Monster High Sofa and Chair

“Mum! Mummy!! MUMMY!!!! My Monster High dollies need a place to sit down. Would you please make them a gothic sofa and a couple of chairs?”

And there it was. Piper put out her request to the universe (that would be me) and together we looked at gothic sofas and chairs on the internet for ideas. Piper spied some immediately and squealed enthusiastically, “There! Those are EXACTLY what my dollies want!! They told me they want that sofa and those 2 chairs.”

I am pretty sure I have never heard Piper’s dollies speak any sort of language, let alone request gothic furniture, but I did not want to let them or Piper down. How hard could it be to whip up some cute doll furniture? Ha! The website where my 9 year old Piper-girl got her gothic doll furniture inspiration was rather interesting. It came from here. I am sincerely hoping that if Piper’s Monster High dolls are speaking, that they are not informing Piper of what the sofa is actually meant for by listing sexual positions or fetishes. The dollies can enlighten Piper after I am dead and buried.

Monster High living room.

So, with glue in hand, Piper and I dove into my fabric stash and our recycle box for all of the materials. I just want to make one thing clear…Piper took more of a “management” position with this project, but she helped as much as she could. I did not want her to slice a finger off with the X-acto knife nor burn her remaining fingers with the hot glue gun. That would be bad for her violin career. I took one several for the team on this project.

Piper helped me cut and assemble the doll furniture out of cardboard, batting, and fabric.

Piper filled the base of the sofa and 2 chairs with rice to keep them from being tippy. The last thing we needed were dollies taken to the ER due to a negligent contractor.

I tufted the cushions.

Piper helped cut out the batting fabric for the back of the sofa and chairs. Santa had given Piper the excess fabric from when SHE made the Monster High coffin.

We cut out gargoyle wings and tails and then spray painted them to look like stone.

It is now starting to come together and look like a sofa.

Piper decided to add jewelled trim. Brilliant idea. I glued all the pieces together.

Once again, I dove into my recycle box and retrieved several toilet paper tubes. I cut them down to size for the bolsters and glued circles at the ends. Then I covered them with batting and fabric.

Piper sewed tiny cushions.

Gothic sofa…finished!

I love the red and purple cushions.

Gothic chair…finished!

This little project took almost a week to complete, but they turned out terrific. Both Piper and her Monster High dollies are thrilled.

 

 

 

Mermaid-Fairy Tail Tutorial

Over the years, Piper has been asked many questions over and over about her hair: How long is it? Has it ever been cut? What kind of hairstyles does Mummy do on your hair? This leads me to share some of the hairstyles I have created for her and a tutorial on one of them.

Piper loves her hair braided best of all, but she puts up with my crazy notions of various hairstyles.

These variations of a classic bun allows for Piper to play pirates without having her hair get in the way.

Piper’s hair is long enough to do several braid varieties. 

This Mermaid-Fairy hair tutorial was requested by someone who could never imagine braiding their daughter’s hair in something as intricate as a 6-stranded braid. When I explained how I did it for Piper, she implored me to share it on my Blog. Well, here goes nothing…

I separated Piper’s hair down the middle of her back in order to braid it.

After I made 2 separate braids, I pulled a little hair out of each braid out so that the plait was widened.

When both braids were widened, I attached the ends together with an elastic.

I flossed a piece of ribbon through a darning needle and then proceeded to stitch the 2 braids together.

Piper wanted her beloved red butterfly clip, so I put that in her hair. The result looks like a very intricate Mermaid-Fairy tail.

I could not resist one last photo of Piper.  She is perfectly happy playing in the backyard while sporting her monster truck jammies and flip-flops. I love the added touch of her hair rolled in foam curlers. This photo will probably haunt her later on in life and require therapy.