little houses made of felt.....

This is my new wool felt brooch series

'the house series'

each little house is made of 100% pure wool felt.

They are carefully and slowly stitched on my sewing machine,

forming individual pieces that represent love for home and family life.

I love making these sweet little dwellings

and enjoy giving each little home it's own personality.

All layers are hand cut, layered and sewn and

no two can ever be exactly the same.

 no.3

 no.2

 no.1

below is a picture of the back of no.1

I actually love the reverse almost as much as the front of these little pieces ;)

they measure approx

 5.5cm tall and 4.3cm wide :)

 

 & another two brooches from 'the circle series'

no.50

no.49

 

Hope you are having a nice week

~ Gillian ♥



round and round I sew.....

no.48

no.47

no.46



no.45

no.44

no.43

no.42

 

you would think I would get dizzy

sewing all of these circles!

Felt Brooches
'Circle Series'

 

have a happy day

~ Gillian ♥

 

sewing in circles....

 no.41

 no.40

 no.39

 no.38

 no.37

no.36

 

I've been adding more

'circle series' felt & fabric brooches to the collection.

 

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas!

~ Gillian ♥

 

no.35 and counting.....

 no.35

 no.34

 no.33

no.32

no.31

 

more 'circle series' felt brooches using lovely

Marcus fabric and Pure wool felt.

 

I do hope you are enjoying this lovely time of the year!

~ Gillian ♥



circles, circles and more circles.....

 no.30

 no.29

 no.28

 no.27

no.26

 

ok....so I think I can safely say

I am addicted to circles! ;)

 

Have a happy and creative day

~ Gillian ♥

 



soft, sweet, round and stitched....

 no.25

 no.24

no.23

no.22



no.21

 

a few more brooches in my 'circle series'

soft, sweet, round and stitched....

 

have a creative day

~ Gillian ♥



a series of circles....

 no.20

 no.19

 no.18

 no.17

 no.16

no.15

 

and the series continues to grow :)

 

cutting, layering, stitching, placing, thinking, choosing, playing, smiling!

I hope you enjoy your crafting,

~ Gillian ♥

more little circles....

 no.14

 no.13

 no.12

 no.11

no.10

 

When you enjoy making something

why stop at one!

 

More of my  Circle Series Brooches

 

I hope you find some time today

to create!

~ Gillian ♥



circle series....

 No.9

 No.8

 No.7

No.6

More brooches = time spent with colour,

fabrics, thread and my machine.

= creative enjoyment.

 

I decided that the brooches needed to be part of a series

the title

- the circle series -

seemed the only choice.

Each time I make one it seems a little different to the last,

yet they all have the same 'family resemblance'

I love that about other peoples craft/art/style

and I have noticed it about my own creations when

I 'play' like I have been with these brooches.

It reminded me of an Artwork I came upon after clicking through

a link on Pinterest this week

 by Lisa Congdon on her blog

Please have a look at it Here

 

Have fun creating your own visual style ;)

~ Gillian ♥



more fun with brooches...

 Felt Brooch no.2

 Felt Brooch no.3

 Felt Brooch no.4

Felt Brooch no.5

this one was for a friend who requested a dark red version

 

and this little one is for a special young man in my home who said

'mum, do you think you could make me a badge for my satchel'

Mr L has a satchel he takes to church each week to carry his bible, sketch book etc...and he puts cool badges on it, so I felt quite honoured that he asked for one ;)

well, I thought 'ok', but I needed to make it a little more masculine and more like a badge than a brooch....The colours he requested were Red, Brown & Black....

(I added the grey, just using some of my artistic licence!)

and I decided to use a rusty pickles alphabet brad in the centre...I just trimmed the back pins a bit, pushed it through the first couple of layers, opened it up and sewed the next couple of layers  on and you cant see or feel the back of the brad.

 

*the brooches I have numbered are for sale in my madeit store :)

 

I'm also working on a couple of crochet rugs at the moment & a knitted baktus scarf, all three are rather large projects so these little brooches have been so much fun and it is nice to finish something in one creative session ;)

 

I hope you are having a beautiful day and can find some time to create

~ Gillian ♥