Bambi fur accessories

Faux fur accessories make a lovely addition to lolita and mori girl outfits adding texture as well as being practical and warm.

Innocent World and Swimmer have both released fur collars in the popular 'Bambi' print.

 I really love bambi faux fur but these collars are quite rare and hard to find so I set about making my own. It was hard to find bambi print fur and in the end I decided to buy some fur boot/leg covers from Rakuten and remake them into a collar and other accessories.

 I undid the seams of one of the boot covers so that I had one piece of fur fabric. This piece I made into a fur collar. I left the seams of the second one intact and turned it into a fur hand muff, there were enough spare bits of fabric left over to make a pair of fur wrist cuffs too.

This is how they turned out. 

I used a simple C type of shape to make the collar which I based on a plain fur one that I already own. All you need to make one of your own is some fabric, ribbon or lace to make the ties, faux fur fabric and some backing fabric. I used a cotton fabric with a print but polyester lining fabric would work just as well.

I hope I get chance to wear them now before the weather warms up too much, the collar will look nice with cardigans and boleros but the hand muffler is definitely a winter only accessory.

Felted flower scarf

I started this blog as a way to give me motivation to finish craft projects that I have started and to provide inspiration for new ones as well as random items I've found while shopping on the interwebs. I thought that themes would be nice, perhaps on a monthly basis. 

The first theme I'd like to use is forests, fairies and mushrooms. 

I have a little box full of half finished items, in this box were a number of flower shapes that I had made from handmade felt. After having no idea what to do with them I thought about joining them all up with yarn to make a scarf. 

It needs a bit of tweeking, I'll probably sew over all the yarn to hold it in position so it doesn't twist.
I showed my partner this and he called it an Hawian scarf :D