Fabric Covered Easter Egg, No2

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was making some 'fresh' fabric covered egg decorations for our home as the last batch I made were about 4 yrs old and a little manky.

As it turned out I managed to make two which I then sent to live elsewhere. The pink & blue egg below was sent to Hanne in Finland, as part of her Round Robin bag for March. It arrived with her a couple of days late for Easter but I think it was still appreciated.


The pink tasselled egg from this post was given to my FILs partner 'C'.

I might have run out of time due to bad planning, but at least I've got a headstart on next years Easter decorations. There's plenty of time and fabric leftover to make decorations for our own home.

How's that for a positive spin. My therapist would be proud!!! ;)

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Felting: My own red roses

Continuing on from the blue felted flowers I made a couple of weeks ago, here's a few red ones which I think would make great corsages. They would also look nice embellishing a bag so I plan to mount them onto brooch pins.

I haven't embellished them yet as I quite like the woolly look and feel. Perhaps once they've been sitting looking at me for a couple of weeks, they'll tell me what they need! :)

This takes me up to two felted flower patterns - one knit & one crochet. I've been thinking of selling them on somewhere like Etsy, but I'm not sure whether to sell a booklet, each pattern individually, or to simply sell the corsages made up. The patterns would be easier and cheaper to sell/post. Hmmm... What do you think? As usual, your comments and feedback would be really appreciated.

We'll talk more about Craftybernie at Etsy soon....

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Felted Crochet Flower (Rose)

I've been trying to make my 'perfect' rose ever since I started crochet last year.

Every now and then I would pick up my hook and some wool and play, but never achieved anything satisfactory. In fact, I've got a bagful of 'roses' in the knitting box just waiting to become broches, be stitched together into a bag or even embellish a scarf.

But this latest effort, this little blue rose, has got to be my ultimate all time favourite.

I was not convinced that it would felt and shrink how I wanted it to but boy am I pleased. Check out the before and after photos - it has shrunk to about 1/4 of its original size. Now I just need to remember the pattern and write it down, so I can make more in lots of different colours.

None of the free flower patterns out there really grabbed my attention or fit the look I was after. And I guess I could have purchased a pattern, but I was determined to do it myself.

I know it's only a little slip of a thing, but it's another notch on my 'things I can do' list! Am I mad to make such a fuss over this? Maybe. Is it cool to create something from scratch? Definitely. With my hook or needles and some wool, I can conquer the world (or at least make it prettier!).

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