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Fun Felt Crafts by Tina Skinner Book Review and Giveaway

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Fun Felt Crafts by Tina Skinner is a fabulous book for those of us that love felting.  This book is published by Schiffer Books and they were kind enough to send me a copy to giveaway to one of you.  The pages are filled with clever ideas on how to recycle old or used woolens, as Tina points out in the history of wool crafts (Below).  Homemakers have been using left over or outdated wool clothing and recreating these into fashionable wearables for their families. I recall my mother telling the story about a coat and showing me pictures of this adorable coat that was made for her out of the wool lining of a worn out man’s overcoat.  The lining was a brown and cream plaid and the matching bonnet that matched the new coat.  There was a fur band around the bonnet and a fur muff was also created.  This book will show you just how to recycle wools and turn them into amazing and useful home décor items and wearables. Tina shows us the proper way to take apart an old wool blazer and skirt for use in fun new projects.  Felting and cutting up used wool sweaters will leave you with enough wool for many smaller projects. She shows you the basic stitches to use when hand sewing felted wool. There are patterns for making adorable pouches, bags and fabulous flowers she calls “flower Power” to decorate your hats, sweaters, jackets or stand alone brooches.  She has the cutest hats and sweater bags that will be one-of-a-kind by you the designer.  Tina has many templates in this book for patterns for your use.  The illustrations in this book are wonderful and clear and you will enjoy looking through the projects and creating your own from Tina’s basic ideas. This is a book that all felters will want to own.  

A History of Wool Craft by Tina Skinner:

Felt is one of the most popular craft mediums right now, but it’s hardly a flash-in-the-pan trend. Sheep are one of mankind’s oldest commodities, and their wonderful wool has been clothing and sheltering us throughout recorded history. Saving scraps of wool from sewing projects and salvaging what’s usable from used-up clothes is an age-old tradition. Women have been recycling wool into clever crafts since time immemorial, and the styles pioneered by America’s early homemakers are still much admired and imitated in Grafting circles today. Besides forming the basis for hooked and braided rugs, wool scraps are also the stars of the lesser-known penny rug. Penny rugs were probably never destined for work on the floor. Rather, they were used to protect the tops of precious cabinetry or furnishings while showing off the mistress’s skill with a needle.

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  4. hi
    enter me 2
    cant wait to make a cushion set for my living room with the floral designs with my daughter

  6. I would love to learn how the felt. I never did it before, am kind of scared to start. Silly, I know. But maybe this book would help! 🙂 So, I would love to make a chance to win this. Enter me, please.

  10. Oh, I would love to win one! I have gotten addicted to recycling sweaters and am now scouring every thrift store and yard sale I see to find gently used (and cheap!) woolens. Tina’s book looks FABULOUS!

  15. Enter me, please!!! I have scouted and bought at Goodwill,fulled/felted at home, and now am ready to create! Just need the inspiration!

  20. Please enter me! I love using felt and would like more flower ideas. This book looks full of inspiration.

  22. I found you from the “Contestants Enter Here” group on Ravelry. I was mostly checking it out for my daughters who do needle felting, but after bopping around the felting part of your site for a bit, I’m not entering for them anymore, but do want to enter for myself! So please do Enter me! … and if my girls are really nice to me I will share with them if I win 🙂

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