Cottage Garden Brooch Felted and Embroidered by Lynwoodcrafts

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Product Description:

A pretty garden border with lupins, michaelmas daisies and hydrangeas, all in miniature on a brooch.

Sky blue wool fibers have been felted to a background of kunin felt (produced from recycled plastic bottles. Textured, hand-dyed wool tops, some of them with lovely curls, have been felted in clumps to represent the planting. Stitching in fine cotton has been added to the sky to 'stabilise' the felting. Simple embroidery stitches, in crewel, tapestry and knitting wools, have been used to create more foliage and the pretty flowers.

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