Felt and silk brooch in the shape of a boot. Christmas gift

A felt and silk brooch that I have made in the shape of a boot.

Now in my etsy shop 

 When making the felt my the wet felt method I covered the merino wool with pure silk. This has given the brooch a wonderful tactile smoothness. To get a spotted pattern on the boot I needle felted afterwards which has left tiny spots over the surface where the underlying wool shows.

The hand embroidery adds further detail and I used vintage silk threads to work stem stitch and french knots.

 Brooches need to be handled quite a lot, so in order to make the brooch firm, I have sandwiched a layer of Decovil light iron interfacing between the felt front and the vintage fabric back to which I added a secure pin.

 This pretty felt brooch will make a wonderful addition to a jumper, cardigan, dress or blouse. It would also look great on a bag.

The customer will receive the felt brooch packaged securely in a box. I will then place the box in a plastic postage bag to keep dry.

Feltissimo has many years experience of shipping items. I pride myself in ensuring that all items arrive at their destination in good condition.

Lilac garden felt brooch by Feltissimo

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My inspiration for for this pretty felt brooch was a country garden.

I make all of my felt by hand, using Merino wool fibres. By using the wet felting method, I get the the wool fibres to entangle together to create a firm felt fabric. The machine stitching I have used on the felt brooch has raised some areas creating small flower beds which I filled with embroidery. A variety of stitches were used using vintage recycled silk threads. Further texture was added by using 1930’s rococco ribbon flowers. I also added on this brooch two other lilac vintage flowers, to make this felt brooch unique. 

Unique felt brooch with 1930s rococco ribbon trim. Yellow garden by Feltissimo

Now in my Feltissimo etsy shop

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My inspiration for for this pretty felt brooch was a country garden.

I make all of my felt by hand, using Merino wool fibres. By using the wet felting method, I get the the wool fibres to entangle together to create a firm felt fabric. The machine stitching I have used on the felt brooch has raised some areas creating small flower beds which I filled with embroidery. A variety of stitches were used using vintage recycled silk threads. Further texture was added by using 1930’s rococco ribbon flowers to make this felt brooch unique. 

Measurements - approx. 8.5cms/3.34" deep x 8.5cms/3.34" wide at the widest points.

This pretty felt brooch will make a wonderful addition to a jumper, cardigan, dress or blouse. It would also look great on a bag.

 The customer will receive the felt brooch packaged securely in a box. I will then place the box in a plastic postage bag to keep dry. Feltissimo has many years experience of shipping items. I pride myself in ensuring that all items arrive at their destination in good condition.

Felt gift tag/hanger with antique girl toile addition,Christmas gift

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A handmade felt hanger or tag made from pale pink merino wool fibres and silk strands. The felt has been made by a process of wet felting by hand so that the hooks on the wool all lock together creating a strong fabric.

It has been embellished with one of my favourite antique textiles, French toile fabric. This image of a girl/s face in blue has been sewn onto the felt with machine stitching and further decoration has been added with hand embroidery using vintage airforce blue and pink vintage silks.

 The hanger has been stiffened on the reverse with the addition of decovil light fabric and then covered with a vintage 1960's fabric.

A vintage airforce blue button has been sewn at the top and attached to it is a pale pink coloured ribbon.

I have made the ribbon quite long so that if wished, a bow could be formed.

Measures approx. - 10cms/3.9" x 5.5cms/2.2"

These unique hangers/tags can be used in a variety of places in the home, hanging on a wall, door or drawer knob. They could decorate your bag or used as a tag, personalise a special gift. the uses are endless.

 This will come packed neatly in a box which makes it ideal for a gift.

An ideal Christmas gift.

Felt brooch with antique silk flowers - handmade by Feltissimo

A pretty felt brooch with three silk flowers.

This little felt brooch is handmade The felt has been made using turquoise coloured merino wool fibres with additions of silk fibres. The felt has been made by a process of wet felting by hand so that the hooks on the wool all lock together creating a strong fabric.

The flowers have petals made from antique silk chiffon scarves and have a french knot embroidered at the centre.

The whole felt brooch has been stiffened with decovil light and then covered with a pretty English 1960's vintage fabric. A pin has been securely stitched onto the reverse.

The felt brooch measures approx. 6.5cms(2.6") x 3.5cms(1.4") .

 This will come packed neatly in a box which makes it ideal for a gift.

 I am happy to combine shipping, please see the details in the 'shipping and policies' link underneath the images.
I have many years of shipping worldwide through my 'Rag Rescue' business so please be assured that a great deal of care will be taken to ensure that your orders arrive safely with you.

Ideal as a Christmas gift.

Posting lots of Christmas gifts on etsy

 I've busy over the Summer creating lots of items in felt that are ideal as Christmas Gifts.

You can find them at 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/feltissimo

 At the moment there brooches listed -

 Christmas tree hangers - 

Parcel and door knob hangers  with antique French toile fabric-

 Lavender bags made with vintage fabric and filled with Yorkshire lavender.

More items are being added each day.

I am experienced in shipping worldwide.

thanks for looking Sandie

Lovely felted floral brooch - Alpine flowers

Feltissimo on Etsy

A lovely felted brooch made from Shetland wool fibres and Tussah silk. Two Alpine flowers have been pre-felted in blue merino wool fibres and then felted onto the base. The centre of each flower has a collar of vintage pure blue silk. The brooch is also embellished with gold coloured vintage silk thread embroidery.

In order to make the brooch firm, a layer of Decovil 1 as been sandwiched between the felt and the vintage fabric backing. A secure pin has been sewn on to the back.

 Measurements - approx. 7cms x 5cms ( 2.8" x 2" ) at the widest points

The brooch comes attached to card and in a cello fronted bag. The postage bag is plastic so as it doesn't get damp in transit.

An ideal gift item, that is if you can part with it.

Experience in shipping world wide.

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Nuno felt purse/pouch with vintage silks. Christmas gift

http://www.etsy.com/shop/feltissimo

This is a very useful purse pouch made from handmade felt and antique and vintage silk fabrics. Because the silks were felted into the merino wool fibres they have shrunk and have given this new fabric a wonderful texture.

Vintage bugle and square cut beads have been added as further decoration. It fastens with a large antique press stud.

 This is a very useful purse pouch. Ideal as a glasses case. Wonderful Christmas gift .

 Measures - 16.5cms wide x 10cms (6.5" x 4") when closed.

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Pretty felted brooch, felt pin with bugle beads and Chinese trim- FB14 Christmas gift .

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 A pretty handmade felt brooch/pin made from merino wool fibres in various shades of white, green and yellow. A design has been created at the top using golden coloured Victorian bugle beads. At the outward edge of the cut lengths of glass cane I have embroidered a french knot in vintage silk.

The lower end of the brooch/pin has a wonderful antique Chinese embroidered trim in shades of green, coral, cream and red.

In order to make the brooch firm, a layer of Decovil 1 iron on interfacing has been sandwiched between the felt and the woven wool backing. A secure pin has been sewn onto the back.

This brooch can be worn vertically or horizontally as seen in the photo's.

Measurements - approx. 9cms x 5cms (3.5" x 2" )

An ideal gift item especially at Christmas, that is if you can part with it.

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Pretty felted and hand embroidered brooch, felt pin. - FB10

 An ideal birthday or Christmas gift item, that is if you can part with it.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Feltissimo

A pretty handmade felt brooch/pin made from merino wool fibres in various shades of cream, light green and blue. A simple cellular design has been created using antique silk threads in grey, yello and dark pink..

In order to make the brooch firm, a layer of Decovil 1 iron on interfacing as been sandwiched between the felt and the woven wool backing. A secure pin has been sewn onto the back.

Measurements - approx. 6.7cms x 4.3cms ( 2.6" x 1.75" )

The brooch comes attached to card and in a cello fronted bag. The postage bag is plastic so as it doesn't get damp in transit.

£6.50

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Christmas cards at the ready.

My apologies to all my blogger friends for not looking and commenting on your blogs these past few weeks. There has been a huge family crisis and I just couldn't get my head around anything. Hopefully the crisi will ease slightly next weekend and I will be going away to sell at my bi-monthly antique fairs. For details of the fairs see my
Rag Rescue blog

What has helped me release some of the tension in myself has been my felting. I decided to make my Christmas cards this year and above are some photographs of just a couple of them. I also made some patchwork ones and embroidered those.
It si the first time that I've made my own cards so I hope the family and friends will enjoy them.

Peace reigns in the house this weekend as my husband and I are on our own so I'm going to spend some time surfing through all your blogs.