Storybook Lane

Plush House Pattern

by Kelly Lee-Creel

Featuring the Storybook Lane fabric

collection available from Andover Fabrics

Plush House

Sewing Pattern by Kelly Lee-Creel

Storybook Lane Fabric Collection available from Andover Fabrics

BEFORE YOU CUT: Be sure to use the provided templates and measurements when cutting out the Storybook Lane
houses. The fabric house pieces are printed with bleed, so cutting them out as printed and sewing them together
will not produce desirable results.

CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS
FABRIC

YARDAGE

Finished Size: 5 1/4'' tall x 7'' wide x 3 1/2'' deep

CUTTING

Fabrics:
Storybook Lane Panel

1 panel

Cut 2 walls (7 3/4 x 6 3/4). Cut 2 houses using the template.

Coordinating fabric for base

fat quarter
or scrap

Cut 1 base (7 3/4 x 4 1/4).

1/2 yard

Cut 4 rectangles (7 x 3 1/2). Cut 2 houses using the dotted lines on

the template.

Interfacings:
Heavyweight Interfacing
(such as Timtex, 20 wide)

Notions: Polyfil or stuffing

Tools: Tailor's chalk or fabric marker, chopstick (optional), hand sewing needle and thread, ruler, cutting mat & rotary cutter (recommended)

SEWING THE HOUSE

1. Transfer dots to the wrong side of the house pieces using chalk or other temporary marking tool. All seams
should be sewn right sides together with a 3/8 seam allowance unless otherwise noted.
2. Stay stitch the bottom edge of 1 of the exterior walls by sewing a line of stitches 1/4 from the bottom. Sew
the 2 exterior walls together along the top edge. Press your work.
3. Sew 1 of the house pieces to one of the walls beginning at the base and stopping when you reach the dot
(figure 1). Back-stitch, clip threads, and remove the work from your machine. For best results, do not simply
pivot your needle at each corner. Sew the next section, beginning at the dot and stitching to the top of the
roofline (figure 2). Continue down the other side of the house until you reach the bottom.
figure 1

figure 3

stitch base

wall

roof seam

roof seam

house

wall

sew from dot

to top of roof

wall

ho
us

sew from base

of house to dot

figure 2

wall
opening
stay stitching

4. Repeat for the other house piece.

5. Sew the base into the bottom of your work along both short edges and the long edge without the stay
stitching. Clip corners, turn, and press. Use a needle or chopstick to gently push out the corners to get a crisp
shape.
2012 Kelly Lee-Creel. All Rights Reserved. This pattern is for personal use or personal sale only. Projects are not to be
commercially produced or sold.

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SEWING THE STRUCTURE

1. Stack 2 interfacing rectangles on top of one another
and top-stitch around all 4 sides. This is the double base.

2. Sew the double base to the long edge of 1

of the rectangles using a zig-zag stitch (figure
3). Butt up the 2 pieces next to one another
and allow the zig-zag stitch to straddle the 2
pieces of interfacing (figure 4).
figure 3

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lo
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ce

figure 4

3/
8
se
a

base

(double thickness)

3. Sew the following

shapes into a ring
using a zig-zag stitch:
1 rectangle, 1 house
piece, 1 rectangle,
and 1 house (figure 5).
Trim the bottom
edges if necessary to
make sure they are
even.

Cut 2 from fabric.

Cut 2 from interfacing on
dotted lines.

grainline

STORYBOOK LANE
House Template

2012 Kelly Lee-Creel. All Rights Reserved. This pattern is

for personal use or personal sale only. Projects are not to be
commercially produced or sold.

figure 5

half walls

base flap

FINISHING YOUR WORK

7. Insert the interfacing structure into the
house. Stuff the house with polyfil or stuffing.
8. Fold down the interfacing base flap. Press
under the raw edges of the fabric by 3/8 along
the opening, and slip-stich closed.

USING THE STORYBOOK LANE PANELS

Understanding
the Illustrations
fabric

(right side)

fabric

(wrong side)

You may find it easier to trace the templates onto clear template plastic before you begin. Try using the base of the
front doors, fences, and potted plants as a guide. Line up the bottom of your template 3/8 below these motifs.

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