I made this page a long time ago because I wanted to do a page that my daughter can enjoy but can also help her with her manual dexterity.
Since she was just started to learn how to button a shirt, I made some large and some smaller buttons to start with. She chose the colour for the flowers and I made sure that each of them is attached to the background felt so they don’t get lost the second I turn around.
A few weeks ago my daughter had a presentation at her science class about our solar system. We made together a small Power Point presentation but I also wanted something for her that is not digital. So I made a felt solar system.
I saw something similar at Stephanie, but I wanted to make with my own design. Here is the result...
The asteroid belt is made of some mineral beads:
The Kuiper belt made of some small white and clear beads:
Felt planets:
Just wanted to show you what I found yesterday...
I was cleaning the dresser from our guest room when I found my old felted table topper. I made it about 20 years ago at a festival. It is a wet felted table runner made from wool. The original colour was natural creamy white with red and grey highlights. It is 26 cm wide and 38 cm long (~10" by 15") and actually it is in a pretty good condition considering that it is my only wet felted table runner and was made 20 years ago without any experience... I remember that I also made a felted ball matching this table topper but I just can't find it. I think I should clean another dresser...
Finally ready! I feel like it took meg forever to finish this small but it's ready. I can finally play with it. I mean... My daughter can play with it :)
The full quilt is about 32 x 46 cm (about 12.5 in x 18 in), the side of a small rectangle is 4 cm (~1.5 in), almost the same size as my other mini memory quilt. The difference is that for this one I used a slightly smaller binding, I think it looks better like this. The back of the quilt is made of a piece of a white polar blanket. The binding is the same dark red velvet I used for my red memory quilt.
Now my daughter can play with it...
The other day I found these two adorable tiny little tea mugs. They are less than 2cm tall (about 3/4 in).
I think they are perfect for pendants on necklaces for kids.
For the mug with green dots I crocheted a single chain necklace and secured it with a double knot and finished it with a small bow.
For the orange one I made a twisted rope and added the mug to is.
Which one do you like more?
My daughter's bear prefers the orange one...
About a year ago I made a pink felt bracelet for my daughter. She really likes it, she wears it a lot, and it was even washed a couple of times. This week she asked me to make another one, but this time a blue one. (I think, she is now into her blue period...) So I made her a new bracelet.
I used similar wool blend felt in both cases. After making something from wool I’m always concerned of how’s it holding up. Comparing the old and new bracelets I can see the difference between them. If you take a look at the images of the pink bracelet, you can see some of the pills highlighted with arrows.
I know, that all felt will pill and fuzz over time depending on how you use it, but actually it is not that bad, it can be corrected. Let’s see what happens with the blue bracelet after a few months…
This weekend I finished the quilt top of my mini memory quilt and quilted it.
It took me less than I expected to put all the 2 by 2 blocks together, but then the quilting part... I felt like it took me forever. After checking the dates of the pictures on my camera I realised that I quilted it in less than an hour with a regular sewing machine. For backing I used a small piece of a white polar blanket. Now I need to do the binding and it's ready!
