'Tis the Season for a Playset

 I recently saw a nativity playset on one of my favorite channels. 

But I'm cheap and I wasn't quite willing to buy it yet. Then she had a birthday sale and I ended up getting it in a bundle set for less. Hey, hey!

I plan to make the variation which is a barnyard playset but this one gave me a chance to get my feet wet, so to speak.

I love that I had enough of this black dot fabric left from my Halloween table runner to make the bag from. It looks like a dark, starlit sky. 

I also used fusible fleece to make the bag stand up. Can't have your stable falling down around the baby Jesus.

The bag is just a basic lined drawstring although the instructions have you make the casing and attach it rather than sewing a casing into the top of the main bag.

The little people weren't too hard to sew.

 The tiny little boxed corners were probably the hardest part.

But stuffing them and keeping the rice weight in the bottom was a little tougher than in my pin cushions. 

I think I would have sewn around the faces more before putting them together. Some just have fusible web on the backs. And, just before I stuffed them, I tried to hand sew in a few strategic places so that they wouldn't come off.

I think it was also good to practice with this one. It's a little bit different making the square bottomed people and animals.

But I think they turned out quite cute. As I finished each one, Rugrat had to hold it and closely examine each one. I could certainly see little ones enjoying playing with it.