Itching to Work with Wool

I was bitten by the wool bug this week.

After getting out my little spring wool quilts and 

sharing about the great white wool cape, I found

myself itching, sometimes wool will do that, to 

make something new.

The idea of the chick wearing the bunny ears is just too funny.

Lots of my wool pieces are done on a dark background, but I

loved using a white wool this time to make a softer

more springtime look.

I adapted a pattern from

All Through the Night called "Easter Chicks." for 

the center and the idea of appliqued tongues on the background

from a pattern by Jointed at the Hip in their book

Folk Art Favorites.

Doing the tongues that way was a lot easier than having 

them be loose and then trying to buttonhole around

the raw edges.

 Mostly I used wool floss around the applique pieces.

I used what I had and then used a bit of

regular embroidery floss as well.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

This time I did fusible applique using

the fusible web, Soft to Fuse.  

It's a great product and doesn't make the 

pieces stiff with all that fusible stuff.

Years ago when E-Bay was in its infancy,  I bought 

a jar of white mother of pearl buttons.

I'll have buttons forever.

It was the perfect project to actually use a few.

I attached the ric rac by sewing on the buttons and

then added one button on each tongue.

Are you wondering about that original wool?

I found some of the lavender we had dyed and made

sure to include that in the piece.

It was a fun project, nice to get

something done so quickly and

play in the wool stash again.

Until Next Time-