play mat

Here’s the in-progress report for R’s play mat.  I’ve decided to make a few things simpler.  For instance I’m not going to piece in the sun rays, instead I have some ribbon the perfect color that I’ll sew on with some perl cotton.  Also in my original plan my road curved, yikes, not a feat I’m up for yet.  So I’m going with right angels, which so far I’m very happy with.  I’ve designed it by panels and each panel will have a different landscape.  I’m thinking we’ll have 6 panels total, each about 9 inches tall.  I’m shooting for about 40 inches wide, so far I’m only about 35 inches wide.  I’ll add on to the side soon.  I was too excited to start on the houses and trees to finish a hill.

Here I’m trying out the road with one of R’s trucks.  It fits just perfect.  And when we start have matchbox cars it should fit two cars, one on each lane.  I haven’t decided how to finish it yet.  If I’ll back it in fabric so it could double as a blanket, or felt so that it is more of a play mat.  I have plenty of time to think that over.  More houses in the next panel…I’m excited to get started on those.

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