2 Little pigs went to market

I decided to make a few more pigs to take to Glendale days in October. I used a felted wool sweater from Goodwill for the blue one and the green plaid is from some wool I bought for $1.50 at a thrift store in Hilton Head. This pattern sews up pretty fast and I like outlining them with Fisherman's wool. They are cute right down to their curly little tails! They still need eyes, but that will be a quick addition.

Can you have a manly pig?

I put together my lastest felted pig yesterday. I used one of the sweaters I thrifted while I was in Hebron with hubby a few weeks ago. I brought home 6 or 7 new sweaters for felting. This is a brown argyle-100% wool. Isn't he just a manly little pig. I haven't put eyes on him yet and I haven't decided if I want to use Fisherman's Wool yarn to outline him like I did my red one. I will figure it out soon. This one went together much quicker than the first because the learning curve is gone. I really like these little pigs. If you decide to make one, don't forget to sew the legs back so that they will stand up straight once stuffed.

Sweater Pillows

Last night while watching Cosby show reruns, I cut out a bunch of felted wool "petals." I really love the linen pillow I posted here a couple of days ago, but I didn't have any linen. I decided I would try to use some charcoal gray felted wool to cut all of my half circles. I made 3 different size cardboard templates and whacked that sweater up-just the sleeves. I left the body in one piece. I hope to use that for my cover and the petals to decorate. So far I have just dropped an old pillow down into the body and I have assembled the flowers on top to see if I like the way they look. Haven't sewn anything together yet. What do you think? I think I might try to embroider something for the center with wool yarn to add a little color. I love the photo from Angella Eisman designs. Those sweater pillows on that vintage sofa are gorgeous!