Fabric
Doll House
There have been so many fabric doll houses on Pinterest lately. Or maybe they just started to catch my eye. I enjoy making toys out of felt and different kinds of fabric, so fabric doll houses would be a natural progression for me to try to work on.
Here is a look at the inside of my fabric doll house. The house lays flat and can be folded for easy storage. It measures 26 inches from top to bottom and is 2 and a half feet across. At this point you can see pins around the edges of the house. I was beginning to hand stitch the house together.
The central section has a light blue gingham "rug" on the floor. The back wall has the table and two chairs. An large ice cream treat is waiting on the table to tempt anyone who comes to visit. Hung on the back wall is a festive banner ready for any celebration.
There is a picture of the family dog hanging over the warm cozy fire place on the left side wall. Across the room is a Christmas tree with a smiling snowman button behind the ladder that leads to the upstairs loft.
The embellishments were made from scrap flannel fabric and stitched securely onto the base fabric before the house was assembled.
The green lawn is felt with a burlap path winding through the middle. A small pond, trees, and flowers add to the outdoors feel.
The outside of the fabric house is also embellished. A black front door with a button door knob is surrounded with a green vine with yellow flowers. The vine was machine stitched and the flowers and French knots. Next to the window is a felt mailbox and a tiny pink button flower to add contrast and dimension. I stitched their last name on the mailbox in place of the white label. One side of the house has a wildflower garden made from assorted colorful buttons with machine stitched stems.
At the top of the picture you can see the striped roof with a pink ribbon. This will become the carrying handle once the house is folded up. If you look closely you can see loops sewn around the outside edge of the roof and front of the house. These will be used with buttons to securely close the house when your child is finished playing.
NOTE:
After my granddaughters played with their houses for a while, the elastic loops became unattached. I will need to use velcro to make tabs to close the house more securely. I learn something new every day! And I am not ashamed to make mistakes. That's what I told my students and now what I tell my grandchildren. Live and Learn!
The house walls and floor are reinforced with sheets of plastic canvas. These light weight sheets of plastic make the walls sturdy yet flexible.
Recently I made some princess finger puppets which were the perfect size for this play house!
As you can see the house has been played with and is quite durable. It takes the strain of a toddler sitting on and it it.
This little house was so much fun to make and embellish.
This little house was so much fun to make and embellish.
Happy Sewing!
Beti
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