Minis By the Minute!

Well. Maybe not by the minute, but a couple of hours will do it.

I set myself a challenge this morning. I decided to see how fast I could put together a passable mini from the largest one of those boxes and whatever I had on hand...

I always have an excess of wallpaper and sometimes windows.

I found a couple of pieces of finished wicker and I was off and running!

I decided to use a piece of illustration board for the back.  That took up less space than foamcore.

I found some wallpaper that would go with the bassinet and went to work.

I cut the board to the size of the back of the box.  I simply laid the box on the board and traced the opening.  Then I finally found a use for some Wallpaper that I bought from the shop that I was working at in 1982!  I guess you could call that vintage wallpaper.  I don't eve know if the "House that Jack Built" company, that produced it is still in business.  They made their paper in a rather strange shape and it was hard to find a use for it without a lot of seams.  The print wasn't even wide enough to fill the back of the box.  I had to over lap the left side.  I figure that that part wouldn't show too much, behind the bassinet.

 I cut a hole in the back of the box the size of the window.  Then I went and found a background shot for behind it.

After I got everything put together, I went around and gathered some things that would work in the box... I am not sure about the doll, the dog or the pillow, but they were good to fill the photo.

I might do some more to it later.  The window is a bit bare and it needs a different rug.

I finished off the edges of the box with braid and called it finished for the moment. 

Now I can go back to the bag that I was working on without a guilty conscience. Back to the needle and thread.

See you tomorrow.