Needle Case Saddle Blanket

I took a photo of the finished project last night!  This is a felted needle case. It knitted up quickly and was a 30 X 30 piece, then I washed it in hot soapy water in the washer, and all the fibers melted together to create the thick felt. Once I had it felted and dried Ouzel modeled it as a saddle blanket!

  I rode her around the room, and then sewed my cables onto the fabric, slipped the needles through the cables to hold them. Then I made another felted piece -- cut it in half with scissors, and used those piece to secure the rolled needle case!   This case will last 100 years!

before felting

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after felting

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Ouzel's saddle blanket--yee-ha-cowgirl

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cables hold needles in place

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The finished product....