Saturday Scatterday.

Seems like all I've been doing lately is sleeping. Perhaps because of the rainy weather we've been having. Perhaps because I'm bored with making small items.

Here are three of nine felt owl ornaments. Shown without their hanging ribbons. From start to finish, it takes around an hour to an hour and a half to make each one. Incredible for something only about three and a half inches high. Too much time for the $5 that folks will pay for them.

Another three owls. Obviously.

Live and learn.

These aren't hard to make. Simply tedious. The hardest part is sewing the blanket stitch around the cotton wings that have been ironed onto the felt using fusible web. So far the fusible web has worked well to stop the cotton from fraying.  


Saw some retro-camper felt ornaments online for $14.99 each. How do those shop owners sell their items for so much? Must be a better market than ours.

Four of these little elephants were cut out. This is the first completed. He's about four inches tall and five and a half inches from trunk to tail. Makes up in about an hour. Hoping the customers in this area will pay $7.50 for them.

Believe it or not, the hardest part of this project was stuffing them.

With more daylight hours, the acrylics and watercolors are calling my name. Time to wrap up all these small sewing projects and paint again. Have several different projects in mind - non-traditional canvas mandala type. "Hippie Art". We'll see how it goes. Wish I knew how to mat watercolor paintings.

Until next time, may your laughter be plentiful and your troubles be few.