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| handmade decorations |
Did you all watch Kirsties Handmade Britain recently? Just when I thought I could not squeeze anymore crafting into my life there she is tempting me with another Craft that I just MUST have a go at in order to make my life complete!
I was so inspired by the lady on the show who created the felt Robin that I wanted to get my needle felting out immediately and this is the result ...
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| needle felted robin |
I wanted to create something that I could hang on my tree rather than a solid bird so instead of felting 2 pieces and then sewing together as Kirstie did on the show, my bird is a solid piece of needle felting without any sewing or stuffing.
One problem was that I could not find any beads suitable for the eyes. I knew that I wanted the eyes to still look 'glassy' when finished but just could not find them anywhere. Then I had my Eureka moment... I took some self adhesive amber gemstones (which had been in my shop all along) stuck them to the robin with a strong glue and coloured the amber part with a black permanent marker. The result is a black glassy eye but with an undertone of bronzey/gold. Just what I wanted all along!!
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| handmade decorations |
If you are planning on making some handmade decorations to adorn your tree this year then here are a couple of other ideas which we made during a Christmas class here at the workshop when we had a day of nothing but Christmas crafting (and one or two mince pies!!).
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