January Resolutions: Ornament Production

Eight Sheets of Felt Makes Dozens of Ornaments

 

 

In November, I had a hankering to make felt ornaments. My husband promptly took an errand run to Ben Franklin, and bought seven sheets of craft felt for me. He also found a full, new sheet of red felt - with a threaded needle stuck in it -- lying at roadside on an evening walk. Clearly, a sign... 

December came and went as Decembers do, and the sheets of felt remained intact as days filled with visits and baking and wrapping. As we packed away the Christmas gear, I reached for the felt to stick it in the box with the wreath supplies. Then I stopped.

If I packed the felt away, it would just be one more unfinished project, to be pulled out next year amongst the holiday rush and probably left unfinished yet again.  My New Year's resolutions included finishing all those half-done projects languishing in my closets, so why not start here? 

And so I have whiled away the bitterly cold hours of January, snug by the woodstove, stitching away at felt, adding the miscellaneous contents of the bottom of my button box, some leftover beads, a few drapery trims. It looks like when I'm done I'll have close to three dozen ornaments  for our tree and for gifting next year. Not bad for a few sheets of felt -- and a little resolve.