Needle felting Archives ~ Happy Whimsical Hearts https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/tag/needle-felting/ a Waldorf inspired blog Mon, 14 Nov 2016 06:45:08 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.10 A Spring Story Apron https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2016/11/spring-story-apron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-story-apron https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2016/11/spring-story-apron/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2016 08:30:49 +0000 https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/?p=16401 Years ago I came across a photo of a beautiful story apron, and I found the idea so very enchanting. The idea that you could create a magical storytelling setting by wearing a special apron. An apron that has a flowing silk skirt and little pockets wherein the characters for your story reside. So now that I have a new crafting obsession ~ needle felting ~ I thought I would try my hand at creating such a story apron for Ruby’s Waldorf kindergarten teacher. A spring story apron with lovely lush greenery and a lovely blue sky above. I started with a felted jumper as my base and sewed pockets from the same material into place. Then I layered beautiful wool roving and felted it into place, layering more as I went, slowly building up this whimsical storytelling setting. Once I was happy with the felted picture I hand sewed the silk skirt and ribbon ties into place. Next time I would use a machine and do this first because my finish was not a neat as I would like. Then I used a green gradient yarn and blanket stitched around the apron bib piece completing the apron. I wrapped […]

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