Create a Quilted Pet Portrait

I enjoyed making this cat portrait for a friend's birthday present. Check out how I made it Here on my blog.

Felted and Embroidered Purses by Lenall Siebenaler

I spent the entire weekend working in my garage. I basically finished a lot of pieces and projects that I had started earlier. One of the projects was these purses I had started the first day I ever felted at a felting retreat at Silver Falls Retreat Center with the Purl District, a knitting store in Silverton. Later that year, I embellished them with embroidery and beads at Menucha. I am glad to finially finish them! I think they turned out rather cute and quirky.

Lenall

Felted Eyeglass Cases by Lenall Siebenaler

Time is flying by and it's pretty darn close to "Party Time." Yep, it's almost Show Time!

I figure that I have a little less than 2 more weeks to create and the rest of the time will be spent pricing and ticketing, inventoring and thinking about merchandising. The pricing and the inventoring part of the show is my worst nightmare and my performance is some of my PAC friend's equally worst nightmares! I'm glad that I have strong shoulders, as I have been the butt of many a joke when the conversation turns to ticketing and inventoring. Heck, I readily admit that I have so much stuff that it takes me hours and in the process I often lose my place in the numbering and my handwritting gets to be even worse than it already is.

The past two days I have been working with felted fabric and made these eyeglass cases. Everyone of them is different in size, shape and decoration. They are put together using embrodiery floss in a contrast color buttonhole stitch. All eyeglasses are different, right? They are in two colorways: Turquoise, lime, green and royal and orange, red, purple and turquoise.

These have been on my list of things to do for a long time. I am finially crusing toward the finish line!

Lenall

Felted Wool Tree Danglies & Garland by Lenall Siebenaler

I did not design this danglie, but saw one like it 3 years ago and loved it. I actually bought one for 24.00!!! I have loved it ever since though! What a nut! Mine will be $6-8.00.

I have to tell you that I have blisters on my fingers from using the pinking shears! Anyone know the secret?It was definitely a labor of love!
I made 2 colorways in the trees: Green and purples and a more traditional red, green, yellow and purple. Which do you like best?
I had so much extra cut up scraps I decided to recycle and make some garland. Very funky! (of course I could not just use the scraps I had to keep making them all night and made 4.)
Lenall