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A home for Christmas

We had so much fun building a home for our Tilda friends using what we found around the studio.
The house in it self is an old cupboard and although the ceiling is a bit low it works perfectly.

Quirky is good in our opinion, and everything doesn’t  have to be the perfect size.
This is such a great project to create with kids, and Tilda friends are approved for children all ages.
Why not start looking for the perfect vintage cupboard house and small quirky items. Perhaps your Tilda Friends will have a home for Christmas.

Oh, this would actually be a perfect Christmas calendar project for a lucky child, receiving one small item a day. Why didn’t we think of that before….

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The cake is made out of the bottom of a plastic cup, first covered with fabric and then decorated with ribbon buttons and pieces of striped straws as candles.
The doll quilt and tablecloth is sewn using 2,5 in squares.
An old stool is the perfect table, and eggcups perfect doll cups. The kitchen counter is a Tilda fat quarter box turned on the side.

Maybe you can find a tiny Christmas tree outside, use oasis to put it in an old porcelain cup and decorate with purls buttons and ribbon. It’s easy to get a bit carried away, you might need a bigger cupboard or a wardrobe.

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Clamshell Cushion

It’s always nice to find ideas on how to use those fabric scraps left over from other projects and Red Brolly’s clamshell cushion is just perfect.

Notice how several leftover pieces are sewn together on some of the clamshells. That way all the smaller scraps can be used for this project, and we think it makes the cushion more interesting.
A really sweet and useful scrap project.

Check out Red Brolly’s sweet Peach Blossom Cushion tutorial.

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Butterfly Wings

Awww, how cute! Wife-Made‘s butterfly wings, we should have posted this one before Halloween, but you can always make them for next year, or for any dress up event. So adorable!

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Sewing Kit House

Sedef from Down Grapevine Lane has recreated the Sewing Kit House from the book Tilda’s Toy Box in this seasons new fabric collections Cabbage Rose and Memory Lane. Very pretty!

If you love sweet projects and colorful palettes go and check out her blog!

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Quilt inspiration!

Tilda Australia used two of our free quilt patterns to make fresh new quilts with the new autumn fabrics. The retro inspired Spring Diaries Quilt and the Pardon My Garden diamond Quilt.

They really look great in Cabbage Rose and Memory Lane fabrics!

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More amazing quilt inspiration with new Tilda fabrics in this collage of details from quilts by: Stitch Between The Bridges, Cole & Taffy, My Georgie Boy and She Quilts A Lot.
Absolutely wonderful!

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