Fabric doll house

[songbird857]

Thanks so much to Jean for sending me the panels to make this. I had wanted to finish 2 of these for the birthday girl, but time got away from me, so I'll give her this one tonight, and I have another that is just about finished.
I need to add some buttons (the little loops attached to the roof will go around them) before the party tonight - I love how cute it is!! Thanks again, Jean
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[Bubby]

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This is beyond adorable!!! What a fabulous and exciting birthday gift.

[Hulamoon]

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Too cute! I'm happy to see you took Jean's offer, that was my favorite.

[Cathy F]

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Adorable sure to make her very happy!

[Jean Sewing Machine]

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Wow! These turned out so cute! So glad you could use them for your little friend!

[Mimi_Howard]

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Can those panels still be bought somewhere? It turned so darn cute.

[GrammaBabs]

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Jean is the best! You did a wonderful job with this... gotta check out this kind of panel... it is adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GB

[BethB]

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That is just too cute!!!

[EnumclawGramma]

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This is adorable! Wouldn't we all have loved this at one time in our lives? Wow.

Jean's a generous and kind quilty friend.

[Sandy Navas]

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Absolutely adorable. Wondering if the last 'animal' in the last picture is a a wolf with his tongue sticking out.

Too, too durned cute!

[Star lover]

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So sweet! You outdid yourself, it looks great! That little girl is gonna love it. And sounds like most everyone here wouldn't mind being a little girl for little while!

[AuntieVic]

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Those turned out super cute! You did a great job putting them together. And Jean that was so nice of you to send them to her.

[jjkaiser]

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Gosh this looks so fun I want to get on the floor and play with it! You sure made excellent use of those panels you got from Jean. What a lucky birthday girl!!!

[songbird857]

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Thank you all for the kind comments The house was quite a hit at the party, and got passed around so the adults could look at it...
Sandy - yes, that is the wolf next to Little Red Riding Hood

Mimi - There are some of these panels on ebay - there are no instructions. I did email the designer, and she did reply, giving me a few tips, but not able to offer instructions (seems like she is not involved in fabric anymore ).

For the figures, I just used coordinating colors for the backs and sewed on the stitch line, leaving the bottom open.
I stuffed them with polyester stuffing in the head and neck, then used crushed walnuts in the lower half to give them a bit of weight in the hand. I put a tiny piece of stuffing at the bottom to make it easier to close.
For the house;
I combined the cutting tips from here: http://www.everkelly.com/2012/07/fre...ouse-download/ (these instructions are only for a 'stuffed' soft house, but the cutting instructions are the same that you would use to make an open house...
then I took construction ideas from here: http://uklassinus.blogspot.com/2008/...-tutorial.html
Now, you could of course just use that tutorial and create a fun house - she also did a barn that is way too cute!

Don't know if y'all need all this info, but it's here if you want!!
This forum really is the best

[Mimi_Howard]

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Thank you for all the info. Definitely be doing some reading and watching to see if I can fanagle a fabric house of somekind. Where there's a will there's a way, so they say!