Remember all that time ago when I visited the local op shop and came home with some bargain woollens. I made a few things which you can see here: Recycle Update and as you can see above I have found a new purpose for the remainder of the felted wool.
At the time I brought it home, I put it on the hottest wash possible to create felted wool that I would be able to cut and sew like fabric. That gave me the idea to try it for teeny tiny dolls clothes (added to the fact my knitting and crochet skills just aren’t that crash hot). I really wish I could be like others I see who can just churn those little items out while they’re waiting for the kettle to boil…unfortunately I’m not one of them. So I have sewn a couple of little jackets which I then embroidered:
Tiny purple jacket
brown felted doll’s jacket
The ‘models’ keeping warm
I would love to hear of any other felting adventures. I aim to make some slippers at some point when I can find a suitable pattern (I did try making my own but it was fairly disasterous)! I just think they would be so lovely and warm…I should point out we are still enduring the cold snap in Melbourne, probably not relevant to those in the Northern hemisphere at the moment basking in the sunshine (enjoy it while you can) 🙂
The Crafty Pioneer 
Pretty damn cold in Cape Town as well right now! I’ve never tried felting, not sure what it is about the process that isn’t appealing to me. But I do love felted items, and your little jackets are too sweet. Adding embroidery is brilliant.
Thanks for that Jill. I noticed at that market you did recently, it looked pretty darn cold… but you sold a lot of hats at least!
Yes, Grahamstown is high up, so it gets freezing. Literally freezing. Those people in the Eastern Cape are much tougher than the rest of us !
I thought you looked pretty hardy standing there all rugged up! Did you find it a worthwhile experience Jill and would you do it again?
Yes indeedy 🙂 We’s already booked our stand and accommodation for 2016 !!!
Sounds fun – I’d love to do something like that – I never make enough of anything though! 😉
Great ideas for myself they’re very nice. Blessings Always, Mtetar
Thank you Mtetar – nice for your granddaughter too.
Yes!!! She loves the dolls as well.
I used to love making things for my dolls as a child. I’m sure your granddaughter plays creatively with you as an example ))
That’s one of the reasons why I began learning to sew and so is she, calls the Sewing Machine The Fabric Machine. Be Blessed, Mtetar
That’s very cute Mtetar))
I would never have thought of doing that for dolls. Impressive.
It was a bit of an experiment – I wasn’t sure how the sewing machine would cope with the wool but it wasn’t too bad.