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Tutorial - Ledge Village Dormer House

Project Description:

The Ledge Village is series of 3D

buildings and accessories that can be
combined in a mix and match fashion to
build tiny villages on small ledges
around your home. The buildings are
thin, with all detail on the front so they
fit on small trim ledges. A growing
number of files for Ledge Village can be
found at 3dcut.com

This tutorial is for the Dormer House.

The Dormer House is a country farm
house with a dormer window in the
wing. It is a little more complex in
construction than the cottage, Greek
Revival or Two Story home.

Supplies Needed:
 Cutting File downloaded on 3DCuts.com
here
Your preferred adhesives

Glue Dots
Scor-Tape
Scotch Tape

Card Stock

Parts Sizes:

(For people importing into Cricut Design Space)

Complete Cutting file - all parts- 11.3428"

w x 12.5973 h.
Trees and fence are in separate
accessories files.

Steps for completing the 3-D Ledge Village

Dormer House project:

1. Download the cutting files for your cutting

machine from 3Dcuts.com.

2. Load the files into your cutting software

following the steps for your cutting machine.

3. Prepare the files:.

Click here for detailed steps on how to

use .SVG files on your Silhouette (with
Design Studio).
Click here for steps on how to use these
.SVG files in Design Space with your
Cricut Explore.
Each piece will fit on 8.5 x 11" card stock.
You will need to cut and paste the pieces
to different pages to cut. I cut the main
house from one piece of card stock and
all the others from another. The fence has
 been separated into a fencing file also
included.

4. Cut the files:

Paper colors are your preference. I like

the simplicity of the all white but others
have used a variety of card stock with
great results. The file is grouped together.
You can ungroup it in order to cut various
parts from different papers.
The windows and smaller details (like the
picket fence) require you to understand
how you cutting machine and blade best
cut details. I find working with a good
blade and mat and my Silhouette cut
settings set on Card stock with a blade of
3, a speed of 4 and a thickness of 24
works nicely.

5. Fold on all dotted fold lines.

Note each cut file has dotted lines. These

are fold lines.
Fold all the dotted lines inward except the
house inset going back to the wing and
the flaps on the dormer. Those fold in the
opposite direction. Don't worry if you can't
identify these places at the start. Just fold
all the dotted lines and they will easily fold
the other way when needed.

6. House Assembly
 Some general notes: I have constructed
many ledge houses over the years. My
adhesive preference is always choices
that keep my fingers dry and clean, but I
also want permanence. We all have
favorite adhesives and many work. For a
long time I used glue dots extensively and
many of the photos in this tutorial show
glue dots. I still use them in selective
places but I have combined them with
Scor-Tape. I especially like Scor-TApe
because I can apply it to the tabs but
LEAVE THE BACKING ON until I want to
position a tab. I find that I can be more
precise in placement using this technique.
I use fine point tweezers to peel off the
backing. This allows me to reach into a
seam and pull the backing off as I press in
place.

Place strips of Scor-Tape on all tabs on

the main building. Leave the backing on
the Scor-Tape.
You might want to wait on those around
the dormer until you understand which
sides get adhered.

6. Glue the platform house front together.

It is important to make square corners as

you build.
You start this house by positioning the
wing area and gluing it to the floor.
There are two small tabs on the floor
piece that go behind the wing. Peel the
backing off the Scor-Tape on these and
glue them into place working carefully to
align the jog in the front wall with the floor.
If not using Scor-TApe then just apply adhesive to two these tabs and adhere.

Peel the backing from the Scor-Tape on the tiny

tabs on the ends and glue the floor to the sides of
the front of the house.

Next fit the peak of the roof (NOT the

dormer) together and glue in place.
Fold all three fold lines on the house back
in the same inward direction.

Fold on the flaps on the dormer trying to

make it flat and tiny, then feed it up
through the slot on the roof area of the
house back.

Unfold the dormer flaps.

Glue the end triangle of the roof in place
using Scor-Tape.
Glue the house back in place.
Place glue dots along all tabs on the front that will hold the back in place.
If using Scor-Tape peel off the backing on those edges that hold the back in place.
Work carefully here in placement - the back does line up with the edges of the front.
It is important to keep things square.

Add a piece of scotch tape up the valley between

the two roofs. This will add strength to this area
and gets covered.
 The dormer flaps now
get attached to the front
of the roof piece. Use
Scor-Tape, glue dots or
scotch tape. These will
be covered and not
visible.

8. Add the cover roof

pieces.

Fold all the fold dotted

lines on the roof pieces.
Place the roof in
position before putting
any glue on it. You
made need to trim the
inside corner for a
better fit depending on
how your building went
together. On some I had
to trim and others I
didn't.
Once it fits adhere the
wing roof in place.
 Put glue dots on Scor-Tape on the
underside of the cover for the main peak
and glue that into place.

And do the same for the smaller peak

over the dormer window.

And your dormer house is complete!

Place on the ledge with other buildings from Ledge Village.

I use Blu Tak

or a similar
product to
attach to the
walls with a
material that
doesn't
damage the
wall and is
easy to re-
position.