Felt Seahorse

Sorry this is sideways.  I have a new computer with Windows 10 OS and haven't yet figured out how to correct photos!  Anyway, I saw felt seahorses on Pinterest, and as I have a friend who loves seahorses, I decided to make one for her for Christmas.

Xmas mail art envelopes

I have been admiring all the mail art on Pinterest and it motivate me to decorate the envelopes that I sent my Xmas cards in.  I bought the Xmas stamps first, and tried to match my decorating to the stamps.  Moderately successful...

This was one of two cards I made using scraps of patchwork fabric.  Effective but simple!

Licorice Allsorts.

I saw these on Pinterest, and managed to track down the blog where they originated.  It was all in Dutch (I think) so I couldn't understand the words, although the translater thingy helped!  The photos were self explanatory, so it didn't take much to figure out how to make these cute licorice allsorts.   I love making things from felt, and have another few items on the go, so will post them here when they are done.  I've been doing mostly patchwork and stitching in recent months, as I had let that go when I was doing the Life Drawing classes.
Cut strips of felt, then cross cut the strips into squares.

 Glue the squares together like the real allsorts.  The rolled ones are two strips of felt rolled up with glue to keep them from unravelling.

They look very realistic in a jar - these are for one of my crafty friends, can't wait to give them to her!