Apartment #10 - The Taylor's Bathroom, Kitchen and Rug

Hello Yawl.

Hope everyone is well. I cannot believe

the lovely weather we are having today.

It is gorgeous out there!!!

Thank you for your sweet comments. All are

appreciated.

I thought I would show you what I have done so far.

This kitchen area is tiny and that works well for this

apartment. There is no room for extra's here. The lady

of this apartment only buys what she needs. No stove.

No doubt that she microwaves all of her food on her

lovely red microwave. The landlady decided to get

her a new one especially since the other went bad.

I still need to hang up an apron on the blue tile.

So far so good!

I thought that I would show you the sink area with

a few more items. Still nothing is in the refrigerator.

And I still have not found what I want to go on the

little shelf on the left or below that shelf.

The top area show the dishes in the dish drainer

and part of the pink sponge in the sink. There are

3 of those Bingo Chips used for plates that I told

you about (maybe a year or 2 ago). Wow time sure

does fly by!

Ooooo - I bet you thought that the bathroom was

going beside the kitchen. Well the truth is, that

I could not get the bathroom to fit there!

The bathroom is going to be little but everything

will fit in. I also made a paper pattern and cut

some baby pink flannel to fit over the white floor.

I felt the white floor did not look good among

all of the light blue and white tile. It really

needed a carpeted.

I wanted a pretty rug to go on top, but at the

last minute I decided the rug that should go

there is one that I made over 16 years ago.

Let me tell you how I made this rug.

This is not

my idea, it came from a miniature book that I

checked out of the library way back there in Oklahoma.

So I cannot take any credit for this tutorial. I only

hope that I have not left out a step. Also a shame that

I can not even remember the name of the book!

I would love to make a few more

of these rugs in bigger sizes.

These rugs have a sweetness to them.

I made a total of 3 rugs back then with different

designs on them. One of the rugs do not even

have a backing.

Anyway I used colored pens of pink, blue,

and green to make this rug.

Have a plan of what

design you want before you start and it would help

to color out something on paper first. I think that

this is the design in the book, but I could be wrong.

The rug does not look bad for being made over 16

years ago, does it?

Anyway this rug is only squiggly lines and dots.

YES, JUST DOTS on a piece of white

felt, flannel or anything that you want to use. 

The fabric I used is very soft.

It does not feel like scratchy felt.

You know what - I remember that I used a piece of

white FIRM quilt batting.

Anyway, the little rug is so soft to the touch. 

Still when I look at it today, it looks like little flowers!

Perhaps some of the little rug is faded around

the edges, however a lot of

the colors are still vibrant and bright. There is not

any yellowing on the top of this rug either.

This is the whole rug.

After the design was made. I ironed on a cotton

backing. Then I took a piece of white cotton that would

ravel really good to use as fringe. I cut a long piece

(longer than both sides of the rug) and fringed it.

The reason you want to cut

a piece longer than both sides is because you do

not want to accidentally cut the fringe too short.

Then I just glued one piece to the back of the rug,

cut the fringe to size and then glue to the other side.

Cut off the excess fringe and there you have it.

Yellowing is a sign of age with the glue.

I hope you have enjoyed this update.

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger



Apartment #10 - The Taylor's Kitchen

Hello Ya'll

 

Thank you for your sweet comments on the

last posting. I do hope that you look for

patches at the store!

 

It has been a long 2 weeks and I am still trucking on

with this apartment. This is what I have done so far.

 

I have made the sink area from an existing sink that

I was not using. Because I always need something

that is smaller than what you can usually buy.

 

As you can see the kitchen is going to be small. I

am not going for a shabby chic - just an ordinary

kitchen area. A kitchen that looks like it has a bad

coat of paint on it!!

I had to make a side piece and attach it to the sink.

Since I am not good with wood, I decided to make

it from foam core board. I cut it with scissors

which is what made the jagged edge. Then glued

it to the side of the sink.

I painted the entire sink area white and then painted

pink below the sink area leaving white streaks.

This was intentional.

 

The top almost gave the effect of a drain board or

a little space to chop food up. The entire top is painted

white including the faucet and taps. I did not like the

brass look for this apartment. 

 

As you can see I took off one of the doors. This open

area is to show what is in the kitchen. I wanted

everything to have an open feeling. Plus I wanted

to see everything that was on the shelves. I have

already made 6 kitchen towels and folded

them onto the shelf. I made another one 

and that will be placed somewhere else.

The door is suppose to

represent a refrigerator. It will not hold tall items.

The large space to the left of the kitchen towels is

where I was going to put a tall trash can. But

now I have changed my mind. So now I do not

know what I will put in this tall space. It may take

awhile to find something to go there.

 

I hope that you like what I have done so far.

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger

 



Apartment #10 - The Taylor's Kitchen tile

Hello Ya'll

How is everyone?

Thank you for the sweet comments.

 

I am still here!! It is coming along

really slow. This apartment is proving difficult

considering what I want to put in here.

However, I think I have it now!

 

The kitchen is going here. So it is here where I

am starting.

 

 

Hope everyone has been well!

Thank you for visiting me!!

Hopblogger

 



TUTORIAL - A Simple Patch turned into a Miniature sweater - takes 2 MINUTES TO MAKE!!

Hello everybody!

Hope you all including your families have

been well.

 

I know that I am a BAD, BAD BLOGGER, but what

can I say,

SOMETIMES LIFE JUST GETS
IN THE WAY WITH BLOGGING.

 

Sometimes I am doing good just to post. I am

always looking for new ideas to make your
mini world a little quicker!

 

Can you believe that this is an ordinary patch!

Yes, the kind of patch that you iron on your

shirt or pants to cover up a hole.

 

This sweater when sewed up is the correct

size for a miniature sweater.
Look at the sweater patch - it is knitted.

I could have changed the

buttons but they are not that big.
It only looks

that way in this picture.
If your patch

has buttons and you do not like it - then

change the buttons before you do any sewing
or gluing!

This is so easy to do - only takes

2 MINUTES TO SEW BY HAND!

This is the finished folded up sweater!

 

This is what the front side of the patch
looks like.
Looks nice enough for a sweater - wish
I could keep it like this, but it
is too big to put in a drawer.

 

This is the back side. This patch has glue on it

so it is hard to see.

 

Here is the length of the patch.

 

Here is the width of the patch.

 

I did have another photo to show the front side

of this patch to show you where to

fold to begin sewing. However that photo

was blurry. Sorry.

Start at the backside and fold the
sides in towards the middle
of the sweater just as you
see pictured below.
Just refer to the

Be sure to leave a little bit

for the shoulder.
Be sure to finger-crease the

side edges so they help to stay put - like

this photo.

 

You can use white thread or any

color of thread you want because

the thread will not be seen.
I am

using cream colored quilting thread.

Start at the bottom or the top - it

does not matter.

 

I did have another photo to show you but it was

blurry also. So -  just fold up the sweater patch
to the back

and stitch it closed with big stitches or small

stitches.
Just make sure that your thread is

hidden and not seen.

OR - JUST GLUE THE ENTIRE THING
SHUT if that is your style!

Finished!!

Thank you for visiting me!

Conny



Apartment #10 - The Taylor's wallpaper

Hello Everyone. I sure do hope

that you had a lovely Christmas and a

great New Year!

 

I know I am late but a lot has been happening around

my home. New year - new beginnings and

new trips to the doctors!

 

Thank you all so much for the lovely comments! I

do visit your blogs, but most of the time I do

not have time to leave a comment before

someone needs me for something.

 

Gee, it takes me so long to decide on wallpaper

and furnishings to go into these apartments. Not to

mention trying to decide how to design the

layout of these apartments.

 

This apartment is going to house a small family. I

am not sure how I am going to do it yet, but I hope

to figure it out.

I like the white floors but I am not sure at this point

if I want a wood-look, or if I want to keep the floor

just as it is. What do you think?

The wallpaper has a host of colors.

 

I have room for a small closet here, I think. I hope

that I can make this work. My fingers are crossed!

 

Hopefully this picture shows the wallpaper colors

better.

 

Here is the side of the room. Dolls will enter

into this side of the room from behind the pink
and cream wall

 

Behind this papered wall is where the door is supposed

to go. It is such a little space behind - that we are

going to have to pretend that a door is behind here

since there is no room.

This same wallpaper is also on the backside
 of this wall and can be seen when apartment #9
has their door open

 

This wall will hold the large bay window. The

apartment is already looking strange, isn't it?

 

Thank you for visiting me and as always your

comments mean a lot to me.

Be safe and be happy!

Hopblogger