I have been working on some wool trivets cut from some felted wool that my daughter sent my way several years ago. I used a lavender piece and a brighter purple piece (8" square with slightly rounded corner) to which I stitched some wool elements made of a lighter wool fabric. The flower was die cut (SZ) and the leaves were hand cut and them I stitched their edges down with simple straight stitches along the edges using cotton embroidery thread in coordinating colours. I added a line in the leaves and straight stitches and french knots in the center of the flower.
I cut a balloon from yellow wool, stitched the edges with straight stitches all the way around and all through the middle for a bit of texture. I added a black cotton string which I couched with black embroidery thread.
I laid them back to back and then added a row of straight stitches all the way around in a light lavender cotton embroidery thread which combined them into a unit which is stable and will serve very well as a trivet for a tea pot, a warm pie or a pan of brownies. I have a few more cut and they will show up as they get stitched up. Therese
