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wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

Would you please consider a barter for a days lesson? can't think what off hand, but have a few considerables.

felt...
bags, cushions, pencil cases, mittens, patchwork throws, small felt animals for children, pencil toppers, purses and wallets, waistcoats, covers for keeping red wine warm when drinking it on the beach (very important not to let ones standards slip...), book covers (sewn with contrasting threads, to cover date diaries and writing diaries, peg bags, egg holding belts (to make collecting the eggs a load easier), table mats, stuffed animal doorstops with a flat rock in the bottom...

altogether a whole heap of christmas presents!

can keep going if you want! Embarassed

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blowin · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:29 am Post subject:

wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

err... that was a list of ideas!

I don't have any home made felt - haven't picked up the wool yet! Laughing

I have made nearly all of those things though, at different times.
will run up more egg belts in march and give you a shout then. Wink

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wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

I like the idea of a waist coat. Very Happy

. Hard wearing is it?
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wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

it depends - warm enough when worn around the house, but if you go wandering through the brambles it will get ruined. I like felt stuff that's patchworked and layered, with contrasting pockets and stitching and so on. I've only made small bits of felt though, so one tends to get quite good at patchworking....

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