house in a hoop

Happy long weekend (President's Day), everyone!  Aren't 3-day weekends something wonderful?  We've been enjoying our weekend so far.  It has been full of sewing, homemade chocolate chip cookies, and quality family time.  I love having my hubby home for an extra day.  It makes the following weekend seem not so far off.  I hope you enjoy your Monday!  We plan to spend the day lounging and getting this place organized and ready for packing.

But before you run off, here's a fun project I came across and wanted to share with you.

Quite a while ago I spied this tutorial and thought it was the cutest little project.

 

You should click on over and check out Melissa's etsy shop and blog.  She is one talented lady!  Just look at some of the items in her shop...  Impressive, right?!

I had to make one of the felt houses in a hoop.  I just had to.  ;)  So I downloaded the patterns (and slightly enlarged them), cut my felt, inserted a piece of antique linen (passed down to me from my grandma; the linen was my great grandmother's) into the hoop, laid out my felt shapes, stitched all the pieces to the linen, and then added a little personal touch.  Whew!  Playing with the felt kind of reminded me of old-school Sunday school felt boards.  Remember them?  

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Anyways...

Recall the empty hoop that you saw hanging on the wall in this post; it served as a place holder until I could get around to this project.  I'm happy to say that it's finished.  Another project crossed off the project list.  Yay!

It adds a fun splash of color and reflects the pride that we have in purchasing our first house.  Don't mind my wonky little stitches.  I think they add character.

I modified the original house a bit by nixing the dormer and shortening the roof to better reflect the ranch style house we bought.  I think it turned out cute, though.  Whaddya think?

Have a lovely Monday!