This is small project I came up with, just to amuse myself.  It’s also a perect size to carry with in you in the car or to do while you’re watching tv.  I cut one long rectangular strip of felt (abur 2.5″ X 8″) and trimmed the edges with my pinking shears.

I cut out two small flowers from felt & stitched them together using a series of  short running stitches.  I think french knots would be a pretty alternative.

The felt flower got stitched to the front & I then hand-stitched the sides closed using more embroidery floss.  I used two contrasting colours of embroidery floss to make the draw-string.

Sorry for the poor photo quality – I forgot to bring my good camera & had to use my cellphone

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the joy of small projects

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easy projects using paper & felt

This is a series of cards I’ve been working on, using felt, embroidery floss & buttons:

I wanted to play with a quilted look so I used long running stitches to embroidery two of the cards.  I liked the look of the pinked edges (even though felt doesn’t fray – pinking is still a great decorative elements)  For the middle card I decided to get a little ambitious… I pulled out my silk embroidery ribbon and started making french knots.

I made french knots…

And more french knots…

But, I like the look of the little knots!  I think next time I would mark out an even border all the way around instead of going free-hand.

After I was happy with the embroidery, I used a good quality white glue to attach the felt hearts & motifs to plain, blank cards (available from most craft stores)  I would personally recommend using a glue like goop to attach buttons to the card…

Just a reminder, all of my projects are original designs and cannot be reproduced for sale or otherwise without my express written permission

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playing with felt