my step-son's birthday crown!
when he saw lexi's birthday crown, he immediately asked if he would get one for his birthday, and sure enough he will be..
i was trying for a lunar phases sort of idea, but i'm not entirely happy with how it turned out, because i didn't have quite enough space to comfortably fit the gibbous moons (love that word), but it looks slightly empty without them too.. that & the crescents look rather weird in this photo for some reason?!
This crown is created from a piece of wet-felted.. umm.. felt, obviously ;-) (in the two swirly blue colours), which i then needle-felted decorations onto, and added hand-coloured wooden ribbons & silver ribbons for the closure.
The knitted then felted crown definitely makes a sturdier crown shape, but when the time factor is taken into account, plus the versitility of wet-felting with fibre, then i think this is a good option too!
I'm not 100% happy with it, but i'm sure the recipient will be!
when he saw lexi's birthday crown, he immediately asked if he would get one for his birthday, and sure enough he will be..i was trying for a lunar phases sort of idea, but i'm not entirely happy with how it turned out, because i didn't have quite enough space to comfortably fit the gibbous moons (love that word), but it looks slightly empty without them too.. that & the crescents look rather weird in this photo for some reason?!
This crown is created from a piece of wet-felted.. umm.. felt, obviously ;-) (in the two swirly blue colours), which i then needle-felted decorations onto, and added hand-coloured wooden ribbons & silver ribbons for the closure.
The knitted then felted crown definitely makes a sturdier crown shape, but when the time factor is taken into account, plus the versitility of wet-felting with fibre, then i think this is a good option too!
I'm not 100% happy with it, but i'm sure the recipient will be!
5 comments:
The felted crown is an excellent idea. And I think the moons all look pretty good. Funky rocket. I'm sure it will be worn with much excitement.
Love, love, love the wet-felting idea. Should try that next time since I've got a mountain of roving;-)
I really like it. Cam would be beside himself if I made him one with a rocket on it. I can see some of my newly made felt being made into a crown for an upcoming birthday :-)
yeah go for it viv!!
and sharon - bubblewrap is the key i reckon ;) keeps everything in place & doubles the agitation!
I think that looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I love the rocket, as well as the moon phases. :)
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