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...………...
Those h[uses are unique.
ReplyDeleteThose are tiny houses! You are lucky that they didn't get washed away in the flood.
ReplyDeleteThe tiny houses are adorable. I wouldn't have the attention span to one of the same thing every single day for a year either.
ReplyDeleteJust a few houses make a bigger statement than 365 of them (which would be overwhelming). I've used pencils in small sleeves and laid the ends on two pushpins (great system for the cubicle at the old office). Yardsticks are flatter though.
ReplyDeletethese make me think that you could do a tiny house quilt with the history of the flood in it... with each square depicting a different image - the water rising, the Cajun Navy arriving, the giant pile of trash, the camper, the dogs........ people would find it interesting - don't know how it would feel to relive it, but i guess it is with you always.......
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