Showing posts with label playscale furniture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label playscale furniture. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Loveseat Followup

After viewing a My Froggy Stuff tutorial on how to make a doll loveseat, I made one in playscale a few weeks back using textured felt found at Wal-Mart.  Images of the loveseat can be seen in a previous post.

My husband mentioned that he could make a matching chair for the loveseat.  So on a subsequent trip to Wal-Mart, I checked for and purchased additional quantities of the textured felt.

It took him several weeks to begin and another week or so to complete the chair, because he works at his own pace and on several projects at a time.  He is so unlike me in that area because I want my projects to end as soon as I start them, but sometimes haste does make waste.

As a reminder for him, I left the loveseat on the kitchen counter along with the doll he used to scale the chair.  They both remained there for several weeks before I discovered he had finally taken the felt into his work space to begin crafting the chair.

Once I knew he had begun his work, I pulled up the My Froggy Stuff video and asked him to come into the doll room to watch it.   "I don't need to watch a video," he insisted.

"Oh, just come watch it to see what she does," I urged.

Unrelenting, he firmly said, "I can do this."

So I politely stepped down

His chair is shown below followed by a trio of women gathered to discuss whatever.  I'll allow the reader to caption the second picture.
Playscale chair made by Husband to match the playscale loveseat I made several weeks ago.

Caption this (click to enlarge)
Kayla (seated on the left in the matching chair) is the doll that was seated on the loveseat on the kitchen counter until the chair was completed.  Perhaps she is saying, "No, he didn't need to watch a video; but ladies... I didn't think I'd ever make it back to the doll room."  Dayle listens attentively while Pop Life Christie gives Kayla a serious co-signing side glance (as if to say, Girl, I didn't think you would either).

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

I Made a Playscale Loveseat!

Facebook friend Renee R. messaged me with a link to the My Froggy Stuff Youtube video, "How to Make a Doll Loveseat/Sofa."  

With no immediate plans to make one, I stumbled upon some textured felt at Wal-Mart a few days after viewing the video and thought the pattern and color would look nice on a sofa for my playscale people.  I was also planning my participation in the So In Style Yahoo Group Spring Fling event to redress So In Style dolls in spring attire and share photos with other group members.  I thought the color of the felt would be perfect for a loveseat to use as a prop, if I completed it in time.

Well, I did.   I modified the instructions of the video to suit my preferences.  Below are images of the loveseat along with an image of one of my playscale couples to illustrate the scale:

Playscale loveseat using felt, cereal boxes, sponges, glue and double-sided tape -- the darker areas are where I was a little heavy with the glue.

Close-up image of back illustrates the textured felt.

So In Style Baby Phat Chandra and Michael Jordan illustrate the scale. (This is the MJ head by Cian that does not look like Michael Jordan, but he's just as handsome).

Of course it is not without flaws, nothing done the first time usually is.  I was surprised by my husband's approving comments after I showed it to him.

Me:  I made a loveseat (handing it to him).

Surprised, he held and inspected it and then said:  You did pretty good.

Me confessing:  The back is too tall; the cushions are not even, and I should have made pillows for the back...

Him:  Yeah, the sides could use a little more cushioning, too.  It was your first time. You'll do better next time.

Me:  There won't be a next time.  I just wanted to see if I could do it.

Him, thinking out loud, but wanting me to hear:  Oh Lord, now there won't be any room here.  First the dolls and now doll furniture.

Me:  Don't worry.  There won't be any of that.

And there won't.

In case you would like to try your hand at making a simple sofa/loveseat, here's the video:
 


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