Supersized Doll House Chair

So, when I created the tutorial for this felt doll house chair I wondered what would happen if I turned it into a toddler chair. Well, when the next One Yard Wonders book comes out, you’ll be able to decide if it was successful or not. 🙂 Clearly the ‘muslin’ (canvas) pattern holds weight, but, I don’t know, I’m not totally satisfied with it. Is tying a chair weird? Should I have used upholstery buttons instead of just thread? But I don’t think I can do any serious redesign now.

I do still need to make the final version, that’s next on my table. I’ve finished one project for the book, and I have two more and a looming deadline that is totally stressing me out! It’s like I have a real job again! Stress! It makes me want to crawl into bed and wait until those in authority come and haul me away for pretending that I can accomplish something good. Erg. But! One foot in front of the other, and not wasting time online can work wonders. Also, just a little sake before I sit down to write really helps me get out the first draft of a pattern! I found that out last week. Is that bad? Should I not admit that? Maybe, but it was nice to have a little help with the voices in my head saying, ‘no!’ ‘that’s awful’ ‘no one will understand that’ ‘that’s too basic! People will think you’re condescending!’ ‘give up!’ But what would be the point of life if we gave up, right? So, forward forward forward.

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I think the chair is darling! I would avoid buttons, since then you have to worry about them coming off and becoming choking hazards – although I guess you could find some enormous too-large-to-choke-on buttons…

OK, I am stressed out just reading your original post about the doll house chair! Tumeric dyed trim! Whoa. You are crazy! But now I really want to make one! And the large one, despite the fact that I only have a boy, who is no longer a toddler.
It looks great.

what a lucky little girl she is to have a momma that makes her such a wonderful place to be in.
sake sounds like a perfectly good way to quiet the left brain and tune in the right…

Thanks jess, I was so pleased that it scaled up at all!  I can’t say it is the worlds most stable chair, maybe I should have changed the directions to include stuffing the bottom with a 25lbs bag of rice… !

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