Fun Felt 3D Eggs!

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Hope all is well with you! 
We went from below zero to 55 degrees in a week.  I can hear the melting snow and am watching over my sump pump because I saw a pipe broken outside.  I MacGyvered it as best I could until I get the correct parts.  Fingers crossed!   

I spent the weekend stitching these eggs and dreamt of Spring.  These are from Spellbinder's 3D Egg dies by Sandi MacIver that I was sent to try out.  There are two sizes.  The smaller one is in the middle.  They make sweet, un-breakable decorations and are addicting to sew!  I love super-quick projects!  I added decorations with dies in the set as well as pulling from some other sets.  Any die will cut the felt.

I die-cut an "egg-stra" set of pieces so I can make a brief YouTube tutorial very soon.  Please "hop" over to my @Darbycreek channel and set the notification bell so you won't miss it!  (Video scheduled for 6 p.m. EST on March 4th.)

Please note these are made with a wool blend felt you can get from several shops (I'll link them below for you!).  The felt diecuts just like paper!  I use the same setting on my machine with no problem.  It does however, make a bit of a mess with all the little holes in the dies, but the Spellbinder's Tool 'n One works great to get the felt that gets stuck.  You can also bounce the dies off the table to get them out.  I flicked them on the side of my trash can too.

I've got to run and check on the water situation again, but will be back again very soon!  Happy early Valentine's Day!

Here are the supplies I used:

Stitched Felt Ornaments-- "A Blog Named Hero's" CASE A Project!

 

Hello!

Hope all is well with you!  Here is my inspiration for the December Challenge!  The supplies and instructions are listed below.  If there is interest, I will make a video tutorial too!

I CASED Hero Arts Staff member Grace's project:

I diecut the ornament from part of a set from last year in real felt (the fake stuff doesn't work well.)  I then diecut out snowflake swirl on white, but cut it up as it was too big.  I glued it on the front of the teal panel, then added some pearls, rhinestones and glitter drops. Let dry.  

Next, I blanket stitched 3/4 of the way around, then added polyester fiber fill.  Then, continued stitching.  The others were basically made the same way, just using the poinsettia and joy dies instead.

Add a ribbon and you are done.  These would also make great gift tags with someone's name on the back as a keepsake.

Here are most of the supplies I used (some I guess have retired.):

Gale's Gallery XXII: New Plush Dies & What To Do With Them!

Hello Crafters!

I told myself that I wasn't gonna fall for this latest trend, but when I saw the chicken, it was all over.
I won't be buying tons of these "plush dies" as they run in the mid to upper $20 price point.  However, they are large, come with their own magnetic back, are precut and can be used on more than one surface (paper, chipboard, etc.)

I really try to find off the label uses for things to justify the expense.    With one tiny modification, I made it into a duck.  I think a quilt with hens/ducks in cool fabrics is on the docket, but for now I had some baby gift decorations to make.  Since they were for babies, I kept the embellishments to a minimum. They are lightly stuffed.  These can be made into ornaments or if you have toy dogs or cats...put a squeaker or catnip in them! You can definitely use other dies, they just won't have the holes.

The dies are available from My Favorite Things and Simon Says Stamp so far.  You will want to use a wool blend of felt and not the kids stuff as it will disintegrate.  If you get your felt from Ellen Hutson you can get individual colors for around $2 a large sheet.  These would be good dies for sharing among several friends with different dies.  I believe they will work in about any die cutting machine.

I only have the chicken die so far and here are my thoughts:

I love how it punches the holes, but beware it makes a mess if little felt dots bother you.  I poke them out over my craft table, then take the pieces up to sew in front of the TV.  It comes with a tiny little beak and eyes, which to me are too small to deal with.  I used a french knot for the eyes and

TIP ALERT!  I used the heart die for the beak!   Just flip it around and you will have a nice area to catch in your stitching of the body.   I feel so clever for doing that because none of the "famous" crafters have mentioned it to my knowledge!

Chick...

Chick...

Duck!!!

I just use plain old embroidery floss (3 strands) and do a backstitch around, but any stitch you like will be great!  There are several more pieces to the die cut set, but I didn't use them here.

Well, that's it for this time!

Gale

Coming very soon...How many animals can I make with one SSS plush bear die????  I just got it and I'm shooting for 10!