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felt fairy house (wip)

2009 September 9
by 5 Orange Potatoes

This little felt house is not a WIP exactly, because it’s already done. However, I will be making a couple more for the Little Ladies come holiday time. I made this fairy house 5 years ago for Fauna’s wee folk. I LOVED making wee folk back then but grew a little tired of wrapping chenille stems with floss and had to take a break. Lately, the girls have been asking for more. Fauna wants a fairy family (I can’t believe I haven’t made a fairy set, I was obsessed with trees at the time and made a maple family, oak family and sweet gum family) and Araina wants a ladybug family. So it’s time, once again, to start wrapping chenille stems and to dig out the pattern I made for this little house.

fairy house

I loved designing this little house with the leaf roof and the flowers growing on the sides. My handsewing skills have really improved since 5 years ago so the whole process of the wee folk and the felt house should come easier this time around. 

felt fairy house

29 Responses
  1. Faith Lennox permalink
    October 31, 2010

    May I please have a copy of the pattern for this tree? My daughter would LOVE it for our Nature Table. Faith

  2. September 13, 2009

    that is fantastic!
    nicola
    http://whichname.blogspot.com

  3. September 12, 2009

    What a cozy little fairy house. So sweet! I love the leaf roof!

  4. September 12, 2009

    So very sweet Lisa : )

  5. September 11, 2009

    Oh, that is so adorable!

  6. September 11, 2009

    Your work is much inspiring! We have never tried to work with felt before, I think now the time has come to do it. The fact is, I don’t love sewing at all, but looking at this, mumble mumble…
    Both of my boys love fairis, elves, gnomes, trolls and all that, you know :)

  7. September 10, 2009

    Oh, how wonderful! My son has a family of tomtens that would like this!

  8. September 10, 2009

    That looks very fun! I would love to crawl in there right now and take little snooze!

  9. September 10, 2009

    Lisa!! That’s too gorgeous! I love it so much. Perhaps I should have a try at making one for K… she’d LOVE it.
    Blessings and magic.

  10. September 10, 2009

    It’s absolutely beautiful, Lisa! I reminds me of a little cloth tree house I played with as a kid with little squirrel people!

  11. September 10, 2009

    Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. The pancake was actually a corncake. It was tasty made with red peppers and scallions.

  12. September 10, 2009

    Very cute, Lisa. I May just have to try something like this someday…when my craft to-do list is just a little shorter.

  13. September 10, 2009

    very whimsical…like it very much.

  14. September 10, 2009

    We are obsessed with wee folk, too! I love this idea. Thank you for sharing another one of your inspirational creations! :)

  15. September 9, 2009

    Oh my goodness, that is absolutely adorable!

  16. September 9, 2009

    That is beautiful! I used to make fairies and gnomes, and the fairies had fleece dresses that needed combing and combing to get just right … and the gnomes required delicate stitching … oh goodness, I’m almost glad my dd grew out of them! But I never made anything as clever as this tree. And I never saw anyone else do so either. You make me itch for my felt stash again …

  17. September 9, 2009

    Darling! I would love to see your Wee Folk.

  18. September 9, 2009

    Your feltiness always amazes me!

  19. September 9, 2009

    So cute!! I’m thinking I’ll have to make a couple for our fairy table (used to be my coffee table) Great job, I’m sure the girls love it. I wish we lived closer so our kiddos could have playdates while we worked on crafts and sipped tea….sigh.

  20. Jane permalink
    September 9, 2009

    Very sweet little house. I know what you mean about the Wee Folk. I used to make them and then got tired of wrapping those pipe cleaners too. I have one that I was making that’s just sitting in a bag unfinished. I’m thinking about trying them out again this fall though.

  21. September 9, 2009

    Because I didn’t have enough things to make the little one for Christmas! :D Lovely house and I cannot wait to see more from you!

  22. September 9, 2009

    This is such a sweet fairy house.

  23. September 9, 2009

    That is darling…more precious than anything I’ve seen in Magic Cabin!!

    Benjamin set up a little fairy table in a corner of our flower bed the other day. He found a dried up mushroom “cup” and filled it with hibiscus seeds for them to snack on; he also gave them a few nasturtium seeds. The hibiscus seeds were missing the following morning, but they didn’t care for the nasturtium–perhaps too peppery!

  24. September 9, 2009

    What a lovely fairy house!!!

  25. September 9, 2009

    That is so cute!

  26. September 9, 2009

    I think you could sell them. hint, hint. Cali would adore it. I HAVE GOT TO LEARN TO SEW! :)

  27. Sybil permalink
    September 9, 2009

    Woooow! I LOVE this! Ya knowww, I have a birthday coming up next month! Speaking of which, Natalie has most of Fauna’s birthday present with her in Ohio right now. I am WAY busy catching up now while they’re gone!

  28. September 9, 2009

    Sigh – I love this! I’ve been thinking about little peg people – I wonder if I would lose my mind creating something like this for them to live in?

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