Yep More felties

Hedgie the Hedgehog

 I'm quite enamored with these two I recently 

created...not the best pictures but you can get

idea.

Sammy The Super Dachshund

More Felt Hearts

Tried my hand at doing more beading work 

on my felt hearts and I'm happy with

how they turned out.

Whimsical Felt Trees

Here are a few more felt projects.

These whimsical felt trees remind me of 

Dr Seuss when I look at them :-)

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here's a few felt heart's I've been

sewing recently.

Felt Totoro

I made this felt Totoro plushy for a friend's

 birthday. Its a critter from the anime movie 

My Neighbor Totoro.  I used the pattern I found 

here at Cheek and Stitch with a couple of 

little changes.

Felt Bird Kits

New Felt Bird kits are available at

www.OutsideTheMargins.com

Each kit comes with step by step instructions and are 

designed for both sewers and non sewers

Pink and Chocolate Felt Bird Kit Click HERE	Giant's Themed Felt Bird Kit Click HERE
Kitschy  Red & Turquose Felt Bird Kits  Click HERE	Paris Themed Felt Bird Kit Click HERE
Pink Polkadots Felt Bird Kit Click HERE	Chicken Themed Felt Bird Kit Click HERE

Heart Garland

I had a fun day yesterday getting together with my art peeps to createa heart garland.  We each created 7 hearts and then exchanged themwith each person, so that we ended up with 1 from each person most of them are made from felt and fabric.  The birdies are from a bird swap I just love the look of them with my hearts :-)

Easy Peasy Felt Flowers

I just felt flowers.

Here's my easy peasy felt flower tutorial. 

One of the reasons I wanted a die cutting machine was

so I could cut things out of felt.  I started with my Sizzix 

BIGKick machine and used stiffened felt and a Sizzix

flower die.  Stiff felt or regular felt the Sizzix dies, and
the spellbinder dies cut through the felt like butter.

Here they are cut out

I layered them using tacky glue you can also use 

Fabric-Tac which is actually my preference but

I used what I had on hand.

Next add buttons (some I layered).

Click HERE to see my felt banner I made
a few years ago...sure wish I had the
BIGKick then!

Whimsical Felt Banners

I am finally finished with 18 felt banners for the swap I mentioned here. I will be thrilled to mail these babies off now that I'm done with them...I admit it I'm sick of looking at them....do you ever feel that way where you just get sick of looking at what you've made? I don't know what the heck I was thinking when I decided to hand sew them all...the hardest part was trying to come up with different ideas because I get bored doing the same thing.

Take a peek at a few of my friend's banners for this swap:

Here's Joanne's elegant banners she's our hostess with the mostess! Kathy, had a wonderful earthy flower theme going for hers, aren't they gorgeous?!? Vicki's pretty banners have hand drawn faces on them. Here's my pal Christy's bright and cheery painted canvas banners. Lori made some lovely serene banners.

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Sneak Peek Felt Banners

If you've read my blog for awhile you know that I just LOVE banners! Here's the first of my felt banners I'm making for a fabric banner swap I'm in. Only 15 more to go! I made them out of felt, man do they have such fun felt out now! I would have used pinking sheers to cut them, but mine I discovered are not sharp enough for fabric now....No telling which kid cut what with them! I'm not a sewer so I used Fabric Tac to glue the pieces together after tracing around the cardboard template (5"x7").

Rolled Felt Flowers

The rolled flowers are easy to make, I cut about a 3.5" strip about 1" wide and glue and fold over the strip lengthwise. Then run another long bead of glue down the length of the strip and begin rolling tightly from end to end. Hold it for about 30-60 seconds (Fabric Tac sets up fast). You can then use some embroidery floss and come in from the bottom (rough edge) through the middle to the top (folded edge) and sew a bead in the center. After I cut leaves out and glue the leaves down and then the flower in the center.

Update: Click HERE to view all of my finished felt banners

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