Lots more Crafts

More entries for my crafting Diary:

6th Jan - Having had a bit of a mad making of felt balls and small pieces of felt, I wondered what to do with them - this is what I came up with:

Not a brilliant photo, it was quite hard to get the lighting right as I've hung it right next to a window!  Here are a  couple of closer photos:

(Probably should've cut the extra bit of wool off at the bottom!)

I've just used a long piece of wool & knotted it just below where I wanted each ball or felt piece to go & then using a very strong needle, pushed each piece onto the wool. 

7th Jan - Another pincushion to add to my collection!

 I intended this one to be a cupcake, but sadly I couldn't get the shape right, so its ended up as a teapot!

8th Jan - Yet another pincushion (do you think I'm obsessed by pincushions now?)
This time I've made the ball shape & drawn round it onto a sheet of ready made felt.  Then I cut out the inside petals & needle felted them half way up the ball shape.  I repeated this for the outside petals but this time only felted them a quarter of the way up the ball shape.  This is how it turned out:

Slightly wonky, but not bad for my first attempt.

9th Jan - Today I'd decided to rest from felting and have put together some patchwork.  I think I'm going to make it into a new PE bag for my daughter, as then she'll never bring home the wrong bag!

I used a jelly roll I bought from FabricLand in Salisbury, joined the long strips and then cut and reassembled them into smaller squares.

Wonder if I can make something every day during January?

Sally
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2011 - My year of crafting

My resolution for 2011 - to do as much crafting as is possible with 3 children & 2 jobs!  So to that end, even though I've had friends staying for the past couple of days, I've managed to do a little bit of crafting each day.

1st Jan
Spent half an hour working on a gorgeous skirt I'm making for Elisabeth at Sewciety.  I will post more about this hopefully tomorrow when I've finished making it.

2nd Jan
More felt pin cushions:



I think I like the yellow one best, very chirpy and cheerful, and the best part is that they don't take too long to make.
3rd Jan
Today - A little bit more skirt making, and I also taught my friends daughter how to make felt balls, which she really enjoyed.

Just small amounts of crafting, but its lovely to look back each evening and know that I've accomplished something.  This is one new years resolution I really want to keep.

Sally

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