Cuppa-Tea Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I just wanted to share this really neat book that I borrowed from my mother-in-law. It's called "3-D Cross Stitch" by Meg Evershed and it has the cutest designs in it... including dollhouse furniture. The designs include a sofa, chair and foot stool, a bed, a baby's crib and a toy-box. You do the needlework for the pattern, then wrap it around plastic canvas for support and sew together. What a really neat idea! You can find it online at bn.com, if you want to look at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutterbugkc Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 Thank you for sharing the book info. I love to cross stitch. It would be a lot of fun to see what projects are in that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fov Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 I have a booklet at home for stitching painted lady houses on plastic canvas. I bought all the supplies for one of them but haven't done it yet. Depending on what size canvas you use, they can be about the right size for quarter inch scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 Meg Evans' book Embroidery Projects in Miiature has a chapter of Xstitch/ needlepoint on plastic canvas dollhouse furniture; that might be a good idea for the Goldilicks Aster cottage mentioned in another thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaimieMarvon Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I know this is an older post, but it got me thinking... I have a bunch of books for plastic canvas Barbie furniture (& the house!) and alot of plastic canvas. So I could get a bunch of ideas from those books, but what is the "conversion"? Isn't Barbie scale like 1/16, or 1/8? My math is sooooo bad! :lol: How would I go about making the patterns smaller to "fit" dollhouse scale? Mind you this is for the future and not a project for right away. I've got so many "balls in the air" as it is now I'm getting an eye twitch from the thought of all the projects. I just need to step back and take a look at which ones to compoleete in which order. I'll be doing that tonight! I can't take the twitch anymore, luckily it just started this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnie-me(Chris) Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 If I'm not mistaken, Barbie is 1:6 scale (or play scale). I know when I was looking for furniture for my Riley Kish that I was told to look for Barbie/ 1:6 scale stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 To convert Barbie scale to standard 1:12 scale you would need your final dimensions to be half of the Barbie-scale dimensions. (The furniture in the book I cited is for 1:12 scale.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAK Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 I've got so many "balls in the air" as it is now I'm getting an eye twitch from the thought of all the projects. Now just step back and take a deep breath......Organize that is the thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaimieMarvon Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 My lovely little twitch stopped soon after my post when I had a nice cup of green tea. Got a few things done this afternoon and made a list to organize the "balls in the air". *giggle* Thanks for the tips on the Barbie scale. I think when I get around to that point it will be easy to convert the projects... maybe. At least I'll try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMist Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Just another suggestion- I've had really good results substituting 24 count mono canvas for the plastic canvas, and using a fine sock yarn for the stitching. The mono canvas is generally strong enough to stand up as furniture, if you don't bend it too much while stitching. A frame helps - NOT a hoop. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaimieMarvon Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Thanks for the tip Carol! I did some internet searching and found some other great ideas similar to that. I have plenty of time to get to this... I get a bit over anxious and I guess that is why I have so many balls in the air!!! EEK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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