These are my first felt non-stuffies 

Camera pouch
I saw this on Etsy but couldn't afford it, so decided to make one for myself. The etsy seller's work looks far more professional though (esp the mega thick and smooth felt, plus impeccable stitching), but I love mine too! I love cameras, and most camera-shaped stuff!





Pencil case
This design came from a Japanese craft book called 'Small felt creations'. It was love at first sight and there are several neat projects inside, which I couldn't get off my head. So I just had to purchase the book a few days later!

Presenting...Lucky Dog from the Softies book.

Lucky is one of the main reasons why I got the book, and he can be seen on the cover for comparison: http://softiescentral.typepad.com/blog/softies_book/index.html.
I ended up painting the black of the eyes with acrylic onto white felt, as the black felt was shedding too much.

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Hiyee! This is my first attempt at making bags. I've made some little stuffies and a few pouches before, but nothing of this size and--ehrm!--complexity. It's reversible (though the inside cloth doesn't match with the straps) and took quite a while for me to figure out as the book wasn't very detailed about dimensions. The bird's an applique made of felt, and the pocket inside is recycled from old shorts.

Here's the outside:


Reversed:


Tell me what you think! I love bags so I'm hoping to make more.

I'm new to making softies and consider myself a non-sewer (after disastrous results with a sewing machine years ago). But I recently caught a softie bug and bought a number of books, so here's the result:

The second and third were made from The Cute Book. I forgot the arms for the rabbit till too late, and could not unpick much as the cheapo acrylic felt was tearing. I'm a super slow sewer, the yellow softie which is 2.5 inches in height, took about 2.5 hours to create, including a small loop at the back for attaching to keyring. And I even had patterns!

Cutting the small pieces of felt carefully takes me a long time. Also, tracing with a water erasable pen (and removing the ink later) took quite a while. Is there any way I can speed up these processes? Lastly, how should eyes be attached? I have a book which shows this:
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Is there another way so that the knots don't show? Thank you

Here are mine. They don't look as grrl groovy as yours though.

This one's covered with denim from pants that I've outgrown.


This one has handmade paper with printed flowers on it.


The black stuff by the sides are velcro which I glue onto the denim/paper, followed by non-adhesive velcro strips on top.