What do you do when you find awesome Ikea House Fabric?
You make little houses of course!
As soon as I saw this “Britten Hus” fabric I was inspired to make little houses and after I sewed these little guys up – I was in love! They are the cutest squishiest little houses. I wanted to select a fabric for this first version that was a soft girly fabric that would balance out the stark dark lines in the house drawings. I was able to find 5 or 6 prints in Robert Kaufman’s “London Calling” line and they were perfect. This line was obviously inspired by Liberty of London and was perfect for my needs. It was soft in pinks, purples, and blues and was very girly. I also found two additional prints that I thought really went with this London Calling including a really adorable plaid that went surprisingly well. (You’ll see it on the roof of the house to the left above.)
Usually, I make the baby quilt and then make the softies to go along with it but, in this case I made the softies and had to make a quilt to match. I got the idea to make a quilt that could be used to play with the houses on. But, I didn’t want it to obviously scream “play mat”. I wanted it to be a nice graphical design that with a little imagination could be a road that you would of course put houses on the sides of. So, this is my first take on this. It’s just the quilt top but, I think I like it. For some reason I keep thinking of the Yellow Brick Road from the Wizard of Oz so I am thinking about naming this the “Not So Yellow Brick Road”. OK, that may be a little cheesy. Anyhow, here are a few extra shots, let me know what you think!
