Last Friday I went to Craft Social in Chicago. (Actually, it was in Evanston, but nevermind...) There were many crafts to choose from including Embellished Dinner Napkins, Advanced Paper Airplanes, Fabric Coil Bowls, Paper Greeting Cards, and many more. The cost was only $5 and it was really fun!
Since I haven't been stitching, I chose a craft that was familiar to me: Felt and Button Flowers. These are really funky and our teacher had a box of lovely vintage glittery things to use as embellishments.
We noted that the felt was sort of floppy and flimsey, so I stitched together two layers for stability.
I don't like to make a big thing about men crafting because I think that men are just as creative as women, but here is a man spotted next to me learning to stitch. His creation has a superhero medallion look to it.
The stitcher next to me used velvet ribbon as one of her layers. It looked very sophisticated, but I didn't get a picture!
It was fun! I hope they have another Craft Social really soon! I could teach embroidered felt mascots!
That looks and sounds like so much fun! I love your flowers!
ReplyDeleteI love felt flowers and want to start making them...what pretty ones these are...love your blog. :) been wanting to visit the Biltmore House for some time now..
ReplyDeleteThe flowers are great and what is REALLY funny is the gals "tush" in the background! Hah, that is something that would have happened to me!
ReplyDeleteShhh.. I tried to crop out her backside, but it didn't work. It is the perfect heart shape so she should not be embarrassed!
ReplyDeleteoh how fun!!
ReplyDeletei love ur funky flowers...
ReplyDeletenice colors...
Those flowers are really cool! :)
ReplyDeleteSo sad I didn't know about this in time. I would like our CCC to do something like this.
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