Tag: sewing

Medium deviation

On By CarynIn Craft

A white cat with gray stripes was next in the order of cats on the Bucilla felt kit for the house cat wreath. Hm. I grabbed a piece of darker gray felt from my stash and substituted parts of the white felt in the instructions to make a gray tabby with white face, chest, and feet.

Photo description: gray tabby felt cat with red bow collar

I used the stamped white felt as templates to cut the gray felt, and appliquéd one on the other. I also changed the eye color to gold, and used up all the silver sequins so the back leg and tail tip have white instead.

Photo description: Bucilla felt wreath in process with four cats complete

You may recognize the model. Thor the gray tabby was the inspiration for the cat color. It amuses me that the felt cat is wearing a bright red collar bow, the real cat removes any collar placed on him by biting through the buckle.

Photo description: Thor the gray tabby with four paws showing while he lays on a carpeted cat tree, with no collar

Small deviation

On By CarynIn Craft

Cat number three is complete on the Bucilla felt wreath kit.

Photo description: in process Bucilla felt wreath kit with three cats

I changed a couple small things on the brown cat, giving it three stripes of sequins on the forehead to break up the space, and making the eyes green rather than the pattern indicated white.

Photo description: pattern image of the brown cat’s head sewn as per instructions
Photo description: closeup of brown cat’s head as I stitched it, the lighter tan color was what came in my kit, which does have a caveat that the felt colors may differ from the picture

Two more cats to go, and I am feeling particularly rebellious.

Two cats

On By CarynIn Craft

The felt wreath sewing kit now has two cats. I didn’t deviate from the instructions on this second cat like I did for the candy cane with the first cat. I sense more deviation coming in my future, though. The thought of finishing the wreath and it looking like the picture on the kit is disquieting. It won’t ever look exactly like the picture, a head tilt difference here, a slight color variation there, but I’d like to make it mine, specifically. I have lots of scrap felt. Hm.

Photo description: in progress Bucilla felt kit with a gray cat with a red scarf, and a cream striped cat in a Santa hat

Felt wreath project progress

On By CarynIn Cats, Craft

I keep working on the Bucilla felt kit to make a cat themed wreath. So many tiny stitches. I laid it down to take a progress picture and Izzy the cat decided to investigate.

Photo description: in-progress felt wreath with calico cat standing next to it

The stuffed candy cane the cat is holding is the smallest stuffed object I have ever done, so far. The project has many, many tiny stuffed details.

Starting something new

On By CarynIn Craft

I bought a felt sewing kit two years ago, and just found it again while I was looking for something else. Since I have a dozen works in progress, what is one more? I really did try to put in back in the storage space, but it called to me. The first step was reading through the instructions (yes, I’m one of those), then prepping the materials and finding a project bag. I used bobbins cut from waste plastic to sort and hold the embroidery thread, and a small pill holder for the sequins and beads. The instructions suggest a plate, but I know myself and at the first distracted moment I would bump the plate and send seed beads all over the room. So I keep them on lock down. Yes, it takes a little longer to open the case, get out a bauble, then close the case, but it is better than picking them up off the floor and separating out the cat hair.

Photo description: “Holiday Housecats” felt kit with embroidery thread on bobbins, sequins and beads in a pill box, and a project bag with the needles threaded into the hem

Now to see how long it holds my attention and how long it takes to finish.