Nelly Pailloux

Now, Felties isn't something I was normally seek out. I'm into the cute but wouldn't really consider myself into sewing. But I happened upon it one day, noticed that it looked simple enough and became OBSESSED. I ordered the book, 2 weeks later it finally showed up, I went out that night and bought just about every possible material (cost around $40) I thought I would need to complete any and all of the patterns and set off to work.

I started off with Mushroom Girl because to me she was the show more cutest. And I will be honest, it was a struggle, i almost gave up, probably took me about 3 hours. It probably didn't help that I started with a pattern with a lot of embellishments. But once I completed that first pattern I realized it wasn't really bad once I got into the sewing mindset. And from there I went to complete 10 of the 18 patterns in the book as of now. I'd say right now it takes me probably about 1-2 hours to complete a pattern.

Since my sewing skills aren't the great I modified as I went, making things easier for myself and adjusting the patterns to work a little better for me. The book is very simple to work with and definitely has given me a lot of ideas as to how I could create my own patterns, which I would like to try sometime soon. The patterns are very very small but I think it would be very simple to enlarge them on a copier to fit someone's comfort level.

Overall this is a fantastic book that has introduced me to a great new hobby! I just wish there were more patterns in the book! show less

I read a book called "Felties" written by Nelly Pailloux. From my point of view, "Felties" is a very good and unique craft book that teaches you how to make eighteen cute and quirky characters like a mummy cat or little red riding wolf using felt. Once I made one of the characters, I wanted to make them all. The characters in this book are also fairly easy to make and are good for beginner sewers.

Usually, I would never read craft book because I'm not interested in crafting, but the reason show more why I wanted to read this book is simple. The cover caught my attention! The characters on the cover were really cute so I wanted to see what other things are inside book. Therefore, I borrowed this book from the library and read it.

From this book, I learned how to sew different stitches that I didn't know before like the backstitch. "Felties" also offers diagrams when teaching you how to sew a certain stitch so the steps are easy to follow.

In conclusion, I would reccommend this book to anyone who likes cute things and sewing because this is exactly what the book contains! show less

How to make 18 cute and fuzzy friends

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