My Sewing Space

More pillows  for S's shop... Cupcakes: Flowers: Ruched rose pattern here . The velveteen one is basically two yo-yo's. The larger one has some gathering stitches sewn in the center. (prestuffed) Instructions for this type of flower are all over the internet, so it's hard to know who to credit. This one is the most thorough. I didn't use any glue on mine and the backing is entirely different. And more owls (the first order sold out very quickly): If you are interested, more pictures can be found here .

My favorite felted slippers have been in dire need of replacement for some time now.  I finally got around to it. This is the second time I've used this pattern.  I wish I could give proper credit for the pattern, but it is from a book I checked out of the library more than two years ago.  I copied the pattern so I could mark it up and then kept it after I was finished.  The copy doesn't have any book info on it. Here they are pre-felted: The green yarn is Paton's Classic Wool and the blue is Lamb's Pride Worsted. I made a women's size large, which is probably bigger than I needed, but I like them to be felted as much as possible so they are nice and thick. After two cycles in the washer, they turned out pretty good.  I think one is slightly bigger than the other.  The soles are still damp, so I haven't really tried them on.  They may need another cycle (or partial cycle). My feet are looking forward to wearing them!

I'm not going to pursue the gift card bag idea .  Again, I'm really grateful for your feedback.  You had lots of good ideas about how to improve them, but for the following reasons, I'm not going ahead: 1.  The question of what to make the bags out of is a big one.  The white felt I used didn't look that great.  I think it looks better in person than in the pictures, but not different enough to go ahead.  If I had some quality wool felt, that would be a major improvement.  It would have a nicer texture and appearance and it also wouldn't be such a stark white.  The appeal of using felt is that the edges don't need to be finished.  No seam finishing, lining, etc, and it is substantial enough to support embellishment. 2.  My thought was to make them and give them to the school to sell.  They are not a big ticket item and I can't reasonably make piles of them, so they wouldn't really bring in that much money.  Not enough to make it worth my time.  There

When I was looking for inspiration for the stockings I made, I saw these little bags and they kind of stuck with me.  With a little modification, I thought they would make good gift card "holders".  My daughter's school sells gift cards as a fundraiser.  Many of you are probably familiar with this sort of program.  If you aren't, I'm sorry, but I can't really explain it since I'm not sure I understand it myself.  Anyway, understanding the program isn't important.  I was thinking that maybe I could make some of these and give them to the school for them to sell with the gift cards for the Christmas season.  I haven't run this idea by anyone at the school yet, but I thought I would make some samples so that they would know what I was talking about. I was thinking that they were pretty cute.  Then I asked the Preacher what he thought.  His response went something like this: "Honestly, I really don't like them.  I don't think they