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Making felt with children is so easy and super fun! Children love to felt- there are bubbles, water, spray bottles, bubble wrap, soap, colour. It is a joyous feast for the eyes. Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a piece of felt from scratch. You will need: two small pieces of bubblewrap, wool…
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Want to know how to nuno felt a silk scarf? Read on… Here we are, my friend Carrie and I at “Saviour of the Lost Arts” about to begin our Nuno Felting scarf workshop. Our teacher was Julie of The Mountain Spinnery. Julie is about to start teaching classes in Woolloongabba. Visit her website for details. Why not make…
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How to make Toy Horse Reins using fingerknitting and a piece of handmade felt! Over the years, the horse reins from felt and fingerknitting have proved to be a big favourite with children and adults alike. They are super simple, yet really effective, and are often the first ‘toy’ that a mother makes for her child with her own hand. It…
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How To Make A Felt Ball- Quick and Easy How-To Making felt balls is lots of fun. There is water, and fleece, and soapy bubbles, and mess, and splashes. What’s not to love? You can use felt balls for lots of things. Felt ball necklaces for kids and adults, felt ball bracelets, felt ball dolls, felt ball rugs (oh,…
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How To Wet Felt A Vessel Workshop with Meg Geer Have you ever wanted to learn how to wet felt a pretty vessel to display in your home? If you have, perhaps you’d like to join me in my first workshop of 2013, hosted at my crafty place here in Brunswick Heads and taught by my felting extraordinaire friend…
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How to make a circular piece of handmade felt Making a piece of handmade felt is easy once you know how. The biggest challenge of making wet felt is that it requires quite a bit of energy to do all the rolling. But fear not, you can make this piece of circular felt with much less effort. No rolling required….
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Project #22: How To Make Felt Flowers: DIY Bookmark Time: 30 minutes Difficulty: Making flowers is lovely fun! I needed a new bookmark, and inspired by the twistie rope that keeps the communication book at Ned’s preschool open for us to read and write in, I thought I’d make a flower inspired one. I learned how to make felt flowers…
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I’ve been thinking about handmade iphone cases for a while and finally sewed this handmade iphone case because I’m always losing my phone in my bag! Now, I have it clipped onto a keyring that is attached to the handle of my bag. I can just pop my hand in and pull it out, like a magician who whips the…
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Are you looking for new craft projects? You might like this. For years now, I’ve been playing with the art of wet felting. One of my favourite things to make with wet-felting is a story landscape mat. These wet felting mats can be used as a simple (or not-so-simple!) foundation for mums, dads, or teachers to begin their storytelling adventures,…
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Sometimes, the simplest thing can be a winner. This brooch is made from four circles cut from felt using pinking shears and is embellished with just a touch of embroidery. Children can make them too. What a fun holiday craft to do on a rainy or overcast day. 1. Draw four circles of slightly varied sizes onto sheets of tracing…
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My plan today was to photograph some crafty things for some blog tutorials. This dinosaur toy was not one of them! But little boys who love dinosaurs can be very persuasive and so this impromptu crafty tutorial was born. I’m thinking there are some other little boys out there who might love this dinosaur toy too. This dinosaur is based…
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Valentine’s Day gifts can be lovely and truly heartfelt, but sometimes I wonder if somehow along the way we haven’t just been caught up in the commercialisation of it all? (Valentine’s Day is sometimes called a ‘Hallmark holiday’.) I think one way we can show our love is to make something for our loved one/s by hand. A Valentine’s…
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I love a practical craft and this one is super cute too. A toadstool hair clip holder to keep all those itty bitty hairclips in one spot. And it gets better than that too. The toadstool spots can hold rings or small bits of jewellery. Cute and practical. It’s a winner. To make one, you’ll need to cut out a…
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I needed a sign. A sign for my craft/writing/webinar/life organising room. What do you think? I think this just about sums it up perfectly. Why not make your own perfectly imperfect sign too? How to make your own Calico embroidery hoop art. First, you need to prepare the calico. Then it’s just a matter of cutting out your design from…
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(Felt on Canvas Wall Art DIY tutorial below) We’ve just moved into a rental house. I haven’t lived in a rental house since I was 25 when I bought my first little brick and tile house back when houses cost $120,000. (I remember at the time thinking that was a LOT of money and almost choking when I had to…