Wool felt embroidery

Update: There is a pattern available for this now: the Flora Needle Book pattern, available for instant download at Etsy and Crafts...

This craft kit combines applique and embroidery to create a stunning felt craft brooch. Follow the detailed instructions designed for beginners and create your very own flower brooch, or get creative and turn it into a patch, keyring or magnet! Each kit contains: 10cm square sheets of wool mix felt in a mix of colors, DMC embroidery thread in a variety of colors, Embroidery needle, Pins, Brooch back, Re-usable templates, Stitching and color guides ‘Introduction to Felt Craft’ booklet. You…

Embroidery Patterns

When it comes to the art of appliqué, beginning with felt is a great way to learn and practice. Appliqué is simply attaching a small piece of fabric to a larger piece of fabric, usually to create a decorative bit of fiber art. Felt is a great fabric for appliqué work because you can cut it however

Are you considering taking up applique embroidery up as an art form, either as a hobby or as a profession? We are aware of the fact that the art of embroidery

Have you ever tried to transfer a detailed embroidery pattern to felt? This process can be tough to figure out because many of the traditional embroidery transfer methods don’t work well on felt’s fuzzy texture. Rather than scrapping felt for your stitching projects though, try one of these felt-fri

hand embroidered felt pincushions

Last Sunday, Fiona and I headed to Berry (organised by the Berry Patchwork shop) for a delightful class with Wendy Williams. We had such fun playing with felt. Wendy's samples were so colourful and inspiring! Feast your eyes on some of these pictures. Here is Wendy with Fiona and then with me. Sorry, Wendy.....your eyes are shut! Even Wendy's pin cushion was colourful as were the perle threads she often uses. I chose to work on this lovely bird applique to embellish a sewing case. The…

It has been nice focusing on flowers while many of us have had nothing but cold, snowy weather. Here in Germany, we are experiencing a bit of spring weather, and the snowdrops and crocuses are starting to show their faces. I (Kara) can't believe we are on our last flower in this stitch along! This week's block is one of my favorites—mainly because it has the cast-on stitch as the center focal point. The cast-on stitch can be a little tricky, but once you get the hang of it, you can do so…