There's not much that beats felt in terms of simplicity. It's easy to work with (no hemming required, just trim the edges) and it's versatile. Whether you're looking for a small craft to celebrate Chinese New Year or Valentine's Day, or a larger project for your kitchen or living room, click below...
Perfect for the Chinese New Year, felt fortune cookies are easy to make. Martha Stewart has step-by-step instructions online, or if you don't feel like sewing them yourself, etsy sells a bunch of different varieties. These Fortune Cookies by Sew Cute Sweets are $12.50 for a dozen.
Looking for a Valentine's Day project? The Purl Bee has a set of simple instructions for making felt valentine pins.
Maxwell made these Felt Sliding Doors for his last apartment. Check out AT:NY for how-to instructions.
Design*Sponge and Martha Stewart both have super-simple instructions for making felt coasters with punched patterns.
Martha Stewart includes step-by-step instructions for making a felt kitchen mat on her site. If you need supplies, or you'd rather skip the DIY part and buy one premade, FilzFelt on etsy sells a 2 x 3 Wool Felt Floor Mat from FilzFelt for $50.
Other projects and ideas:
• How To: Create with Felt
• DIY Inspriation: Felt Projects from FilzFelt
• How To: Make Felt-Lined Trays
• Felt Coasters at Rose and Radish
• Felt Birds at Branch
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the hearts and cookies are cute. But what do you do with them?
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The hearts are so cute indeed! They would be cute mounted on a canvas, as 3d art. Or in a bowl. Or hanging from a ficus. :-) I'm guilty of sticking weird things in my ficus - there is a cheap-looking green dollar-store bird in there now.
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felt is even better imo when you do it yourself by either knitting with wool and felting or felting up woolen sweaters. i've done both, the first for a pair of slippers, the second with thriftstore sweaters than i cut and made mittens with (i think Martha has done that as well). you use the ribbing at the waist or sleeves for the wrist of the mitten, cut a bit larger than the intended hand, blanket stitch around and bingo! felted wool is soso warm and water-resistant.
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So you can turn wool sweaters into felt. Interesting. I love felt, but I don't think I would be able to do any of these projects competently. Seriously, I'm so bad at this stuff. I'm envious of all you crafty people.
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I stick weird stuff in my ficus too!
I had people over for dinner the other day and had to pull my wine glass markers out of my tree. . . .
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any suggestions on how to cut a long length of felt so that it is straight?
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