Scrappy Hobby Horse

6 May

Look at what Rebecca, who lives in the Galapagos Islands, made from all her left over felt scraps! Check out her blog Beauty all Around for full tutorial.

Beauty All Around

Do you have piles of felt scraps floating around? Felt food, hair clips, fancy flowers, and a myriad of other felt crafting fun can leave you with quite a heap of felt bits floating around. Or, if you can’t get enough scraps, like me, you might purchase a big old box of scraps from some felt supplier. These scraps can come in handy, but I’ve found them hard to use in bulk, until now. I decided to try piecing some fabric together out of all the scraps. After I got about a third of a yard worth, I decided it was time to make something. Of all the different projects I had in mind for this lovely patchwork fabric, I decided a felt hobby horse was most appropriate, because it’s usually made of re-purposed materials (most commonly a sock, but you get the idea).

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I drafted my own pattern, fully…

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One Response to “Scrappy Hobby Horse”

  1. Melanie's Menagerie May 6, 2013 at 4:55 pm #

    Cute!

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