{"id":5523,"date":"2012-03-08T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=5523"},"modified":"2012-03-08T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T14:41:14","slug":"book-and-craft-maybe-even-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=5523","title":{"rendered":"Book and craft- (maybe even, ART!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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 <\/em>I found this book at our local used book shop\/funding literacy campaign.<\/p>\n

It was torn and they were going to toss it, but I loved the illustrations- needlework with antique<\/p>\n

fabrics, sequins and felt.<\/p>\n

So I rescued the book, cut out the torn page( thankfully it didn\u2019t affect the story) taped two pages<\/p>\n

together to make it whole, and then I made the two felted sea horses to go with the story.<\/p>\n

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When I began felting my wool pieces some years ago, I wanted<\/p>\n

to try out the process and used a pair of gold wool slippers I had<\/p>\n

knitted but was not fond of- and they became a very small pair of<\/p>\n

gold wool slippers that I had no real use for anymore.   But I didn\u2019t <\/p>\n

throw them away, because I like the texture and the reminder of<\/p>\n

how much wool shrinks when felted.<\/p>\n

So I rummaged through my old fabric trunk, came up with some sheets<\/p>\n

of yellow felt and appliqued the seahorses onto the slipper.<\/p>\n

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Then I added some identifying stitches, an eye and sequins.<\/p>\n

I used the pictures from the book to make the pattern for the <\/p>\n

Sea horses- I wanted them to add to the fun of identifying the <\/p>\n

hidden or Secret sea horses throughout the book.<\/p>\n

We sent them off on Monday to Oyster Bay- I\u2019m hoping the little boys<\/p>\n

enjoy the book in person as much as they did when I read it to them on Skype.<\/p>\n

\"020\"<\/a> And then \u2013 because I had gotten rid of a pair<\/p>\n

of slippers, I made another pair.<\/p>\n

\"021\"<\/a>\"022\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I crocheted some faux fur on the edges- they remind me of lions.<\/p>\n

And now I\u2019m going to knit a couple of hats- I found a pattern I can follow<\/p>\n

and like- and am going to teach my niece to make a knitted hat over the<\/p>\n

next week.   We are going to Chincoteague for a couple of days so that<\/p>\n

will be our evening project!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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