Thursday 27 December 2012

Felt Felt and More Felt.



I am not sure what it is about felt but I just can't seem to get enough of it. For the past three Christmas seasons I have been spending many of my crafting hours turning out felt tree ornaments and this year was no different. Inevitably close to Christmas I become a little tired of working with the material and usually hang up the embroidery floss for a few months....but not this year. Last night as Paul and I were heading home from Christmas merriment I started thinking about a few new projects and have seem to have caught my felting second wind.

                                          
Here is the first creation, thinking with a bit of velcro or a nice wood button it makes a lovely eye glass case or small carrying bag to tuck into a handbag. It was also an excellent exercise in learning the 'blanket stitch' - something I have wanted to start incorporating into my crafts for a long time. If you forgot how to do it (as I did) here is a great tutorial from Future Girl.