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Thursday, October 10, 2013

FELTED ACORNS

Off and on, during snippets of time I've been dipping my hands in hot, soapy water...and with elbow grease....creating felted acorns.

 During our daily 'forced march' last fall, I gathered quite a bunch of acorn tops.
 I had an urge to do something with them....esp. since I was in need of a gift for a creative person I admire.  So, out came dyed wool roving in as many fall colors as I had.
 Then, with the DVR tuned to my archive of "Housewives" shows....a bowl of hot water and some soap.....
 I squeezed, rolled, patted, and otherwise manipulated some shapes to fit into the acorn lids.
And....here are the results.....
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15 comments:

  1. margaretOctober 10, 2013 at 9:01 AM

    the first word that sprang to mind delightful

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  2. RobbieOctober 10, 2013 at 8:48 PM

    Oh my...what a huge amount of work!!! They are little beauties that's for sure!!!

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  3. Kay Koeper SorensenOctober 11, 2013 at 1:26 AM

    those are my colors...love them !

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  4. JulianneOctober 11, 2013 at 8:41 AM

    So creative and cute. I love it.

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  5. LA PaylorOctober 11, 2013 at 9:40 AM

    oooh those little nuggets!!!
    What an ingenious idea Mary.
    I'm trying to figure out how not to be a no reply blogger so until then.
    LeeAnna Paylor
    lapaylor.blogspot.com

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  6. quiltedfabricartOctober 11, 2013 at 10:00 AM

    How cool! If you put one on a necklace you could use it as a pincushion around your neck that travels with you :-)
    Love!

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  7. UnknownOctober 11, 2013 at 11:05 AM

    Looks like a lot of work, but well worth the effort I am sure.

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  8. Linda A. MillerOctober 11, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    Love the colors... I wonder if the squirrels in my yard would go for these?!

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  9. SnowcatcherOctober 11, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    These are so awesome! What a fun, creative way to decorate for autumn!

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  10. TerriOctober 11, 2013 at 2:36 PM

    They are darling. I, too, have a bunch of the little caps... picked in years previous, but saved to make hats for little woodland people - as shown on the Carol Duval show years ago. Still haven't found the time.
    Your green ones look like the acorns on my oak tree now. Thanks for sharing your project.
    Hugs

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  11. Frances MeredithOctober 11, 2013 at 4:23 PM

    Cute!

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  12. Quilt RatOctober 11, 2013 at 4:42 PM

    Amazing! I adore the wonderful texture in the acorn caps.....your wool roving "acorns" are marvelous!

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  13. Linda MOctober 12, 2013 at 10:57 AM

    Those are very cool , very clever idea.

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  14. MarveLes Art StudiosOctober 12, 2013 at 9:04 PM

    they are so charming!! cuties! and a beautiful collection,too!

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  15. Margaret CooterOctober 17, 2013 at 5:44 AM

    So autumnal! At an oak wood near me, the ground is now littered with fallen acorns and painty brown leaves.

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