Annie's Attic

Last we left off on the strawberry dollhouse, I decided that I hated this bright red, so I decided to undo it and stitch it all in the starker maroon color. Yes, it was worth it because I love how it's looking. The next step to make this look more And I am doing this differently than the pattern. The pattern calls for yellow fabric paint and you just I decided that I wanted to make them beads. I knew that from the get-go. I also thought the windows would look cute with some little bead detailing. I had some And then you need to line the front and back panels with The only trick here is making sure that your felt is just slightly smaller than your panel. And then as I started sewing the side panels to the base, I decided that I also wanted to add the pattern only specified putting seeds on the back panel, but I was like, It's going to be way cuter with them on the side and the front. And I had more of the felt, so I decided to also line those side panels. And 100%, I think this is the right call. Obviously, you don't have to do it the way I'm doing it, but I do think it looks much more cohesive with having And my favorite part always with working on plastic canvas projects is putting the whole thing together. Now, when you attach the top piece, you're also going to attach your handle at the same time. And I don'think it And for any of You are going to whip stitch those. You can do it before attaching it. I find it easier to just do it I did think the front door definitely needed a door knob, so I had and then last step for the construction of the exterior is just Again, I'm doing this differently than the pattern. The pattern just has you use It looks I'm not familiar with it, but I just decided So I got I just feel And I'm obsessed. This is probably the cutest thing I've ever made. And we've still got a bunch of furniture to add to it. So stay tuned.