I Felt Like It

I went to JoAnn Fabrics this week to buy some sealer.  I'm making a clock to sell as a fund-raising item for our guild, and the Mod Podge label says to use a sealer.  I didn't put sealer on the first clock I made for myself last year, but this time I thought I should follow directions.  But when I asked a JoAnn employee, she said the sealer they recommend is a spray.  I don't like sprays, and decided the clock would be fine without it.

But since I was at JoAnn and didn't want to leave empty-handed, I turned my attention to their felt.

I keep finding items in my new books and magazines that are made out of felt.  They use the "good" felt - 35% wool.  But since these projects are just going to be for me, and who knows how long it will before I get tired of them, I went with the cheap felt.

They have such nice patterns now that I hadn't seen before.  The patterned pieces are a little over $1 each and the plain ones are about 33 cents.  They didn't have any white rectangles, so I went to the bolts of felt and bought 1/3 yard.  It was on sale and only cost $1.

Some of these are going to be inner ears of elephants.

This set looks buoyant.  I really like that salmon/white design whose name I should know.  It was hard for me to buy that bland beige in the lower left, but sometimes you need a little bland.

Flower power - more of that 60s vibe brought into to the 21st century.

The tie-dye is a little much for me when it's all in one piece, but cut apart into sections it will be interesting.

This is going to be a house.

And this will be the house next door.

I know that was a lot of pieces to buy (and for most of these I bought doubles), but I did it anyway because I felt like it.