I am so excited to have a few Christmas crafts/gifts done so early thanks to Betz White’s Felt & Stitch Holiday online workshop. My friend Annmarie signed up with me, and we had a great time getting together each week to work on our projects. Here’s a few pictures of my favorite projects. The Santa napkin holders were the most time-consuming, but I really want to make another set.
The pinecone is made with a thrifted sweater and the others are made with wool-blend felt. This was my first real experience using wool-blend felt instead of acrylic craft felt, and I have to say, it was so much nicer to work with.
Oh, the Santa napkin holder is so cute!
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That pinecone is beautiful! Extra points for being recycled!
i adore that pinecone.
i too love wool blends much more than the cheap acrylic stuff
its just soooo much nicer to work with
The pinecone is adorable! Love it. Do you use a styrofoam egg as the base and pin the sweater pieces on the base?
Thanks Kelly! The pinecone base is also made of felt, sort of a cone shape, stuffed with fiberfill. And then the strips of felt are sewed onto it.