Vintage

Clothes Peg

I felt that the miniature nursery needed some miniature clothes. The nursery theme collection that Chris and Tracey had chosen for the real nursery has a clothes peg. I decided that this clothes peg would be the perfect addition, especially since the room box isn't big enough to include a closet.

I chose a 3/4 inch wooden circle and a strip of wood the same thickness. I didn't look close enough to see that the strip of wood was actually a piece of baseboard. 

I cut the circle in half and glued on half to the wooden strip. After painting the edges, I glued the paper sticker that I made out of an image of the blue pattern used on several items to the clothes peg.. Next I cut out the whimsical character that I printed on a white label and glued to the clothes peg. 

Next I drilled two holes 3/32 in diameter and glues the pegs into the holes after painting the pegs green and allowing to dry. Again, it was hard to match the colors exactly.

Clothes

Now that we have a clothes peg in the nursery, we need some clothes in various places. I decided to start with a hat. I haven't decided where to place it but as I make more items, I'll find the proper place.

I used Aida 16 count cross stitch canvas to form the hat. After cutting into pieces, I searched for items that I could use to "form" the hat. I used a clothes pin, peg with ball end, and a dry erase marker for the forms. First, wet the canvas and mold around the "forms" and tight in place with a bit of wrapped wire. Allow the "hats" to dry. After they are dry, remove the wire and trim the "brims" according to the type of hat you are making. I used 1/16 inch pink ribbon and a small rose to trim the hats .

Now for clothes. I decided on a hot pink jumper and a undershirt with dots and lace. I added some more decorations to the jumper by sewing two seed beads for buttons and using embroidery stitches and yellow seed beads, I decorated the front of the jumper.