On My Sewing Table. . .

 

 

 

 

 

I finished up a lot of sewing projects last week.

A custom order of flower pins, plush cats and pillows from a customer's own beloved sweaters.

And a set of my heart felt embroidered ornaments.

 Now I'm working on stocking up on purses, zip pouches and other accessories for the summer craft fair season. And even though I don't want to plan that far ahead, I need to photograph some new FeltSewGood items because it's time to apply for some fall craft shows.

What have you been making on lately?

Felted Wool Flowers in Spring Pastels

 

Tired of the winter weather, I was inspired to make a new batch of my felted wool flower brooches in springy, pastel colors.
These flower pins come in a variety of soft colors made from felted, or fulled, recycled wool from lambswool and merino wool sweaters. Some have vintage button centers and most have green wool leaves. They all have a levered pinback stitched firmly in place for secure placement on a coat or sweater.
They are available in the shop here. Or see a variety of individual flower pins here.

Heart "Felt" Valentines

 

I have a few new heart felt brooches/ornaments and appliqued zip pouches in the shop just in time for Valentine's Day gifting.

The embroidered hearts can be finished as a pin/brooch or as an ornament. Just let me know when placing your order.

 

These appliqued zip pouches are all made from felted sweater wool, are available in a variety of colors and each have a different stitched shape such as a heart, mushroom, cat, butterfly, goldfish or leaf. These are fun to carry as a small clutch or to organize smaller items in your larger purse or tote bag.

Crafting Inspiration from the Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

My prickly pear cactus is blooming in the garden, which got me thinking that I haven't made any of my plush cactus soft sculptures for a while. So I dug out some green felted sweater wool and set to work. I need to hunt for a few more small pots for my soft, wooly cactus garden and then I hope to have some of them listed in the shop by the first of next week. I'll let you know!

 

Wholesale Flower Brooches

I decided to offer limited wholesale quantities of my flower brooches, available in my Etsy shop.

 This grouping of 10 assorted brooches is the first batch, all in jewel tones.

 

 I hope to soon have available another grouping, all in Spring colors.

 

I had these cards made, in postcard size, to be included with my wholesale orders. They have a cute button and thread illustration, since each of my flowers is hand cut and hand sewn, many with button centers. I ordered these from Vistaprint.

 

 I just punched two holes in each card to allow the brooch to be "pinned" to the card.

 

The back of each card includes info about the recycled nature of all my FeltSewGood products. I also included my Etsy shop and blog web addresses.

 

I usually make tags for all my handbags and zip pouches from business cards with jute hangars. I thought these postcards were a nice way to show off the flowers.

 

Do you make your own tags or labels? Or do you purchase or custom order your labels?

 

 

Floral Inspiration

I love gardening. The hard work is very well worth the end result - yummy fresh vegetables and beautiful flowers!

My flower garden is my inspiration for my recycled sweater wool flower brooches. Here are a few of my favorites.

bright magenta echinacea, or purple coneflowers

yellow water lillies from our garden pond

fragrant peonies, one of my all time favorite flowers

and elegant roses

My daisies are blooming now, so I have a new inspiration!

Look for daisy felted wool brooches coming soon.