Lyn
Annie has many robins in her garden and she now has hundreds of photos of robins! Looking at her photos inspired me to make my Robin Wreath. It has a diameter of 30cms (12″).
To make the wreath base I used a blue wet felted cord from my stash box ..
..but it wasn’t strong enough on its own so I made a wire cover for it by wrapping craft wire around a knitting needle..
..then stretching it out and threading the cord through it..
..then I made a hanging loop and wire branches for the robins to stand on.
Then on to needle felting a couple of robins. I used scraps of white felt as a base and I used photos of robins to get the outline. Then I started to ‘colour it in’ with needle felting.
I made the legs from black floristry wire and stitched them to the back of the robins.
The Christmas present was needle felted using 2 squares of scrap white felt one on top of the other then covered with yellow wool and embellished with a sparkly bead.
I had to photograph the Robin wreath flat on a table because I’ve run out of time for this blog post. I just have to make fairy stitches to the back of the robins and the present to attach them firmly to the wire branches so that I can hang it up.
Annie
I thought I’d like to make a wet felted Holly & Berries themed Christmas table runner so set about trying out a few ideas with different fabrics and prefelts.
Trouble is I enjoy playing too much so when the work of doing the real thing of setting out lots of pre-felt holly leaves and berries began..
..I ended up accidentally getting sidetracked by making a pair of pink wet felted stockings, then laying out another pair, this time one green, one purple, with longer cuffs that could be turned over if they work how I want them to (still in progress on the desk). The pink ones came out rather cute, but possibly do need some decoration.
I also started a bauble garland and some machine stitched shaped holly leaves! Any projects that I don’t finish in time for this Christmas will be finished by the new year then I’ll be well ahead for Christmas 2024 🙂