If your going to felt some old clothing, some pointers that I learned about felting from her book that I didn't read in my online research are:
- The sweaters must be at least 80% wool, and the other 20% must be a natural fiber. One of the sweaters that I tried was 80% wool but the rest of it was synthetic and it did not felt.
- Even some 100% wool sweaters will not felt. Read the care labels and the more specific they are (ie-hand wash, lay flat to dry, or dry clean only) the more likely they will be to felt. Also the finer gauge knit, the better.
You can get the directions for the cupcakes in Betz's book, Warm Fuzzies. I used directions from her appearance on Martha Stewart to make the "whipped topping". She made really cute teacup pincushions on the show that you might also want to check out.
4 comments:
These are adorable, Steph! Way to go.
steph, you are amazing! i love all of your projects. keep it up. :)
I loved seeing Betz make these on Martha StewArt! They are sooo cute and so are those tea cups! They are on my project to do list of course!!
Hugs,
Heather
Love these. They are adorable. You have some serious talent.
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