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56 We ❤ Spring Crafting
Let your creativity run
wild with our
Upcycled Makes
Upcycling is great for the environment,
but who knew it could look so good? Penelope Quinn’s project takes
a plain straw bag and turns it into a vibrant, on-trend tote, complete with pom-poms, tassels and a bright felt flower. “This is a fantastic project for using up
all those spare bits
of embellishments
in your sewing kit,” Penelope says. We think Penelope's dog Molly looks adorable sporting the felt flower, too!
Spring into the new season with Penelope Quinn’s brilliant stash busters
SKILL LEVEL 33
the leaves to the underside of the flower with hot glue, then thread the circle of felt onto the wire, and glue to the flower. Trim off the excess wire so the base of the flower is now flush.
6Use a hacksaw to saw off the top of the wine cork. Glue this onto the base of the flower, followed by the hair clip.
Felt flower
Picnic bag
Kit List
Yarn, four or five colours
Pom-pom maker Straw bag Needle and thread
Embellishments Hot glue gun (optional) Embroidery thread, four or five colours
1Make or buy enough pom-poms in various colours of yarn to cover the top lip of the bag. For
a consistent shape and size, use
a pom-pom maker. With the same colour of yarn, sew the pom-poms onto the bag until they feel secure.
Sew embellishments such
as pom-pom strings, rope, sequin strings or decorative ribbon around the outer edge of the
bag using a small running stitch.
While the embroidery thread
accessory
❤Penny's pup!
fingers. If you find it too hot to hold the petals while they cool, try using pegs.
Concertina fold the base
of an inner petal four times. While holding tight with your fingers, use the hot glue gun
to apply a strip of glue to the fold. Hold the petal onto the centre of the flower until cool. Use around five inner petals and then add the larger petals.
From green felt, cut out two
leaves and a circle the size of the base of the flower with a small hole in the middle. Stick
Kit List
Felt: yellow, pink, green
Florist wire or pipe cleaner Hot glue gun
Wine cork Strong hair clip Super glue
To create the middle of the
another five slightly smaller squares to make the centre petals. To create a petal, fold
a square in half, and cut around one of the corners to create a rounded edge. Unfold the square and cut a triangle on either side about halfway down from the rounded top. Cut a slit in the top.
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is still in its packaging, place
a pen or another circular item
in one end. With the embroidery thread hanging down, wrap a piece of thread underneath the pen several times and tie off. Repeat on the other end, and then cut exactly in the middle to create two tassels.
Tie a piece of embroidery
flower, cut a 4cm strip of yellow felt. Cut thin fringing around 1cm to 2cm long into this. Secure the wire to one end of the strip with a small dab
of hot glue. Wrap the strip around itself until you have what will look like the centre of a flower, around 3cm to 4cm in diameter.
Bring one side of the slit over
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2For the petals, cut approximately 15 5cm squares from pink felt. Cut
the top of the other to give the petal a concave shape and secure with hot glue. You may need to press down for a few seconds until the glue is dry, but be careful not to burn your
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thread through the loop of a tassel and use it to stitch the tassel onto the bag underneath a pom-pom. Repeat with the rest of the tassels.