This weeks creative prompt word is rose.
I like to make pincushions out of 100% wool that I pick up at resale shops and felt and am a firm believer that you can never have to many pincushions. Usually I fold strips in half and roll them but have made roses before out of strips of ribbon so why not do the same with the felted wool?
First I made the rose by sewing a couple of strips together and rolling the folded strips, tightly at first (the middle of the rose) and then more loosely as it gets bigger - all the while tacking it down and scrunching it up with a needle and thread to not only hold it together but to make it have the folds. I then toke some green felted wool and cut 2 large leaf like chunks and folded them, scrunching and tacking with thread. Now it needed something to sit on.
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| to keep the recycle theme I took a top from a laundry soap bottle |
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| then cut out a circle from some brown home dec fabric and put elmers glue all around the inside of the cap and then wrapping the fabric over the cap. |
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| then more tacking with needle and thread of the rose to the base (or flower pot if you will) |
Voila! a pincushion rose
Fancy! I like it! Tami In Denver
ReplyDeleteLove it! I am so intrigued by felted wool, but AM NOT STARTING A NEW HOBBY!!! ;-)
ReplyDeleteJaye, you should try a small felted wool appliqué - you don't have to turn under and it would be quilting - not a new hobby, just exploring a new avenue in quilting:-)
ReplyDeleteI've rarely seen a pincushion I didn't like...in fact, that seem to run and grab me and I must take them home. Love your rose and the idea of getting wool at thrift shops and felting it yourself. I've done only a small amount of that, but it's a great way to get felted wool since you can't buy much in Vermont!
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