New in the Shop!

Lots of new items listed in the shop today!

 

my felted wool sweater mittens in kids sizes,

mittens in adult sizes,

repurposed wool handbags,

plush cat softies,

wool and denim clutches,

and new zip pouches made from a repurposed serape, or woven Mexican blanket.

All great gift ideas!

Woven Wool

 

 

A friend gave me a bag full of woven wool fabric leftover from other sewing projects. Most of the pieces are small, but there is a nice variety of colors, plaids and tweeds. Just right for me to combine with some felted sweater wool and repurpose into some pretty zip pouches.

You can take a look here in my Etsy shop.

Plush Blooming Catus

 

 

I finally found some small clay pots in just the right sizes to finish up a collection of plush cactus. I have a whimsical prickly pear cactus, a San Pedro cactus, and a barrel cactus all made from repurposed sweater wool in varying shades of green. I've added some not so prickly "spines" made from thread and beads. And I couldn't resist adding some small blooms to each one.

These make great gifts for anyone lacking a "green thumb", and are fun home or office décor, alone or in a grouping. I have a group of them on my coffee table right now!

 

They are all available in my Etsy shop right now.

Discoveries - Favorite Midwest Finds

Thank you to Midwest Living magazine for including some of my FeltSewGood wool flower brooches in the March/April 2011 issue. What a great Spring issue full of gardening tips, delicious recipes and retro road trips!

And a tribute to peonies, my favorite flower and inspiration for many of my flower brooches.

My flower brooches are part of the Discoveries page, along with five other lovely giftable items, all made from vintage or recycled materials.

Thank you Midwest Living for helping to support HandMade!

Upcycled Home Decor

I'm always interest in seeing what other wool crafters are making with upcycled/recycled wool sweaters. While browsing Etsy recently, I was on the lookout for decorative home accessories made from recycled textiles. Here are a few of my favorite home decor items, all made from recycled sweaters, from other Etsy artists.

This wool winter blue quilt was made from upcycled wool sweaters. I love the pattern and color combination. Laurine, of Greenatheart, added a cotton backing, freeform stitching and bias binding to finish this as one would a more "traditional" quilt. In Laurine's words "This not just wool sewn together, it is in every meaning of the word a quilt." Beautiful!

These huggably soft balls in earth tones are great as accent pillows or soft toys for the little ones. They are made from assorted recycled sweaters and come as a set of three from Handmadepretties.


This thick, colorful rug was woven from recycled wool sweaters! Fiveforty has a great selection of these one-of-a-kind rag rugs in a gorgeous array of colors and various sizes. I imagine these would feel wonderful underfoot.

I love the modern design of PLYtextiles geometric pattern pillows. This is the Grid Tiles Felt Pillow. They are made from recycled wool sweaters with a fabulous attention to detail.

All these artists used recycled textiles to make these one-0f-a-kind home accents.

New From FeltSewGood!

I've added quite a few new items to the shop this week and there are lots more new upcycled wool items to come soon!

There are new Bella handbags, combining felted wool sweaters and upcycled vintage wool clothing.

There are a variety of felted wool mittens, made from upcycled wool sweaters. Some are trimmed with a few of my vintage buttons.

And new from FeltSewGood this Fall. . . felted wool mittens in kids' sizes!

And this cute pouch/clutch was made from an embroidered, felted wool sweater vest.
Stop by the shop and see what's new!

Warm, Wooly, and Upcycled at Re-Nest

One of my Falling Leaves pillows was among 10 upcycled wool creations featured on Re-Nest today!

All 10 items were made from upcycled sweaters and textiles by Etsy crafters. I love the fuzzy felted bowls in the large photo!

Here's a closer look at my pillow, made from upcycled sweaters and wool felt. There are links to all these wonderful Autumn decor items on Re-Nest.

the Black Cat Comes Again!

Ready for Halloween. . . the Black Cat Comes Again is a great Treasury West full of recycled/upcycled spooky felines, choosen by shannonbatescreates.

Since it's a Treasury West, check it out before it's gone!

Sneak Peak at New Fall Handbags!

Here's a little preview of what I've been working on this week. I've combined some woven wool fabrics, upcycled from thrifted clothing, with felted sweater wool for some pretty new fall handbags.

I really like the combination of textures from the sweater wool and wool fabric. And it was fairly easy to sew the different pieces together with my sewing machine.

I'm hoping to get a little more sewing done over the weekend and I will start listing my new handbags in the shop next week.

In the meantime, I hope you all have a great weekend!

New Felted Goodness in the Shop!

It's been a while since I added any new handbags to my shop, but I just added three new bags!

This is the EMILY, a new design. It's a cute navy tote made from a felted wool sweater, and embellished with a felted wool flower that coordinates with the lining. Use it as a handbag, a small market tote or to carry your latest craft project.

This is a red WILLOW handbag. This photo shows the rich, warm colors of the pattern from the original wool sweater.

And finally another WILLOW handbag in warm autumn tones.

These are all available now at Felt Sew Good!

A Garden of Wool Flowers

As you probably can tell from my frequent posts about my flowers and garden, I love flowers! I've been experimenting with some new flower designs using felted, or fulled, wool from repurposed sweaters. I wanted to take advantage of the different colors and textures of my ever growing collection of leftover wool pieces from other projects. I guess you could say I'm recycling my recycled wool!

Well here are the results - a garden of wool flowers, now listed in my Etsy shop.

I've created flowers representing a water lily, a zinnia, a dahlia and a peony. Here are the "details".

An orange zinnia, in merino wool

A spikey purple dahlia

and a soft peach water lily.

Shop Update!

I've listed some new items in the shop! A couple of pretty handbags and a new zippered pouch and wristlet.

This Flower Basket Handbag has a removeable felted flower brooch.

A new leaf applique zippered pouch.

This casual Elizabeth style handbag is great to carry year round and looks cute with your favorite denim jeans.

More to Come!
I'm working on some new plush animals to listed this week in the shop.

New Felted Goodness!

I've been sewing the past few days and I've added some new items to my shop.

A pretty red patterned Bella style handbag,

a green leaf felted wool zippered pouch,

and some pretty beaded rose brooches.

I'm planning to create some new plush animals next - a few of my horses, a few more cats and I'm working on a goldfish/koi - so look for those coming next week! I plan to have some available in the shop.

And speaking of cats, I've been making my furry friends some new toys with some of my scraps of wool and a little catnip. I'll take some pictures and have a tutorial for you on Monday, 5/4. Can you beleive it's May already?

Have a great weekend!

Celebrate Earth Day!

The crabapple trees are in full bloom. . .

and the delicate looking bleeding hearts dangle from arched stems.


ElephunksTrunk included my Garden Delights Beaded Rose Brooch in a wonderful treasury celebrating Earth Day - green items made from recycled materials. Click here to see the whole treasury.

And here are are few of my favorite sites for ideas on how to green your life:

campaignearth.org

gengreenlife.com

idealbite.com

"Resweater" Fun!

Kris, of resweater.blogspot.com, has a fun blog featuring items made from reclaimed wool sweaters. She has highlighted artists making clothing from recycled wool sweaters, and those using reclaimed wool yarn. This week she is featuring felted wool handbags and asked to use some photos of my Felt Sew Good handbags! Thank you Kris!

You can check out her blog here for lots of info on crafters using reclaimed wool sweaters, or go to her Artfire shop here to get some wool sweaters for your own recycled wool crafts.

Warm Woolen Mittens

What a cute, colorful way to keep your hands warm!

I made these mittens for my Etsy shop, Felt Sew Good . They were made from pieces of felted, recycled wool sweaters. Mittens, scarves and other accessories make lovely, warm holiday gifts.

Check out Felt Sew Good, and other fabulous Etsy shops, for a wide array of holiday gift ideas for everyone on your list!