Last night I used the book that my friend Alana sent me — The Most Wonderful Dollhouse Book, to make a new chair for the doll house.
First I started with an empty baking powder can. I used a Sharpie to outline where I would cut with my sharp Xacto.
You can see how the chair will be shaped. The most tedious part comes next, and that is cutting a piece or two of fabric and smoothly hot-gluing it on so it looks upholstered.
But it turns out well! What did I use to fill the inside? I simply measured out enough stuffing to fill up the seat. I then cut a circle of fabric and laid that stuffing in the center of it. I pulled the fabric together all around it like a balloon and tied it together with a piece of string. The tied-with-string end went down into the seat first, leaving a pretty puffy pillow look on top.
Mama Doll loves her chair. I ended up covering my fabric “seam” on the chair with a ribbon I had recycled from some old PJs. It worked perfectly.
Fancy, no? Princess of the Universe loves her new chair.
Remember to supervise the use of all crafting tools. I always do the sharp work myself and supervise my children very closely when they are working with things like this to avoid injury.
Lynn
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You are just too clever…thats a great idea and the doll looks so comfy!
Very creative! You sure have an eye for seeing things other then what they are!!!! I love it!!
Now, everytime I look at my baking powder canister, I know I’ll think of your chair!!
Happy Monday…
Michele
You are so creative Lynn! You inspire me!
I knew that you would love that book! I am so glad you are getting much use from it. Lovely chair!