Tiny, Tiny Houses

I wanted to show you how I did my hangers for the Denham Show that hung in February.

About 4 years ago I started using up the small scrap pieces that were overwhelming my room.  (the houses didn't do much for paring it down, the flood did that!)

The houses consist of some really small pieces.  They are paper pieced, but about 3 years ago I bought a stamp that marks the pieces and you just cut them out.  Ingenious.

I love the scrappiness of the houses.  I love the tiny-ness of the houses.  They finish at 3 inches!

I wanted some small pieces for the show and thought they would make a dramatic statement.  So I took the blocks and used a large basting stitch to add the back.






I found some yardsticks at Lowe's for 96 cents each.  They are made from balsa wood so they are light and easy to cut to size.

I put a hanging sleeve on the back that just fits the yardstick.  Hand stitching, of course.

Then Frank added the metal eye hooks and picture wire.  However, in my opinion it makes the top part of the piece stick out from the wall too far.  So my better idea is to just put a hole in the yardstick on each end and use either the picture wire or heavy fishing twine.

Now that the show has been taken down I will take the back off the blocks and return them to their waiting state.

The quilt was supposed to be one tiny house block a day for 365 days...………...