Now that it's officially November, I can no longer put off that I have tons of sewing for Christmas to do. I have orders for EIGHT (can you believe it!) dollhouses for the big day. These obviously need to get done first, and significantly before so that they can be sent through the mail (without costing me a fortune). Each of the dollhouses in the order is different and I'm really excited. I have two regular houses, one farmhouse, one barn, one beach house, one vet clinic, and one pet shop.....oh..and one garage. I cut out the beach house last week. I figured it would be easiest to plan out all the houses, then cut all the pieces, then sew. Once everything is all sewn then I can make the tags and ship. Very efficient right? Henry Ford would be so proud.
Today at work I decided to do a little planning with my stolen minutes here and there. So far I have ideas for five of the houses. Please forgive my drawing.......
I'm still trying to decide if I should use fabric for the decorations around the house like I did the last two times, or if I should try felt for these. Hub told me, very eloquently, when I asked what he thought "They ordered based on fabric, not felt. If you are going to do it, you better do it right." He sure is a charmer that Hubs, especially over email. I saw a few houses in this flickr group where they used felt to decorate, and they just look so intricate and cute. I wonder if I can do a better job using the felt instead of the fabric. What do you think?
Aside from the dollhouses, I really wanted to make presents for my niece and nephew. For Tommy I wanted to make a play mat where he could play with his matchbox cars. For Brooklyn I loved this tutorial from Prudent Baby for a portable tea set. Finally, I wanted to make a baby shower gift for my friend Shannon who's due on Christmas Day.
I hope I have enough time for everything. If only I hadn't slept through October. Now if I can only keep my eyes open long enough for the next month to sew, sew, sew! Wish me luck!
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