Back from an Unintended Blogging Break

I took an unintended blogging break the past two weeks (except for the one scheduled Vintage Embroidery Monday post that appeared earlier this week.)

Two weeks ago today, I had a health scare. Not to worry, I’m fine. And I intend to write about it once I find the words to describe it without either minimizing it on the one hand or over dramatizing it on the other. The experience still feels very surreal.

To be honest, since then, I haven’t felt much like writing blog posts. I’ve taken photos of things I’m working on and jotted down notes about things to write about which I’ll be sharing soon.

To keep myself busy, I have been working on small Christmas gifts that will have to be kept secret for now as the recipients read my blog.

But I can show you these embroidered felt mitten ornaments that I made from one of the kits I bought on my visits to Calico and Quilts closing out sale.

The patterns for the mittens were ironed onto the felt and then embroidered before cutting them out. I’ve never embroidered on felt before so that was a new experience.  I didn’t want to crease the felt so I worked without a hoop which seems to make stitching take quite a bit longer than normal.

However, I do like the way they turned out and have been pinning various embroidered felt projects to try in the future.

I was also pleasantly surprised to find that while I’m allergic to wool, I was able to work on the mitten ornaments without experiencing the usual burning and itching that I would if I was knitting or crocheting with wool. Perhaps the felting process takes out whatever it is in wool that I’m allergic to.

I’ve also prepped these mini wall hangings ready to appliqué around the edges of the ornaments.

This is another of the kits I purchased at the closing out sale.

The kit didn’t include the fusible web so I purchased some that was recommended by the shop owner. I’d heard of Wonder Under Fusible Web (<-affiliate link) before but never used it.

Let me just say that it’s a good thing the kit provided a bit of extra fabric because my first few tries using the Wonder Under (as described in the instructions that came with the Wonder Under) ended with appliqué pieces with frayed, distorted edges from attempting to peel the paper backing off. I did finally find a solution (google is my friend) and hope to get those photos resized and a post written and scheduled for next week.

In the meantime, I wish you all a wonderful weekend filled with Aloha and time spent with those you love most.

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