Where has the time flown ?... It is the beginning of June now, and time to introduce the latest project in our Across The Pond Sew Along !
Amanda has come up with a super fun little project for June...
~ the house ornament from Retro Mama.
Kim (Retro Mama ) has a tutorial and a free pattern on her blog, titled "Home for the Holidays"
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| Photo from Kim at RetroMama blog |
These are 2 little stuffed pillow houses, made by Amanda.....
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| Amanda's own little Home for the Holidays cottages ...The Patchsmith |
And not to be outdone by Amanda, Amy, of Amy Made That! blog, has made her own creation of the little house, into a sweet summer cottage! ( She loves visiting the NJ shore....)
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| Amy's own little summer cottage Amy Made That! |
I printed out the pattern and got the website tutorial up on my computer.....
Note: when I printed my pattern, it came out very small , and I thought to myself...' this is going to be a stinker to turn inside out and stuff! And I am not good at sewing super- tiny things...'
I printed it again, making sure I did not have "fit to page" or "scale" checked... and I did not. It came out the smaller size again.
When I looked closer at the pattern, I noticed that Kim has some sizes marked (see the chimney and roof pieces ) . I love scale markings, so that we get it printed out the right size.
Fortunately, when I have a sewing question, I am lucky that I can call up my ' Mentor and Expert Quilter' .... Amy (my sister!) She checked her measurements and looked at her magazine pattern. It was indeed the larger size pattern.
I am "double -lucky" to also have Amanda, 'across the pond', to consult with on pattern corrections and tips, because she loves to' forge ahead' and complete a new project , and let me know what she finds!!
I discovered after talking to both Amy and Amanda, that if I used the google chrome browser, it was printing out too small for me .{ I just enlarged my pattern to 150% on my scanner, and it was correct.}
Amanda uses Internet Explorer, so I tried printing out the pattern using that browser, and it printed out the correct size!! ( I don't know if it was a glitch I was having or not...??)
So Yay! after getting the pattern size resolved and cut out!!
I decided I did not want to work with linen this time. I just used cotton fabrics.
I dug out some fabric (literally, I was digging out of a laundry basket of stash!) to find some favorite fabrics that I made a mug rug with....
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| My House and Home mug rug designed by The Patchsmith |
Fabrics: varous Vintage Summer Little Yellow Bicycle by Blend
Lizzy House Andover Fabrics
Joy Kate Spain Modafabrics
I came up with my own little English Garden cottage version....
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| Susie's Sunroom little English Garden cottage pattern design by Kim RetroMama |
I made a little strap for hanging my cottage over a door handle. (I like this green color!)
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| I got the little silk flowers from JoAnn Fabrics |
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| I love flowers!! |
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| The back side { see anything?! } |
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| LOVE these little ladybug buttons from JoAnn Fabric ! |
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| Hanging on my door handle |
I am going to definitely make more of these.... they would be perfect little pincushions. And I love seeing it hang on my handle of the door to my powder room!
Before I leave, I wanted to share a few of June flowers with you....
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| I had the wrong name for this flower ( for 12 years) ... a White Peachleaf Bellflower |
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| Geranium blossom in my planter |
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| Makes me smile to look at it :) |
Take time to smell some flowers!
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| I'm off to my sewing room! |
- Sew Cute Tuesday @ Better off thread
- Sew Darn Crafty @ Sew Many Ways
- And Sew We Craft Together Linky Party @ And Sew We Craft
Such a clever idea to make the little cottage so it can hang on the door - I like that. Lovely photos today.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, Susie!! Your little house is adorable!! I want to come party at your place too! :) And your flower pictures are beautiful! Thanks for sharing all of your awesome information. It's much appreciated!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is just too cute for words. What a pretty little cottage, with its very own (co-ordinating) flowers. And what a neat housebuilder you are.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is about Google Chrome - it may be a bug in their browser but it resets the sizes back to the smaller every time. Thankfully, with a little sisterly help, you have overcome and created a darling little home.
This one is just the sweetest little house on the block!!! I love it all...the silk flowers, and especially that pretty minty green! Well done!!!
ReplyDeleteJune flowers? What? JUNE?!?! We're halfway through nearly! I'd best start thinking about Christmas soon now then...:)
ReplyDeleteI like your color combo and the flowers! Pretty!
ReplyDeleteLove your mug rug AND the cottage! So very very cute!! It will be so much fun to make them for all four seasons!
ReplyDeleteI just love these houses!!!! Thanks for the info about the printing ...I too am not great a sewing small things :-( ..
ReplyDeleteBe well,
Donna
Those houses are just too cute!!! and awesome flower pics by the way:)
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These houses are SEW cute! :-)
ReplyDeleteFound you via the And Sew We Craft Together Linky Party.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous little English house. I would love to make one of these for my daughters room. Or maybe a bigger one as a pillow! Thanks for the idea.
Oh that sounds like a sweet idea!! Put whatever you make in our Flickr group !
DeleteI really love this little house. Saw it on Flickr. Oh, I want to join too, am I still in time. I have a weak spot for these little houses. Will be following on Bloglovin'.
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