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Monday, October 29, 2018

Cut and Paste Doily Rugs

October 29, 2018 0 Comments
This rug craft is so simple, even a very young child can produce marvelous results.
However, an adult should do the spray painting.
         Above you can see that I have produced two examples. One of them has brown lace and the other white. You can make so many color combinations depending upon the paint you have on hand. These examples have floral motifs at the center of each but you can use plaids, paisleys, stripes etc... to create an infinite variety of combinations!

Supply List:
  • paper doilies
  • decorative scrap papers
  • spray paint (optional)
  • Mod Podge or white school glue
Step-by-Step Directions:
  1. If you desire color on the lacy edge of these doily rugs, you can spray paint them in a outdoor work area. Use a cardboard box or newspapers to cover an area large enough to keep the paint from spreading on to other surfaces. Let the doilies dry.
  2. Find an object with the same or close to the circumference of your doily's center part. You can leave however much of the lacy cut-away showing as you wish.
  3. Trace around this object on the backside of a piece of decorative scrap paper.
  4. Cut out the tracing and then glue the scrap circle on to the center of your paper doily.
  5. Layer Mod Podge to the top of the rug to protect it from some wear. Let the rug dry. 
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    Sunday, October 28, 2018

    Craft a Rainbow Yarn Rug for A Dollhouse

    October 28, 2018 0 Comments
    A spiral patterned rug made with rainbow colored variegated yarn, close-ups of color and finished edge.

    The clean side of the finished rug that was protected by the
    sticky side of the masking tape.
            Here is a simple way to make a rug for a doll house. It requires no weaving or braiding. The design made from this process reminds me of natural patterns found in agate stones.

    Supply List:
    • masking tape
    • cardboard
    • variegated yarn
    • white school glue
    • embroidery floss and needle
    • felt for backing
    Step-by-Step Instructions:
    1. First you will need to decide how big you want your doll's rug to be. Then make a cardboard template in the shape of the rug to use as a guide. I traced around a large circular plate on top of my cardboard to make my own template.
    2. Next, you will need to cover the top surface of the cardboard with masking tape, sticky side up. This can be a little tricky at first. Lay the tacky part of the masking tape face up and wrap it around the edges of the cardboard using a small bit of tape to secure it on the backside of the cardboard template.
    3. Now start laying your yarn down on top of the surface template at it's center point, butting the yarn up next to it's sides as you create a swirl pattern. The masking tape will hold the yarn strands in place while you press the yarn into a simple rug design. It is very important that you leave no gaps between the application of the yarn rows. Every yarn strand needs to have it's sides touching a yarn strand. (see photo)
    4. When you have reached the edges of your cardboard template, the rug design is finished! 
    5. Smooth a generous amount of white glue on top of your rug design with your finger tips and let the yarn rug dry overnight.
    6. Carefully pull the dried yarn rug from the sticky cardboard. Hopefully it can be removed in one piece. However, you may need to apply a bit more glue to the back side of the rug again, in order to get the entire rug to stick together.
    7. I backed my rug with additional glue and a piece of felt cut to the same size as my rug. But this step is optional.
    8. Then you can finish the edge of your rug with a blanket stitch using a variegated embroidery floss.
    9. I also reinforced my finished rug with additional stitching across the design.
    Left, cover the top surface of the cardboard with masking tape, sticky side up.
    Center, lay your yarn down on top of the surface template at it's center point.
    Right,  Smooth a generous amount of white glue on top of your rug design with
    your finger tips and let the yarn rug dry overnight.
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      Saturday, August 4, 2018

      Collecting Rugs for Your Doll's House

      August 04, 2018 0 Comments

             Covering the floors of your doll house may seem a tedious prospect if you believe that these must always be handcrafted by yourself. 
             In truth, the successful decorating of a doll's house may have more to do with your ability to reinterpret the use of items that are already in your actual home, objects such as placemats for example. Placemats come in all kinds of textured surfaces and are produced in a wide range of color combinations. Some of them are woven from grass, others are printed on cotton. If purchased from a department store, placemats come with finished edges too. Find the perfect placemat and you've found a Barbie sized rug that you need not alter in the least, unless you want to. 
             I have even found smaller bath mats in dollar stores that look exactly like sophisticated area rugs when displayed inside a doll's house. 
             Often I use one item in a doll's room to imagine additional furnishings that would normally accompany it, if it were included in an actual adult sized space. If I had this rug on the floor, which couch or bed would go best with it and so on...
             Placemats are best purchased for a doll's house when they are most affordable. These are frequently tossed on clearance tables in stores and sold for pennies on the dollar at the end of a season. You can pick them up at a thrift stores and garage sales as well.
             An unfashionable placemat may make a far more attractive rug for your doll. I have frequently discovered that things considered ugly when designed for one use, become marvelously unique when repurposed for another.
             So take your little ones shopping for these affordable area rugs this weekend. They'll enjoy the novelty of the hunt and you will enjoy less money spent!
            
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      Tuesday, June 26, 2018

      Make a pom-pom doll house rug

      June 26, 2018 0 Comments
      A finished pom pom rug for a doll's house.
             What doll wouldn't enjoy such a fun, bumpy rug to decorate her home with? 
             This little miniature doll house rug is a simple and entertaining first sewing project for a nine to ten year old student.
             He or she will need to learn how to thread a needle and control it while stringing together a whole fist full of colorful pom-poms.

      Supply List:
      • multiple colored, small pom-poms
      • needle and thread
      Step-by-Step Directions:
      1. First you will need to select a colorful thread and needle to work with. 
      2. Thread the needle and knot the end of your thread so that thread will get caught up inside your first pom-pom. This requires a bit of trail and error. Sometimes the threads will not catch properly as you string the pom-poms and you will need to repeat the process. 
      3. Soon you will have a long string of pom-poms to wind up together. 
      4. Work your threaded needle between the chain of pom-poms, from side to side so that these butt up next to each other to form a soft round rug.
      5. As you work, you may need to sew in a loose pom-pom here and there to make the rug stiffer.
      6. The more pom-poms you add, the bigger the miniature rug becomes! Measure it against a doll's chair, sofa, or even a bed in order to determine just how large you would like the rug to be.
      7. Work the threaded needle back and forth into the last pom-pom on the chain before trimming the needle off the thread.
      These are miniature pom-poms that you can purchase from most any dollar store or hobby shop.

      Older kids may like to try making a life-sized pom-pom 
      rug for their room after successfully finishing the 
      miniature project above.
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