I chose a few felt pieces to make things from recently. One was a piece I made about 3 and a half years ago, it was my first attempt at a plaid-inspired piece:
I thought I could improve it by adding some machine stitching, so I just added a few straight lines and some zig-zg stitches. A couple of strips looked too plain so I added some offcut strips, then sewed it up into a book cover:
The strap is removable, this is the front:
This is the back:
And, opened out without a book inside:
The other 2 pieces were texturey nuno pieces. They were planned to be the right size for coin purses. I was going to make them my usual way, of cutting out and blanket stitching, but I thought the first piece was a bit too ‘grungey’ for neat stitching:
And when I got the other piece to cut up I thought the same thing:
So, instead I just cut one piece for the inside pocket, and tried to keep the natural edges, just folded and stitched. This is the ‘antiquey’ looking one:
I tried a button, but I think it’s too new:
Inside:
The bluey green nuno I made this from is one of my favourite pieces that I’ve made. It made a nice purse too:
Open:
There are so many colours and textures:
Sometimes it seems like a cycle of just making lots of felt, then making lots of things from felt!
