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Post by sarahwithanh on Dec 24, 2017 11:00:21 GMT -6
Hi muscari! It's been way too long.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 24, 2017 11:03:24 GMT -6
sarahwithanh I'm really not all that crafty, but what you have looks pretty cute.
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Post by sarahwithanh on Dec 24, 2017 11:05:33 GMT -6
sarahwithanh I'm really not all that crafty, but what you has looks pretty cute. I quoted someone. I haven't made anything out of felt yet.
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Post by enchanted on Dec 24, 2017 11:26:11 GMT -6
sarahwithanh I'm really not all that crafty, but what you has looks pretty cute. I quoted someone. I haven't made anything out of felt yet. Doh! I am not with it today at all.
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Post by Dramaphile on Dec 26, 2017 7:42:58 GMT -6
My current project, which has to be completed by Thursday! A Daniel Tiger felt quiet book for my 18 month old niece. I’m really pleased with how it’s turning out, although I need to get 4 more pages completed in two nights. Luckily I’m finding a groove and each page only took be about an hour last night. New to this board but any tips for making felt book pieces? I'm involved in a nonprofit for children with down syndrome (my son has DS) and I'm starting a storytime. I want to incorporate felt story boards but cost is a factor as all programming is free for participants. I'm crafty but usually am a paper crafter. I do have a cricut. I used a pdf pattern for mine that I bought on Etsy for like $5 and sewed the pieces together mostly. There are free patterns online available, too. I would suggest using thicker felt for the base and thinner felt for anything sewn or glued on top. You can also use tacky glue to glue pieces together, I did that for our Christmas stockings last year. I’m sure you can get cricut patterns for felt board pieces, although I don’t know about supply cost versus buying felt sheets. If you are sewing, use a neutral colored bobbin (I used off-white) and then Just switch out your top thread to match what you are sewing. And instead of backstitching, pull the threads to the back and tie them off. You can also hand-sew if you don’t have a machine. As far as the actual board, you can buy sticky-backed felt and just stick it on a chalkboard /whiteboard or in a picture frame with no glass.
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Post by Dramaphile on Dec 26, 2017 7:46:04 GMT -6
I finished it the night before we left for my in-laws house, my first bag with curved seams! It turned out really great and my SIL loved it.
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Post by Dramaphile on Dec 26, 2017 14:57:09 GMT -6
New to this board but any tips for making felt book pieces? I'm involved in a nonprofit for children with down syndrome (my son has DS) and I'm starting a storytime. I want to incorporate felt story boards but cost is a factor as all programming is free for participants. I'm crafty but usually am a paper crafter. I do have a cricut. I used a pdf pattern for mine that I bought on Etsy for like $5 and sewed the pieces together mostly. There are free patterns online available, too. I would suggest using thicker felt for the base and thinner felt for anything sewn or glued on top. You can also use tacky glue to glue pieces together, I did that for our Christmas stockings last year. I’m sure you can get cricut patterns for felt board pieces, although I don’t know about supply cost versus buying felt sheets. If you are sewing, use a neutral colored bobbin (I used off-white) and then Just switch out your top thread to match what you are sewing. And instead of backstitching, pull the threads to the back and tie them off. You can also hand-sew if you don’t have a machine. As far as the actual board, you can buy sticky-backed felt and just stick it on a chalkboard /whiteboard or in a picture frame with no glass. One more tip for felt, if you are cutting out using a pattern, the easiest way to get clean edges is to tape the edges of your pattern piece to the felt with scotch tape and then cut them out. That works especially well for tiny pieces. You could also use fabric paint for things like eyes and small details. Another option, since you are comfortable with paper crafting, would be to make paper pieces for the felt board and back them with felt (either glued on or peel-and-stick) so they would stick to a felt board. If you had access to a laminator that would help them last.
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Post by sudokufan on Dec 29, 2017 7:18:12 GMT -6
I'm so closed to finished with my dad's scarf, I can taste it: Just gotta do the second end of fringe and then I'll be all I finished the damned scarf, managed to get it in the mail 3 days before Christmas, and then the USPS managed to mis-deliver it!!! Cue 3 days of despair and thinking I'd have to remake it; I even bought new yarn using an Xmas GC to Joann's from my H, and then they found it and Dad has it after all. Whew.
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Post by sudokufan on Dec 29, 2017 15:17:03 GMT -6
I finished one last craft project for the month/year - this was a quickie surprise for DS. A dinosaur tent!
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Post by Dramaphile on Dec 29, 2017 15:28:24 GMT -6
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Post by sparky85 on Dec 31, 2017 17:36:14 GMT -6
I'm working on a layette set for my new DD . She was born in early December at 30w, and is currently in the NICU. I'm making a bonnet and a sweater from bernat baby blanket tiny in the colour grey owl, and hopefully she will get to come home in it soon
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