Today's color inspiration comes courtesy of Embellish Magazine, with the added challenge of using felt. This was certainly a difficult one for me. First of all, the colors are not ones I would typically put together. Secondly, I have a weird thing with felt- I can't touch it! Not sure why, but for as long as I can remember, the feeling of felt really makes me uncomfortable- which posed a problem for this challenge. I ended up wearing a pair of leather gloves while I worked, and it was perfect! Here's what I came up with:
I machine-stitched the felt, and through trial and error figured out a really simple way to do it. I printed an image I liked onto computer paper, placed that on the felt, and sewed over it (see pic below). It was easy to trace the design, and once I flipped it over, it looked beautiful! I hope to use this technique again soon- it was a lot of fun!
(pic of the backside once I was all done)
::thud:: this is magnificent!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, and great tutorial! Thanks for sharing and Thanks for playing along with us!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Innovative. The best thing I've seen with felt in a really long time. So glad you left a comment on my birthday post, I'd love to see what you could do with twine-do you have any?
ReplyDeleteUm.....holy freakin' moly! I am floored - this is brilllllliaaaannt!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Char - this is BRILLIANT! :) So glad you played along with us at Embellish!
ReplyDeleteWow, your stitched flowers are stunning! I love this.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! I love your idea of stitching the image.
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