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Five Days of Felt: No.1
December 14th, 2009
Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a fantastic winter weekend. I have been so in love with all the felt crafts I’ve been seeing lately so I thought I’d start Five days of Felt, a whole week dedicated to this wonderful fabric!
First up are felt gift bows! I spotted Jessica’s amazing magazine gift bow tutorial on How About Orange and was so inspired! Her directions are simple and super easy to follow. I ended up using felt instead of magazines and the result was perfect! The only other difference was that I used a hot glue gun instead of glue dots.
I was also able to create a bow broach just by adding a pin-back (found at a fabric store) to the back. I adheared the pin-back with a dot of hot glue and then secured it with a few stiches of coordinating thread. For the how-to details head on over to How About Orange and enjoy!
December 14th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Oh my goodness, those are so beautiful! I will definitely have to try!
December 14th, 2009 at 8:29 am
i love it!
December 14th, 2009 at 8:41 am
I ♥ the idea! Thank you
December 14th, 2009 at 9:10 am
These are so lovely. I need to make one for myself too.
December 14th, 2009 at 10:27 am
This is brilliant! So adorable! Thanks for sharing!
December 14th, 2009 at 11:41 am
I love it! Such a great alternative to the store-bought bows. As an added bonus, it won’t be completely crushed during transportation either!
December 14th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Awesome! I linked to this today. Your photos are gorgeeee-ous. Love the idea of using felt!
(Jess from How About Orange)
December 14th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
love this idea! I think I’ll have to make a few of these!
December 14th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Where did you get that wrapping paper? It is absolutely lovely!
December 14th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Love this as a pin! Fantastic! May I ask if you’re using the ‘stiff felt’? If so, where did you buy yours?
December 14th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
That is simply adorable! I have a bunch of felt leftover from making ornaments this weekend. I wonder if I can muster up the courage to attempt these too?
December 14th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
holy cow! i LOVE this idea and i LOVE felt. I just made some mini ones and linked you up. Thanks
December 14th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Love these! So darling!
December 14th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Oh, my heavens. I am in love. And the timing could not be more perfect. Last year, inspired by a gorgeous advent calendar I had seen on inchmark, I bought the world’s largest supply of felt. And promptly forgot all about it. Until now! Thank you! You always have the best ideas.
p.s. I made your gorgeous individual sour cherry pies – they were a hit!
December 14th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Aw I had no idea felt could be so versatile! I’m excited you’re doing a series on this : )
December 14th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
this is genius!
December 14th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Hi Cris,
I just used the felt squares that you can buy, not the “stiff felt”. Stiff felt might be nice for the broach so that it might be more sturdy but the regular stuff seems to work just fine. Enjoy!
December 14th, 2009 at 11:09 pm
Hi Cate! I’m so glad you noticed the wrapping paper! I created that by using a pattern from Inspired Bride. You can see my full post about it here. Have fun and happy holidays!
December 15th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
I’m loving these felt bows! So lovely! I adore them on the gifts and possibly even more so as a lapel pin! fantastic idea!
December 16th, 2009 at 2:33 am
Wow, I love this! Totally going to try this!
December 16th, 2009 at 6:14 am
So simple, yet beautiful.
December 16th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
I love this idea! The only problem is, how to cut the felt evenly. Any suggestions?
Thanks!
December 16th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Hi Tina, great question! I used a rotary fabric cutter and a metal ruler. Both can be found at most fabric and craft stores or here on Amazon. If you don’t have a rotary cutter you can also use an x-acto knife and metal ruler. This is a little more time consuming but works fairly well with felt. Good luck and happy holidays!
December 17th, 2009 at 10:33 am
Cute!
December 17th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
this is DARLING!!!!!
thanks for sharing!
December 18th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Another person to tell you how brilliant these are!
I tried Jessica’s version with paper, but it didn’t look too good…I am just hopelesss! I may try this one now…Wish me luck
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Love these! Both versions are great.
Thanks for sharing your take!
{ Lindsey }
greatfullday.blogspot.com
December 28th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Loved these so much I made them myself! I even included them in a recent post on my blog http://www.knottednest.blogspot.com -of course I linked back to your beautiful blog.
Happy Holidays!
December 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
i *heart* the felt bows…!
i included your link in my blog post about eco-friendlier holiday options:
http://innerbeautyla.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/dont-simply-toss-recycle/
December 17th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Oh yeah! A bow my cat may actually not eat!
January 6th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
I love these! My Mom taught us how to make bows when we were little but nothing as adorable and perfect as these. These could definitely add to our collection of re-usable bows that get pulled out each year.
October 24th, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Thanks for the felt projects.
December 15th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Love working with felt!!!!!
I’m working on MICE at this time. Some are small enough to set in center of your bow.
Am going to try them!!!
Thanks for sharing….