The Irish Stone Cottage emerges from my murky basement craft room. My basement is not really murky, but it is my craft room. I've been working on this little house for about a week. I have a tutorial on making stone textures on little houses so, of course, I needed to make some stone houses. This is the first example that I have finished.
You can also find the pattern both in SVG and PDF formats for this house in the library as Design No. 45. Just subscribe to my newsletter to get the password for my free library.
Front view of the Irish Cottage with stone texture
This cottage will be a part of the Halloween Houses for Habitat fundraiser even though it's doesn't look like Halloween right now. The house is a little drab at this time, but it will be more colorful when I decorate it for fall with brightly colored fall leaves and pumpkins. And I can always perk up the base with more color. Maybe it needs a little walkway as well. Even though it is for the Halloween fundraiser, I don't intend to specifically decorate this little house for Halloween, I'd like to keep it for the fall season rather than specifically for Halloween.
I used the same pattern as the Irish St. Patrick's Day cottage as Design No. 45.
To avoid too much symmetry, I offset the door to one side for this house. The main thing I like about the door is how it is inset in the doorway because it adds a bit of extra depth. (Remember you can find the pattern the Paper Glitter Glue library as design no. 45.)
Right front view of the Irish Cottage
The roofline on the first Irish cottage was made by cutting individual shakes and gluing them to the roof. I made this stone cottage roof using the offcuts of one of the Tim Holtz Village rooftop dies. I just cut a line for each shingle and adhered the strip to the roof. It makes a much easier roof with a very similar effect.
View of the back of the cottage. The roof shingles were glued on in strips rather than as individual shakes on the previous Irish Cottage.
But the most appealing feature of the Irish Stone Cottage to me, anyway - it's the stone surface. I love the way it looks. It takes time, but I love this technique.
Stone texture on the Irish Cottage
Free Irish Cottage Pattern - Design No. 45 in the free library
I completed the PDF and SVG patterns for the Irish Cottage. They are available in my paperglitterglue library for free as design no. 45. Just sign up below to get access to the library.
Follow the detailed photos on how I made this house in the Stone Texture tutorial. You can also find a free PDF of the Stone Texture Tutorial in the library as well.
Once again, I found an online challenge I can enter - Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is "Anything Goes". I am happy to be able to enter at least one challenge with my project this week. I love to see what everyone creates for these challenges.
Thank you for stopping by. I love to hear from you. What are you creating this week?
Lucy
Basharat
Wonderful work I love the houses want to make all of them
Where can I find your video tutorials on the leprechaun house and others
Please do let me know
Basharat
Want to learn more about how to make the roof shingles and stones
Lucy
I make more of my shingles using my Cricut automatic cutting machine. But in the past I have made them by hand and by using Tim Holtz die cuts.
You can make shingles pretty easily by cutting long strips of cardboard or cardstock and then make small cuts for the shingles. That's the easiest way if you don't have a cutting machine.
Lucy
Here is my YouTube channel with all of my videos. I hope this helps you.
Paper Glitter Glue You Tube channel
Zora
Looking forward to learning more about the way to do the finish on the Irish cottage,. Also the roof shingles. Very exciting! Zora
Lucy
I hope you will try it. It's always been one of my very favorite houses.
Mary W
I can see rose bushes and the Duke and Maureen O'Hara sitting on a stone wall around it. Thank you for the lesson and the memories.
Mary
Laney
This house looks so nice! The recessed front door is a great realistic touch! And the roof is amazing.
Lucy
I think I'm going to add some red color to the door to make it pop! a little better. The roof was actually one of my simpler roofs because I didn't really have to piece it together. The roof width was less than 3 inches, the width of the die. So I just glued them on. I did paint the shingle strips several layers to get a color I liked.
Tamara Martin
I LOVE IT !!!
Lucy
Thank you, Tamara. I love to make little houses and it makes me happy to hear that other people like them as well. Thank you so much. Lucy
Lin Brandyberry
Oh what a delight! I love everything about it, and I hope you'll share it again when it is finally finished for fall! Thank you for playing with us at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!
Lucy
Thank you, Lin. I was so happy when I found that the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge was "Anything Goes" because there wouldn't be many challenges where this project would fit.
I will be sure to post it again when it is totally decorated.
Lucy
Loretta
Lucy, your sweet stone house is charming! Regarding curves, I thought of the tool used in dressmaking patterns, the French curve. It is a cross-over tool useful for various hobbies where equal curves are required. It is handy when designing hand bags, for instance, and anything that is to be curved and painted or cut. Perhaps I am preaching to the choir and have a favorite tool but I wanted to mention it. I am eager to read your tutorial on faux stone. Best to you.
Lucy
Loretta,
That is a brilliant idea. I know what you are talking about, but I've never used in my sewing since I mainly sew straight lines and don't make patterns. It is perfect for making this paper pattern. I will go out this afternoon and buy one. Eventually I hope to learn an online program for making, but it is tiresome to have to learn a new computer program.
Thank you so much for suggesting this. You have helped me a lot.
Lucy
Loretta
You are so welcome. JoAnn's (sp?) with a 40 or 50% coupon is just the thing! I am eager to hear how it works for you.
Best,
Loretta
Lucy
Loretta, I bought one. It helps so much for the patterns. Thank you.
Paula
Your work is amazing....God Bless your hands!!!
Lucy
Thank you, Paula.
Donny Marcellus
Very Cool!! I Love it!!
Lucy
Thank you, Donny.