About 10 months after the Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami disaster which devastated much of the coastline and surrounding areas of Northern Japan I read an open letter sent by Joni.Joni is an American who lives with her family near Tono in Iwate and although her family and home had survived, much of her community had taken a battering and her town had put up temporary housing for the tsunami survivors. Her letter details the conditions the survivors are living in, many have had little or no financial support from the government and not much from the large charities has come through. She notes that many of the survivors are in need of winter clothing as the temperature has dropped and those from the coast are not used to such cold conditions.Myself and many other people rallied round and sent Joni clothes and other items for her to distribute. You can read an interview with Joni here.She wrote back telling me how happy people were just to get a new sweater or trousers that fit and small gifts of tea or cookies were much appreciated. It got me thinking that for many of these people, for them to receive a letter just to let them know that we are still thinking of them is as important as warm clothes and physical comfort.

Please read the instructions carefully, I hope I have provided all the information that you need. If you have any questions you can leave them on the blog post or send me an email jojoebi.designs@gmail.com

This pattern is ©Jo Ebisujima of jojoebi designs 2012.Please do not sell items made from this pattern. If you are using the pattern for yourself then please make one extra and give it to someone who needs a bit of sunshine in their life.

Please mail your houses by February 21st so that I can collect them all and send them off to Joni before the 1 year anniversary on March 11th.

Little Houses Project

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Collect every thing you need...

Fabric for roof 27cm x 11cm (10.5” x 4.5”)Fabric for house 27cm x 13cm (10.5” x 5”)Template copied onto card and cut outRibbon 27cm (10.5”) for trim plus 12cm (4.5”) for hangerButtons and other trimmings to decorate with.Scrap pieces of fabric with fusible web ironed to the back for the door and window.StuffingNeedle and threadScissors/rotary cutter & rulerpen/fabric chalk

makethe littlehouse

takea

photo

emailphototo Jo

getmailing

addressfrom Jo

pack house &

letter in a ziplock

mailpack to

Jo

Jocollects

houses &sends to

Joni

Jonidistributeshouses &

letters

The process...

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Place pieces right side together, stitch along the long edge.

Open & press the seam. If you are adding ribbon sew it on now covering the seam.

Cut the fabric in half down the middle to make a front and back.

Cut out a window & door from the scraps. Appliqué them into place, add any other details you fancy.

Place the front & back on top of each other, right sides together, with the front of the house on top. Pin.

Put the template on top, align the line on the template with the seam.

1 2

3 4

5 6

blue fabric is the roof, pattern

side down

pink fabric is the house, pattern

side up

Draw around the template. Fold the ribbon in half and tuck it in to the top of the house with the raw edges sticking out. Pin in place.

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leaveopen

Sew on the line leaving on open section at the bottom for turning.

Turn right side out. Stuff until plump.Sew up the gap with invisible ladder stitch.

If possible, take a digital photo of your house on a white background.

Email the photo to Jo at jojoebi.designs@gmail.com withlittle house project as the subject.

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Jo will send you her mailing address. In the meantime put your letter & little house in a ziplock bag (this will make it easier for Joni to distribute as the letter and house will be kept together). Scribble a quick note with your name and email address so that I can let you know when the house arrives.

Write the Jo’s address on the envelope and please write Little House Project on the envelope too and then pop it in the post.

add your emailaddress &

name

LITTLE HOUSE PROJECT

AIRMAILJo’s houseon a streetin Japan

use ribbon or ric-rac as a

hanger

add acute button

decorate with cute ribbon

or ric-rac

button for a door knob, how

about a letterbox?

embroider some flowers,

a bicycle, a cat, laundry...

JAZZ IT UP...

use black stitching for the sketch book look

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align this line with the seam

Copyonto card

and cut out.

The window &

door template is not provided, the

houses will be more individual if you

design them yourself!

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