General Little House Build Question
Posted: Fri May 26, 2017 11:23 pm
Sometimes when I am thinking about building little houses, I ask myself, "What do Howard and others on the forum do in this situation?"
The cardboard that I get at work is 8.5" x 11" so almost always I make my patterns to fit this size cardboard. Do ya'll do that as a general rule? When I have one that is bigger than that, I usually make a separate back piece which has tabs on both sizes to fit in on each side with the seam facing the back. I wondered what others do with larger patterns.
I noticed that most of Howard's patterns do fit that size cardboard - certainly the recent Dolly houses do and most of the Pack O' Fun houses that I looked at. Is this a similar size to what the original Japanese makers used (if they were making a smaller house, I know it wouldn't apply to the Giant houses).
Lucy
The cardboard that I get at work is 8.5" x 11" so almost always I make my patterns to fit this size cardboard. Do ya'll do that as a general rule? When I have one that is bigger than that, I usually make a separate back piece which has tabs on both sizes to fit in on each side with the seam facing the back. I wondered what others do with larger patterns.
I noticed that most of Howard's patterns do fit that size cardboard - certainly the recent Dolly houses do and most of the Pack O' Fun houses that I looked at. Is this a similar size to what the original Japanese makers used (if they were making a smaller house, I know it wouldn't apply to the Giant houses).
Lucy