMAZING!!!! I follow her for some years now and wanted to share the link to her side and blog! I have asked her permission to use some photos of her blog, to show you a little peak of her skills! Click here for her website! Click here for her blog!
Over the years, I've had lots of people ask me how I made my doll's sewing room. There are plenty of options out there, but today's blog post shows you how I turned a Gloria home office dollhouse set for 1:6 scale dolls (i.e. Barbie-sized) into the little sewing room you see in my
I recently participated in a small swap with some sewing friends. Stalking my recipients Pinterest board revealed a whole new world of miniature quilt shop supplies. She has a dollhouse, so I decided to make her some bundles. I looked around at various blogs for tutorials. I found several for fabric bolts and fat quarter bundles, but I wanted to make a few adjustments to size/fold. I tried to stay as close to 1:12 ratio as possible. While I saw pictures of super adorable miniature jelly rolls, I couldn't find a tutorial. I also didn't see any pics or tutorials for dollhouse size charm packs or layer cakes; they may be out there, but I missed them. I wanted to make fat quarter bundles that look a bit like Moda's. Given the thickness of the fabric, it is not practical to make a full 40 fabric bundle. 7-8 fabrics seemed to be just the right height. I forgot to take pics of the individual fat quarters I folded on the long side, rolled up, and tied with perle cotton to store individually, but that is also a fun way to display individual fabrics. Additionally, I wanted to make the bundles sturdy enough to be handled without coming undone, so I used glue to keep the pieces together. On the jelly rolls, the first one I made, I used only glue stick to glue as I rolled, and it was a horrible sticky mess that was slow to dry. I switched to glue gun for that part on subsequent ones, and I was really happy with the result. I am sharing here to refer back to later when I make more, and for anyone who is interested in making some like mine. I have also included printables to print labels for charm packs and layer cakes. A link to the document is found in the supplies section below. I don't have a dollhouse, but my daughter does, and these were such a fun scrap buster that I kept on making bundles. I'd love to show you a beautifully staged dollhouse quilt shop, but we aren't to that stage of the process. (Maybe in the next several years.....) Supplies Jelly Rolls: Fabric: (8) .25" x 3.5" strips Perle cotton or embroidery floss to tie bundle Low temp glue gun and glue sticks Water soluble glue stick (ex: Elmer's or Sewline) Fat Quarter Bundles: Fabric: (7 or 8) 1.25" x 1.50" rectangles Perle cotton or embroidery floss to tie bundle Water soluble glue stick (ex: Elmer's or Sewline) Charm Packs: Fabric: (8) .5" squares Cardstock: (1) .5" square Water soluble glue stick (ex: Elmer's or Sewline) Labels - printable file download available here Layer Cakes: Fabric: (8) .875" squares Cardstock: (1) .875" square Water soluble glue stick (ex: Elmer's or Sewline) Labels - printable file download available here Fabric bolts: Chipboard: Cut into .625" x 2" (or .875" x 2" if you prefer a bit wider than 1:12 scale) Fabric: 3.5" T x 4" W (or wider if you prefer a fuller bolt) Low temp glue gun and glue sticks - or - Water soluble glue stick (ex: Elmer's or Sewline) White acrylic paint Folded yardage: Fabric: Each yard approximately 3" x 3.625" Fold as desired to fit doll cabinet space Press well. If you want to stay folded, add a bit of glue to hold the fabric layers together Assembly Jelly Rolls: 1. Select 8 strips. Layout in preferred order. 2. Use glue stick on the wrong side of half of each fabric strip and fold in half with wrong sides together. Press with the iron to lay flat and heat set the glue. 3. Stack fabrics, matching raw edges, folded side of fabric on the same side. Using a glue stick, glue 1/3 of the strip from the raw edge between each strip and press with an iron to heat set. This holds the layers in place to minimize shifting when the fabric is rolled, however you do not want to glue the entire length of the fabric because they need to be free to roll and stagger on the folded end. 4. Using the glue gun, add a small bead of glue near the raw edge of the top fabric and on the bottom raw edge of the stacked fabric. Fold all of the strips of the raw end in just a tiny amount to stick to the fabric. (2nd row, pic 1) Note: You will be rolling with the fabric you want to be the exterior on the bottom. Let's just pretend I was paying attention and had my fabrics stacked in the same order that I laid them out it in the first pic. As you roll, you roll onto the fabric you want to be the inside inside the jelly roll. 5. Using the glue gun, add a small bead of glue on about 3/4" inch of the inside fabric and roll the jelly roll a bit more. Try to keep the jelly roll in a round shape. I have a couple that I made that ended up a bit more oval shaped because I was not vigilant about keeping the shape round as I rolled/ 6. Continue adding a small amount of glue to the inside fabric and roll. Add glue to the free edges in small amounts. gluing the inside fabric, then glue the fabric next to it, until you finally glue the top fabric in place. Each layer has a shorter amount to glue. 7. Add a label if you wish. Wrap and tie jelly roll with embroidery floss or perle cotton. (I used baker's twine here, but it was a bit too bulky for my taste) 8. Add fray check to keep the exposed raw edges of the fabric from fraying. Fat Quarter Bundles: 1. Select 7 or 8 fabrics. 2. Fold 1.25" side of fabric into thirds. Press well with iron, reopen fabric, glue both folds, and press down again to heat set. 3. Fold fabric in thirds again on the long side. Press well with iron, reopen fabric, glue both folds, and press down again to heat set. 4. Stack fabrics in desired order. If you would like your fabric to keep from shifting in the bundle, add a small bead of glue between fabric layers with the glue gun. 5. Add a label if you wish. Wrap and tie bundle with embroidery floss or perle cotton. Charm Packs and Layer Cakes: 1. Select 8 fabrics. Only the top fabric is immediately visible, but this is a great way to use up tiny bits of fabric that would otherwise be thrown away. 2. Layer cardstock on bottom with the fabric squares on top. To keep fabric from shifting, add a small bit of glue in the center of the cardstock and each fabric layer (do not glue the top fabric). Fray check edges to keep raw edges from fraying. 3. Print attached printable label sheet and cut on black lines. The charm pack label will need to be shortened before attaching. 4. Wrap label around the center of the bundle and glue both edges on the back of the cardstock. Fabric Bolts: 1. Paint ends of the chipboard white. 2. Fold fabric 3.5" edge of fabric down in half and press. Optional: Glue the perimeter of wrong side of fabric and press back in place. This will help to keep the fabric from shifting. Fray check bottom raw edge of fabric. 3. Using glue gun, add a bead of glue down one side of chipboard and glue raw edge of fabric in place. 4. Wrap fabric around the chipboard, fold remaining raw edge under 1/4" and press. Glue into place on the fabric bolt.
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