Needle Felted Landscapes

This darn broken foot is so limiting. If I sit with my foot down for too long, I end up with sausages for toes and a lot of fluid in my foot. They tell me this will go away in the next week or so. I hope they are right. I ventured into the sewing room this weekend. I have two quilt blocks I need to sew and get off in the mail. I have discovered that ironing on one leg is hard, using a rotary cutter on one leg can be dangerous, and do things in small amounts.

Lucky for me I have a big comfy chair and ottoman in my sewing room so in between tasks I can sit and have my foot up. During these moments I have decided to felt and hand sew. I am not very skilled in either, but practice does help a lot I am told.

I have really gotten into anything to do with felt. I have been all of the internet and yahoo looking up supplies, techniques, and different felting blogs. All I can say is thank goodness for the internet. Here are a couple of landscapes I made while resting my foot. I tried to use different techniques with each of them to see what I liked and what I didn't. I enjoyed adding the bird to the over all piece, beads alway highlight something, and machine sewing is good to define areas. I need to finish the edges and sort of fine tune them, but you get the general idea.