Playing with Felt

I enjoy just being able to play around in my craft room. I had borrowed this beautiful book on making pincushions from my mum, so I had a go at making some... which led me to adapting ideas and creating a little trinket box. I have limited embroidery skills as I have not done it since primary school, so I have just been teaching myself and trying out some ideas. I find that ideas lead onto further ideas and more play. Some of the ideas work, and some don't.

Felt Heart Decoration

I cut out some basic heart shapes: 2 x same size, and 1 smaller heart; and some felt flowers and tiny circles for the centre of the flower.

I laid the smaller heart and felt flowers over the larger heart then sewed them on.

I then sandwiched a ribbon in between the two white heart pieces and sewed it together to finish.

Caravan

I saw the felt caravans on Pinterest. To make the caravans, I cut out two caravan shapes out of felt; a fabric rectangle for the door, and smaller squares/rectangles for the windows. I then traced around the top of the caravan to get the shape for the top piece, and cut out of fabric. I added ric rac for details, and a button for the wheel.  

Needlefelted Toadstools

I tried making miniature needlefelted toadstools in a macadamia nut shell. Still deciding on what to do with it. Perhaps it could go in an indoor fairy garden. 

Needlefelted Hearts

I just made basic needlefelted hearts (The Magic Onions have a wonderful easy tutorial on how to make needle felted hearts. which is how I learnt). I added tiny flowers to the hearts once I had finished. Flowers can be added by wrapping a tiny bit of wool roving around your little finger, pull off and stab into place. Get an even smaller piece of roving in a different colour; roll between your fingers to create a ball; and stab in the centre of your flower.

 Pincushions

I had some old teacups in the cupboard which are pretty but I never use; so I repurposed them with the help of a gorgeous book on making pincushions. I added ribbons, felt flowers and beads to decorate.

There was a felt pincushion in the book which was rather cute, so I had a go at making..

Trinket Box

After making the felt pincushion above, I wondered if I could adapt it to create a little box. This was a bit of trial and error and figuring things out as I went.

I haven't done embroidery in a very long time, but it was fun to pick it up again and decorate the little trinket box. 

I added a lid which was also embellished. The lid is sewn on so that it lifts up.

Kadinsky Inspired Pouches

By this time I was on a roll, and I wondered if it would be possible to make a little purse or pouch. I cut a rectangle of felt, and worked out where to put the embellishments.

I cut out a variety of circles of different sizes and colours, and layered them on top of each other, finishing with a bead. I then decided to cut out some leaf shapes, and sewed them on.

I folded the bottom part of the felt up, and sewed along the sides, leaving enough room at the top to be able to fold over like a purse. I did blanket stitch across all the edges and added a button and a loop of thread to close.

The front of the pouch

The back of the pouch.

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