Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Pressie


I love birthdays and tomorrow is a great friends special day! So I decided to lay down a little felt project. Hopefully the internet is still down at the house so she won't read this before I give it to her. Bit of a risk!

She's a fan of warm drinks and has just moved into a new house. Coasters!! You can never have enough coasters. Well may you can, but not really cool looking ones. They turned out really good.

I like the hand spun intertwined with the store bought yarn. Photos aren't great to show the colours, but the oranges, greens and browns are yummy.

I used a Norwegian wool as the base that really felts up to a good thickness for a heat barrier. Started out with one large sheet and then cut it into 4 x 4 1/2 inch slabs. Felted them a bit more to soften up the cut edges and stretched them back into shape.



Hope she likes them.
Happy Birthday!!











4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those are really lovely! They'll look so great in her house too.

Anonymous said...

Oooh, I REALLY like 'em and yes, they will look good in my new house under my hot drink! Many thanks for the cool gift!

Leigh said...

Wow, your new blog look is great! I love the felt too. Very attractive.

Anonymous said...

i love the coasters- gorgeous!