Weekend = Sewing

Weekends are a great time to catch up on sewing. Labor Day weekend is no exception, especially with our very winter-like chilly rainy weather today. I am sewing tags, sewing slipper embellishments, sewing unique adult size slippers for local fundraiser sales...and, recently, sewing buttons and thread felted wool animals to make ornaments.

Made from slipper scraps, the lovely felted wool creatures have arrived! Here in Seattle, I sew a unique button and thread to each animal so it is tree-ready. Of course, the thread and button can be easily removed and the creature can stand on its own.

My new favorite is the elephant, but it's hard to steer away from the woolly grey billy goat. The recent arrival of the felted wool animals from Mongolia inspired my family to go to the Woodland Park Zoo this afternoon. The snow leopards (native to Mongolia) were our favorites today.