Annie

Recently I decided to make a wet felted pod, I haven’t made a pod for quite some time so it was interesting to go through the process.  Then I made another one.  I didn’t really love the colours of the pinky yellow one, I’ve been more drawn to greens and blues for a while so I made a “woodland” inspired one that I like much more.  But I think I need 3, so am planning to make a purple one, with perhaps some yellowy orange accents.

Pods are a really nice thing to make, they don’t take long and people always seem to love them, they are very tactile. Also they look good with a plant in which always helps!

I also have been making felt flowers, but the idea has been to make them as quickly as possible and with limited materials and as simple a technique as possible.  I was asked if I’d do a felt flowers workshop, but only a couple of hours long, and of course people who have never made felt before would love to go home with a finished item!

I’ve made several and I think they are pretty good, hopefully at a level that workshop beginners would enjoy making.

Trouble is that now I’m thinking oooooh I’d like to play with this more and make bigger and more flamboyant flowers and ooh praps I can add more fabric, and what about paint!? etc etc.

I made one with a stem and I also found in my “UFO” box a bright 3 petal flower that I made probably years ago.  But it has interesting possibilities!

I’m halfway through spring beads but they aren’t as exciting as these flowers now, and I’ve got another trees picture on the go.

Lyn

Recently my ‘playing with textiles’ has mostly been unexciting (think curtains etc) so I have only managed to achieve a few greeting cards using scraps of felt.

If you are thinking of using your felt scraps to attach to cards, I’ve got a top tip because felt doesn’t adhere very well to other surfaces! Cut a piece of paper to the same shape, but 2mm (0.08″) smaller all around, as your scrap felt that you want to attach to card.  Hand stitch the paper shape to the reverse of the felt shape using stitches that don’t go all the way through the felt then cover the paper shape with double sided sticky tape. The felt will then attach to the card permanently.

Here are some felt stars cut from scrap felt and used to make a card – perhaps good for a male birthday.