INSTRUCTIONS:
House
- Transfer house and chimney pattern to board of choice.
- Cut one house and chimney with craft knife or scissors. Cut openings of windows.
 - Remove protective paper from one side of adhesive. Cover one side of house and chimney with adhesive. Once the house and chimney are covered, do not pull protective paper from the second side of adhesive. If using double sided tape, do not overlap adhesive edges.
- Trim excess adhesive from all edges of house, window openings and chimney.
- Measure and cut 1 yard of white single fold bias tape.
- Cut entire length of bias tape at folded edge with pinking shears to create sculptured siding. Set aside.
- Turn house, adhesive side up, on work surface.
- Peel back protective paper along bottom edge of house to expose approximately 1" of adhesive.
- Place banana bias tape over adhesive, aligning the folded edge of tape with the bottom edge of the house. Allow the tape to extend beyond sides of house approximately 1/4". This is the first row of "siding".
- For next row of siding, lay a second row of bias tape onto adhesive, even with and slightly overlapping the first row.
- Continue to peel back protective paper from adhesive and apply banana bias tape to house for a total of 8 rows (see illustration 1).
- Next, place 2 rows of white sculptured siding onto house (see illustration 1).
- Continue to cover house with 7 rows of banana, 3 rows of sculptured, 3 rows of banana and 5 rows of sculptured (see illustration 1).
 - Turn house over, wrong side up, and trim all excess bias tape from house edges, window openings and roof lines with craft knife or scissors (see illustration 2). Turn house over to right side.
- Cut two strips of white bias tape the length of the sides of the house, from roof line to foundation (approximately 5").
- Fold bias tape strips in half the long way and finger press.
- Glue folded bias tape to side edges of house (half on front and around to the back) to cover raw ends of bias tape and cardboard.
- Cut 2 strips of white single fold bias tape the length of the sides of the roof line (approximately 5").
- Follow steps 16 and 17 to finish edges of roof.
- Glue window and door appliques to front of house (see photo).
Chimney
- Cut 2 strips of brick bias tape approximately 4" long.
- Lay brick bias tape over adhesive on chimney the long way. Butt long edges together.
- Wrap excess bias tape around edges of chimney and glue down.
- Draw bricks on chimney with a fine point marker.
- Glue chimney to back of roof (refer to photo for placement).
- Glue white flowers to three corners of roof.
Flower boxes
 - Cut 5 pieces of green bias tape using illustration 3 as your guide.
- Glue flower boxes underneath each window (see photo).
- Glue three flowers over each window box (see photo). Mix white and yellow flowers.
- Enjoy!
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Bias Tape Village Victorian House
