Felt
Hard as it is to believe the blog here has been on the go for a year, the first post being made on 27th December 2008. I think we’ve both come a long way since then both in terms of style and approach! The blog was initially conceived as a venue for sharing our arts [...]
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later … that’s right the spirit of Christmas has finally caught up with me, almost. Anyway, in preparation for it’s imminent arrival I felt compelled to make some decorations, contrary to my usual ‘bah humbug!’ approach to Christmas!! Actually, it wasn’t just me, Jolene started it with [...]
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You’ll need: printer paper sharp needle sharp scissors 6″ x 4″ piece of felt 36″ of 6 stranded embroidery thread stuffing Stitches used: Blanket Lazy Daisy Instructions: Click on the pattern below and print and cut it out. It’s sized to A4 so you’ll need to make sure your page size is set to [...]
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For those who don’t know DeviantArt is a massive online artists community which spans the globe and contains the work of many thousand artists and crafters, amateur and professional alike. I recently came across Karolina’s work while browsing through the submission feed and I’ve got to say it simply knocked my socks, her gallery is fabulous. [...]
Jolene has been experimenting with some different fabric for her felt finches and come up with these wee charmers. On the one hand we have a wee tartan or light tweed fellow and on the other we have an adorable little fluff ball, incredibly soft to the touch made out of a deep polar fleece. [...]
Continue reading about Fabric Finches ~ an alternative to the felt bird
This week I’ve been working on some commissioned felt birds. These ones are a departure from the ones in the shop in that they are made from 100% wool felt and if these are typical of the results to be gained from spending a few extra pennies up front, I think I’ll be using 100% [...]
Over the past few weeks I have been busy with a couple of commissions and finalising a new idea for Christmas tree decorations. I’m reserving the commissions for a post of their own because they took me so long that they deserve a gold plaque, never mind their own post! I know it seems too [...]
A while ago now onecrazywoman contacted me with the proposition to swap dotee dolls. She is making me a dotee doll with a Texan theme and I am making her a dotee doll with a Scottish theme. I’ve been making this doll on and off now for the past month and finally last night I [...]
The little owl has been floating about for a while and I was surprised he’s not featured in a previous blog entry, he’s made out of ecospun felt, with recycled polyester stuffing, and old buttons. I think he’s a rather cute wee fellow, especially with the little ‘o’ embroidered on the front. With luck Jolene will [...]
Continue reading about Little felt owl and a few mini plant pot ornaments
I’ve been going through some of the things that we made for the last craft fayre and came across these gorgeous felt birds that Jolene made over the space of a few days when we realised that our stock on some fronts was limited and that some of that limited stock was being snapped up [...]
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