Double Sided Wool Stars

I cut stars using my Nested Stars die from Sizzix. The wool is felted and some of it is over dyed. Others are plaid wool from skirts found at the Goodwill. Once the stars were cut, I stitched them down in various color combinations onto a solid wool background. Then I cut them out and stitched them up so that there is a design on both front and back.

A couple of these will go out on a swapbot swap.

Wool Snowmen Ornaments

I made these using wool fabric from a felted cream colored skirt, some Warm and Wonderful batting scraps, scraps of felted wool, raffia and perle cotton floss. The circles are cut with my Sizzix machine in four sizes which I have paired up to make the bodies of the snowmen.

I emboidered the faces and the buttons through one layer of wool and one layer of batting. The batting was added to make the snowmen more plump. The eyes and the buttons are french knots. The mouth is backstitched.

Then using cream colored perle cotton I used the blanket stitch to sew an additional layer of wool to the other layers. I added a wool scarf to each one, tacking them into place.

Using the largest darning needle I have, I threaded the raffia through the layers to create the arms. I finished the arms off with a knot for each hand and then trimmed the raffia. This was the most challenging part because I had to get the raffia through the layers without snagging on the cotton batting.

These tiny snowmen are made into lapel pins. The heads are about one inch.

Here you can see the difference in sizes. I used a couple of strands of perle cotton to fashion a hanger for the ornaments.

Wool Christmas Trees, Stockings and Mittens

These are made with hand dyed green wool. I cut the shapes using my Sizzix machine and embellished them with buttons before stitching 2 layers together. The buttons make them very heavy and the wool is not quite stiff enough to lie flat under the weight of the buttons. I had planned on making ornaments to hang from the Christmas tree, but will probably use them to embellish some other project like a stocking or a handbag maybe.

These are made with hand dyed felted wool from 2 different sweaters. They are composed of 2 layers of wool blanket stitched together with perle cotton and finished off with more of the perle cotton so they can hang from the tree. I also made some smaller versions into lapel pins.