Red Felt House

Red Felt HouseI love this little house, (very little, 3/4″ x 1″ x 1 1/8″). It came out much better than Clover my last wool felt attempt, I won’t try that edge binding stitch again, not until I become a sewing machine. Which isn’t going to happen. (^_^) Tiny stitches around the edge to hold the pieces worked quite well, I think they make the corners look much neater than a blanket stitch, especially on something this small. So yay! (And how is it I can manage 10 stitches an inch on this, but only 2-3 stitches an inch when I’m trying to hand quilt? I know, I only have to keep the 10 stitches per inch up for a single inch…)

Anyway, here are all the sides:
Red Felt House
I had so much fun stitching all the little flowers! The windows are unfortunately wiggly, and I’m not sure how to fix that. I don’t know any good ways to make fine marks on wool felt, blue water erase pens aren’t dark enough, and chalk lines aren’t really fine enough. I did stitch some vertical guides down the center of each side with thread, and that helped some. I will just have to become a straight-sewing goddess. Someday.

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I love all things tiny. And more recently love all things made from felt. Its so beautiful, a true work of art

I just found your blog and am reading back in time. This is adorable! An Idea on the straight lines, what about painters tape? Perhaps a cut rectangle stuck in the right spot or an edge at a time? Though I think they look great. I was trying to hand quilt a gingerbread man and it was sooo awful I pulled it all out. It will have to wait until I can machine quilt better!

Thanks! The problem with that tiny house is that it was very tiny, only about an inch, so ‘almost’ straight is still pretty crooked looking, But painters tape might help, thanks for the idea.

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