Playhouse

 

I found this tutorial for a felt playhouse about two years ago.  Over the summer, Joanna unwisely volunteered to help me make three of them for the oldest four of our granddaughters.  They turned out really cute.  Joanna did all the hard sewing; I made the fruits and vegetables.  She was happy with how they turned out and so am I.  And I think the girlies like them.  (It goes over a card table, if that's not obvious.)  The top picture is the front.  The door is like a flap that lifts up.  You can open the mailbox to put letters in.  You can pick apples from the trees, flowers from the window boxes, carrots, corn and lettuce from the garden.  The windows have mesh behind them so it looks like screen.

 

I think this might be my favorite side.  On the original pattern, there was a dog and doghouse, but I didn't want that.  I wanted a cat.  So Joanna designed and made this cat modeled after a cat we used to have.  On the other side of the bush is a little mouse.  

 

So, between Joanna and Sarah, they accomplished all my sewing projects for Christmas.  Thanks, girls!