Does anyone have a suggestion for "felt scraps"? They are starting to come out my ear...lol. I hate to just throw them away.

I just have another idea. Small minature Christmas stockings. Put a small candy cane in and distribute them to a childrens ward in hospital or maybe to a nursing home. I think that is what I will do with mine. flower for you

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by elaine45 20 Nov 2008

Wonderful idea...thanks

What about some in the hoop santa sacks :) great way to use up scraps

There are some cute christmas ornaments this week from Embroidery Library - white and red felt hearts with little snowmen embroidered on them. They are quite cute. It's one of the pictures on the 'story of Christmas that keeps changing'. Otherwise, when my girls were at preschool we were always grateful for things like that for the children to use for collage etc.

I think you should butt 2 pieces together and use the "fancy" stitch on your sewing machine to connect the pieces to make like a crazy quilt. After you get enough pieces together you can use it as a placemat. Cut into whatever shape you like:)

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by elaine45 19 Nov 2008

sounds good....

A few little ideas. I like the baby slippers

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by elaine45 19 Nov 2008

thanks I will give them a try as soon as I get finished with craft shows.

What You'll Need
• Freezer paper
• Wool felt: dark red, bright red, light red, and moss green
• Three 3/8-inch-diameter ivory pearl beads
• Sewing thread to match moss green felt
• Polyester fiberfill
• Glue gun and hotmelt adhesive
• Antique brass drapery clip ring





How to Make It
1. Cut the felt. Position the freezer paper, shiny side down, over the patterns in the Pattern Pack. Trace the patterns the number of times indicated. Cut out the shapes on the traced lines.
2. Using an iron, press a freezer-paper shape, shiny side down, onto the front of the respective fabric; let cool. Cut out the shape along the pattern edges. Peel off the freezer paper.
3. Arrange the petals. Center the dark red petal section on one moss green circle. Place the bright red petal section on top and then turn the section clockwise so that all eight petal points are visible. Repeat with the light red section, turning the petals until there are 12 points visible.
4. Sew the beads to the center of the poinsettia assembly.
5. Sew the ornament. Stack and pin the ornament top on the back. Use a 1/4-inch seam allowance to sew around the circle, leaving a 3-inch opening for stuffing. Stuff with fiberfill and sew the opening closed.
6. Place a small dot of hot glue on the back of each light red petal tip and press the petals to the background. For a hanger, attach a drapery clip ring to the circle.

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by elaine45 19 Nov 2008

Thanks for your input.

by ddoersch 19 Nov 2008

Very cute!

by sueffb1 20 Nov 2008

Thank you these are really cute. Sue

by mops 20 Nov 2008

Great idea! Thank you so much.

Good Q I have quite a few scraps also. I know that someone has some terrific ideas to share. You know that cute snowman pin someone posted I will have to find the link. Instead of cosmetic puffs and fleece I bet we could use felt. Also I played with the idea of using it for like trapunto, where you place fabric under the design to make it puff out. That style of embroidery has a video at emblibrary.
http://answers.cuteembroidery.com...

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by elaine45 19 Nov 2008

Thanks.....

I too have lots of them and am not sure what to do. I was thinking maybe for applique (do not know if this would work. I will have to experiment a bit. Also I was thinking of calling some pre schools in the area and see if they would have any use for them to let the kiddies make something like pictures or whatever. a flower for u

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by elaine45 19 Nov 2008

Sounds like a good idea...thanks.

by marjialexa 20 Nov 2008

Felt is great for applique!!