Felt so Good? (Oh, my goodness. Yes, yes it did.) Felt so Good: 70+ Felted and Plain Wool Designs for You and Your Home by Tone Rørseth is a book that made me want to felt. Well, more specifically, go out and find some Nepal Wool Felt and some Wool Felt by the Yard and dig out the craft felt and and and… Full disclosure: I have needle and noro felted—in classes and on my own—and I very much enjoyed it… but it never really stuck....

…when all you have is the fabric?! We inherited two items of furniture, one from each side of the family–a chair from the Husband’s grandmother and an indoor bench from mine. Both need recovering. There is not a chance we can afford to have it done for us, but I kept looking at the cushions and thinking… “I could do that…” You know, in my spare time. Here’s the chair, mit fabric. And here’s...

So, after seeing the Julie/Julia movie I just HAD to have an apron like hers. I came close using an A-line skirt pattern.