Saturday, August 31, 2013

Felt Hearts and Hand Warmers

It's time again for a new post so I hope you will like what I have to share with you today.

I am sitting here at my laptop trying to stay cool.  As you know, I live in Southern California.  We usually have mild weather, but this week we have had a heat wave with high humidity that just doesn't want to go away!  The last couple of nights we have had to sleep with the air conditioner on and now I find my joints are hurting - especially my knees.  Does that mean I am getting old?

This past week I have been busy completing the craft projects for my Norwegian group which will be having a bazaar. I shared with you the pattern for the Nisseman and the crocheted roses.  Here's some felt hearts I also made for the bazaar:

I used the left over felt I had from the nisseman project.   Originally I wanted to decorate the hearts with a piece of woven ribbon.  But, I couldn't find my sewing basket!  I looked and looked, climbed up to the shelves in the garage and looked through numerous boxes to no avail.  Since I moved here three years ago, there are some items I have no idea where they are!

Anyway, I decided to use my fabric paint and paint the designs on the felt.  I let the paint dry and them I stitched them together with crochet thread.  They are filled inside with pillow filling.


This was suppose to be a wreath design with green dots making the wreath.  It didn't work so I was going to throw it away and after I had put the heart together, I opened it up and saw that it make a perfect wreath design!  

I had so much fun making these little hearts that I made a batch to sell on my etsy store:


This past week I have also had time to make a pair of hand warmers.  I  had the yarn in my stash and it worked out great.

The pattern can be found at mrsbrownmakes.  It's a Kat Goldin design.   If you have the time, please visit her lovely blog.  She has some wonderful ideas and patterns.   I am going to keep these for myself since I think they will be great when I travel to England this fall.

I would love to hear from you and share what project you are working on.   Please feel free to comment below.  And, don't forget to visit Handmade Harbour where you will find some great ideas for crafts.

Enjoy the long weekend and I will be back again next week!

regards,
Pat






23 comments:

  1. Hi Pat, Thanks so much for your comments about my blog, your hand warmers look great. The pattern is actually by Kat Goldin of http://slugsontherefrigerator.com/ (wouldn't want anyone to think I'm claiming it as my own!). I love your felt heart decorations too, especially the embroidered detail. Claire x

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  2. Hi Claire, thank you for your comment and I have updated the blog in regard to the pattern. Thanks for visiting Lilly My Cat. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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  3. You would have never have guessed that the white heart wreath was a happy accident.

    Lovely gloves. Hopefully you won't need to use them too many times when you visit us here in the UK.

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    1. Thank you Gertie. I am so excited to visit the UK again, I can hardly wait!

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  4. Those heart are just darling and would look good hanging in a window for Christmas. Oh no did I say that word already????

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    1. Yup, it's almost that time of year again. Thank you for visiting Lilly My Cat.

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  5. Ooh lovely.... A timely reminder that we are going to be needing some hand warmers very shortly here in Cumbria :) xxx

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    1. Hi Lynn, yes the weather will soon be changing. Have a wonderful week.

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  6. The felt hearts look fantastic - fabric paints look a great way to decorate them.

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    1. Thank you so much. I couldn't find my woven ribbon so I used the paint. Have a wonderful day.

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  7. What lovely little hearts - the painting looks really effective. I've had aching joints since I was about six, so that can't be just a sign of getting old! Have since realised it was probably due to gluten sensitivity, which caused me many problems for several decades!! I *am* now getting old and my joints don't ache nearly so much!!

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    1. Thank you Wendy. I will check out the gluten sensitivity. Anything to take away the aches! Have a wonderful week.

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  8. My favourite hearts :) I'm coming to SoCal in January so I hope the weather is going to be nice and warm.

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    1. I hope you have a great time here in January. I hope you will have great weather for you to enjoy!

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    1. Thank you Natalie. They were fun to make. Have a great day!

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  10. I think the paint on the hearts looks stunning, I'm sure they will be very popular in your etsy store.

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    1. Many thanks, Lucy. I hope they will be popular. Thanks for stopping by.

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  11. I love your hearts & hand warmers! Thanks for sharing at the link-up on DearCreatives. I hope to see you again this week. Off to look at your recipe & other things before I go.

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    1. Thank you Theresa. I am so happy that you visited by blog today!

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  12. Very sweet. Nice work! Have a great weekend. Linda

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    1. Hi Linda, thank you for your kind words. You too have a wonderful weekend. We are still having a heat wave here :(

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  13. the hearts are really lovely - very pretty decorations on them. Lovely hand warmers too. Hope you have had a good week and apologies for being a very late commenter.

    Jill, Christmas Pie Crafts

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