
Felt is a beautiful material to work with. Soft natural & highly tactile it is relatively cheap to buy is widely available in a huge range of colours & is very easy to work with. It has become a popular material for all sorts of consumer goods including jewellery toys & Christmas decorations. The twenty projects in this book include a range of decorations suitable for Christmas including hanging tree decorations a Christmas wreath an advent calendar garland free-standing felt ornaments a Christmas cottage storage box & a bottle gift bag. The designs have a fresh contemporary look that will appeal to a young audience as well as more traditional crafters & all the projects are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced sewers. The easy-to-make pieces use pre-bought felt (no wet felting or needlefelting is involved) & include step-by-step instructions lists of the materials & tools needed & a beautiful photograph of the finished piece. Templates are provided where required & the basic techniques & stitches required are included at the start of the book.