F is for Felt

Today we raided my felt and button stash and created little critters.

To make it nice and easy we used cookie cutters as templates.

Annie also made a mini pillow and asked me to knit a little blanket for her tiny ted. For some reason she also decided to stitch a length of ribbon to the top of hers.
Which gave me a brainwave. I've had this keyring since Christmas (check out the site: pakhuis oost.com) and I really love it.

             

Apart from the cuteness of it and the groovy retro fabric, I love that it's so huge and bright that I can find it in the depths of my bag relatively easily.But (as it resides in the depths of my bag) it's become really grubby and tatty so needs replacing. Voila:

             

Now I am aware that the cute, rounded form of a gingerbread man doesn't lend itself perfectly to skeletal embroidery, but I decided to do the embroidery after I'd cut and stuffed the little fella. And with this alphabet/letter a day business, I'm on a tight schedule!

I used some felted wool scraps I bought from Betz White (you can also get  felted wool in the most beautiful, muted range of colours from Purl).

The skeletal inspiration came from numerous sources, but my main influence must be Pandora's Button Box which I discovered recently and visit regularly.

Comments

[kirsten]

your girls are getting to have such a special time with their mom. i love it. you are totally making me excited about doing things like this with miriam. i'm so glad i had a girl!
love the keychain! i think the gingerbread man cookie cutter worked just fine for the skeleton.

[Ali]

Great keyring idea - I need something larger.

[Kelli]

What a fun project. I love your key chain. Nice!

[Laurie]

Those are some happy little girls!

The skeleton is so fun. Especially in that shape.

[A Fanciful Twist]

I just adore you girls! And I especially adore that youa re all so craft together!!! Don't gingerbread men have skeletons too??? xoxoxo

[Mirre]

What a good idea to use cookie cutters... I will definitely remember that!

[bigbucketgirl]

Love the gingerbread skeleton. I need to make a new keyring, but I need bells, flashing lights and a homing device on mine. I am ALWAYS losing my keys.

[amanda button]

the idea of little gingerbread mean skeletons sends me into spasms of joy! It's so cute!!!!!! And i am blushing to have inspired you to visit me regularly...thank you so much! :)

[Sonya]

Love, love, love the felt creations. Also, how great is the cross-inspiration?