felting exchange again

Oh my, where did January go ?

This last of January I finally made the little felt piece

for the exchange

The theme of this one was the story of Vasalisa

(I didn't know that so had to look it up first)

Not easy to make something 

that has to exactly fit in a story ...

though it's better that most of the participants

chose a bigger size : 20 x 20 cm

(on the other hand : I really liked

the postcard size we had in previous years)

In the end I decided on Baba Yaga's house

I started with a bit of ready-made pre-felt and the background

Then the house and trees were made of little pieces of my own pre-felt

(against the light)

A lot of stitching along the edges, 

because the first bit of white pre-felt made it all quite fuzzy.

It was sent and received well.

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A little over a week ago we had a birthday boy :

yes : 12 already ... time flies 

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There were also some felted presents to be made

with which I had some helping hands

he was busy with number one,

so I could start on number two !

hmmmm ...

he "helped" with my sudoku too ...

Both presents are at their destination :

the red one in Rotterdam, the white one in England

(with a bit of "Liberty" that she can use well) 

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And ...

more little owls !

(it's addictive)

tiny and tinier

These two have little feet too.

Ready for take-off ...

to the next month !

what's next

Ha, 

that is always "the problem" when one thing

is finished

...

"A warm heart brightens up your day"

A detailed look of the left part

Here it is :

mounted on a painted canvas

(15 x 15 cm)

(only one side is striped, the other three are gray and lighter gray)

So then it was on to the next one.

I started like we did start a long time ago 

during the "beasts" class with Jude :

piecing a simple beast

(rabbit)

(hey, maybe Joe triggered that with the tale

about the rabbit near his front door  ;-) ...?) 

It's a rather tame rabbit ...... but that can change

After that I dressed up its surroundings with scraps

and glue-stitched them to the background.

In the meantime there were two grandchildren to take care of :

the little one, and the big girl, who was sick

(but wanted to "make something" after she had slept for a while)

Lots of woolen felt in my stash, 

so :

mama and baby owl were "born"

something red !

Ohhhhh what fun it was

when I received that wonderful envelope today !

both sides looked magnificent 

I think it was a joy to the postman as well

Inside was my third little felted piece

of our felting-exchange

(in fact it was the piece that belonged to March

but the maker already warned me that it would be later

due to all kind of things,

ha : she kind of lost it .... hi, hi, hi)

Well, it was more than worth waiting for !

Thank you very much Helma.

I studied all sides 

and admired all the stitching

(by machine and by hand)

and then I even discovered a tiny snap

so you can open it up !

Of course I had to take pictures 

together with my little garden owl !

I think they look great together, don't they !

Thanks again, Helma !