When I was little my sister and I loved borrowing Ondori books from our local library, which had felt toys and dolls to make. We made quite a few. You can tell the books made quite an impression on me, because how many other craft books do I remember the publisher of, from when I was a child?!
As a general rule I don’t go to Etsy as I figure I could waste far too much time there. However, this caught my eye the other day – a shop called Fairyfox which has lots of wonderful patterns so that you can make your own felt food and felt toys.
In the food line, there are [the ubiquitous!] cupcakes, petit fours, sushi, cappuccinos (cappuccini?!), fruit, vegetables, icecreams, a hot dog and beer, and a roast chicken…
In the toys range, there is a toolbox complete with tools, a coffee set, and a jumping castle amongst other fun oddities, all made of felt.
Of course I don’t have the time, but I’m extremely tempted to get one of the patterns and make some… 🙂
White Threads is the blog of Yvette Stanton, the author, designer, publisher behind Vetty Creations' quality needlework books and embroidery products.
One of my grandmother’s soft toy making books includes an entire butcher’s shop, complete with felt hams, felt chops and felt sausages!
That’s hilarious! Just what every good home needs!