New Heart Felt Brooches!

It's been quite a while since I've made any of my "Heart Felt Brooches".

They're sweet little stuffed heart shaped pins made from felted, or fulled, repurposed wool sweaters.

I'd saved some pink, rose, mauve and burgundy felted sweater wool to use for this batch of brooches. I cut two sizes of hearts and mixed and matched the coordinating colors. I then choose some embroidery thread colors to complement the wool.

First I used a blanket stitch to add a small contrasting heart shape to each brooch front. Then I embroidered a few tiny flowers, stitches and knots to embellish each heart.

To finish, I added another large heart to the back, blanket stitched around the outer edge and added just enough stuffing to make them into tiny little heart shaped pillows. Each has a levered pinback for secure placement on a sweater or jacket.
These brooches make great little Valentine's gifts and are now all for sale in my Etsy shop!

Snowy Days

It's been snowing a lot around here this week. The big snowflakes and still air last night gave us a winter wonderland to view this morning!

Merry, Merry!

Merry Christmas to All!

For the Love of Tie Dye!

We got some more 100 percent cotton, white T-shirts, ordered the professional fiber reactive fabric dye, donned the rubber gloves and made another attempt at tie dyeing.

 

twisting the fabric into the desired pattern

adding the rubber bands to hold the design in place

ready to dye

applying the dye

dyed shirts placed in plastic bags while the dye works it's magic!

 

And here are some of the results:

 

Using the permanent, professional fiber reactive dyes gave us rich, vibrant color! The color and patterns will last the lifetime of the shirt through many washings without fading.

Happy Halloween!

Being a good person is like being a pumpkin. God lifts you up, takes you in and washes all the dirt off of you. He opens you up, touches you deep inside, and scoops out all of the yucky stuff - seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc. Then He carves you a bright new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.

This was passed on to me by another pumpkin.

Now, it's your turn to pass this on to a pumpkin of your choice!

Wishing you all a safe and Happy Halloween!