To make them we cleaned out our leftover felt bin, cutting 225, 8
inch pieces of felt in every color we had, and sewed them all together making one long decorating chain.
Instead of buying fancy felt boards you can DIY yourself one with an 8x10 -
inch piece of felt (glue it onto a piece of reused cardboard!).
Not exact matches
Trim your large
piece of felt to the size you want for the entire chart, allowing an extra 1 1/2
inches where ever you want to make ties.
I used an 18 ″ x 24 ″ sheet
of white foam board and cut out the large
piece of gray
felt I got from the fabric department at the craft store so that it would wrap around the foam board at least an
inch on all sides.
This strange translucent cube has a faint blue sheen, like a frozen puff
of cigarette smoke, and an
inch - wide
piece of it
feels as light as air.
After a ninety minute yoga class, around two litres
of water and coffee, I'm finally done with the head cloud I
felt this morning — a result
of last night's lack
of resistance from the most incredible Swiss cornflake chocolate (it was a twelve
inch or larger slab from which we broke
pieces and I must have eaten a good five chunks).
We love how this one
feels like a
piece of modern art, and the large size (35 by 35
inches) can be worn all different ways.
In the example below, I've used a fine pointed blue
felt tip and a 1/2
inch flat brush to maintain horizontal ripples and waves, giving a satisfying linear appearance to the finished
piece, while contrasting with the round outline
of the boat.
Cut a small
piece of felt about an
inch wide and the same length as the ornament and glue over the spot where the ribbon joins the ornament.
Fitted with a
piece of 1 / 2 -
inch plywood covered with batting and ivory
felt, the frame elegantly shows off necklaces dangling from cup hooks adorned with pom - poms.
Making the cushion back Cut two
pieces of felt 18
inches wide by 15 1/2
inches long.