Monday, February 18, 2008

Building a house stitch by stitch

Worked hard today doing the final assembly on the C.A. Wells house, the stitching of which I finished months ago. These are the interior side panels that have been interfaced and then fitted with Skirtex then readied for assembly.
Here is the main body of the little house with the side interiors sewn in place.
This is the roof top and lining all interfaced, skitexed and then had its eyelet for the center sewn in.


Here is the roof once the exterior and lining have been sewn together. They are sewn purposely at this angle so it will rest gently on the top of the house. You sew them together using thread pulled out of the fabric used to line the piece. This way everything matches exactly.

Here is the little pincushion shaped like a suitcase that will rest inside the house. It's only for really nice pins though. These kind of projects take a lot of time to stitch and then assemble but in the end the project is like nothing you can just buy already made.

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