I recently came across this DIY miniature sewing room kit by Rolife and thought this was the perfect way to create a miniature filled with my all-time favorite Liberty London fabrics! The estimated time to put together this miniature kit was up to 28 hours which was daunting but I took the plunge and after probably 40 hours – here is my custom miniature sewing room with Liberty fabric.
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This is a picture of the box front with how the miniature is intended to look like but I made a ton of customizations which I’ll cover in this post in case you want to buy the kit and make your own custom version. Currently, Amazon Prime members get $10 off so it’s $30 instead of the normal $40.
I painted almost every piece of furniture in this kit because I didn’t like the original colors. I used craft smart matte paint I bought from Michael’s to paint the furniture. The walls were painted with vanilla, the dresser and bookcase with robins egg blue, and the yellow pieces were a mix of light yellow and white to create a pale yellow.
I had to use multiple coats to prevent the original color from coming through. To speed up the paint drying process I used this heat gun I had from old craft projects but you can use a hair dryer as well. The heat gun saved me so much time because I could put multiple coats in minutes rather than wait hours in between for the paint to air dry.
This video from MariaLazar and this one from Laurel Makes were very helpful on how to put the kit together because the instructions weren’t clear. A tip on finding the pieces for each furniture piece. Make sure to measure the pieces against the diagram because they look similar and you could accidentally use the wrong pieces. The videos helped immensely to figure out what order to glue the pieces together.
There’s a light that comes with the miniature and the instructions tell you to put the light mechanism on the bottom of the house. This makes it impossible to access without moving around everything to turn on the light. Instead, I ran the light along the backside of the house to make it easy to access the light switch without disturbing anything. The roof is not flush with the wall but it’s not noticeable from the front.
I created a custom red paper lamp shade ( idea I got from the Youtube video ) and love how it turned out when I turn on the light.
The original miniature used brown paper to make the fabric baskets but I covered mine with twine to make it more realistic. I used a miniature wooden crate I bought a long time ago to hold the bolts of fabric. The mannequin just had a yellow ribbon in the original but I created a Liberty dress instead. I also created curtains on both sides of the window and opted not to use the wire curtain rod as the instructions suggested.
I used leftover Liberty scraps to create these fabric bolts. If you want to create more bolts than what is included in the kit, use wooden skewer sticks and cut them the same length as the ones in the kit.
I used a combination of the glue included with the kit which was tackier and Elmer’s glue to put the furniture pieces together. You can use another type of glue you have on hand if you don’t have Elmer’s glue.
I used a curved pair of tweezers like the ones in this kit because the pieces were too small to handle with my fingers. I didn’t try the one included in the miniature kit which may be okay but the curved pair I used was extremely helpful.
Here are a few more views of the miniature from different angles.
To prevent dust from getting on the miniature I decide to also buy the Rolife dust cover. It was difficult putting the dust cover pieces together so I suggest taping down the connected sides so they don’t shift while you connect the rest of the pieces. This is how the miniature looks with the dust cover.
I spent more than 28 hours putting together this Rolife sewing room miniature but the finished result is worth the time spent. If you decide to make this miniature I would love to see how yours turn out. Thanks for reading and happy miniature making!
