I am back today to show you my newest project. I have collected a couple of wool sweaters and wanted to try "felting" them. Basically, all you do is wash it in your hottest water setting and dry it on your hottest dryer setting. I went from three sweaters that were my size to three sweaters that wouldn't fit my three year old. :) It was like something you would see in a comedy when the dad does laundry. Only this time you get to cut it up and make cool stuff out of it! I made a simple pattern out of a piece of ordinary craft felt and used it as a guide to cut my first sweater. I knew I wanted to do a felt applique on it but wasn't sure what to do, so I looked through my Papertrey ink dies and came across this beautiful snowflake. I knew instantly it would be perfect on the soft blue wool, so I cut it out in a soft white wool felt and hand stitched it to the felted wool. I finished it off with a white button that had been given to me a while back when I had a bright idea about making my bridal bouquet out of buttons. That didn't really work out... But, I do now have a fabulous collection of white buttons and think this huge button is the perfect finishing touch. I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if you are interested in purchasing one. I only have enough wool to make a few of these. I have two striped sweaters that I will soon be destroying with my trusty scissors, so stay tuned!
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