Playden

I thought it was about time I posted some pictures of the Playden I made back in March.  I can't claim the concept of this den as my own - it came about from a passing comment made by my best friend Ele.  She happened to mention seeing a feature in a magazine about making a wendy house to fit your own dining table.  Having thrown the magazine away[!] the conversation moved onto something else and I forgot all about the idea.
A few months later, my thoughts returned to the idea of the wendy house and I decided to have a go at designing my own.  The idea was to make a den that would fit easily over a table using the structure of the table for support and shape - like a table cloth with sides that could be easily packed away into a tote bag so that could be stored in a small space.
Another friend of mine has 2 little girls and so I decided that she could be my chief tester.  I decided to try my hand at a bit of applique on this project which I have to say for a first attempt worked well - but ooh was it time consuming.

My grand plan was to make some more of these for my ETSY shop but in all honesty it took so long to make that it's not realistc whilst working full time as well.  So for now this remains one of a kind being enjoyed by 2 happy little girls.