I have been working on wool trivets for a while and have finally finished a few which I will be posting over the next few days. You can see my first one here.
I cut 7" squares from felted wool which my daughter gave me a while back - one from a red wool coat and a harlequin one from a black wool sweater with a diamond design. I rounded the corners I hand stitched a navy die cut flower to the red one. I added a small piece of yellow/orange cotton below the center and stitched all the way around with cotton embroidery floss using running stitch to secure the cotton to the flower. I then placed the flower onto the red square and stitched all the way around with navy embroidery floss using small stab stitches until the circumference had been secured to the square. I added some long stitches on each petal to give it a bit of dimension. I did not add anything to the black piece as it was already nicely decorated. I stitched the outside edge with camel embroidery thread using the blanket stitch. I then added black cotton cording by whip stitching into the top of the blanket stitch. Worked really well. I added a hanging loop using cotton cording so it can be displayed as art when it is not being used to protect a surface from a hot dish or teapot. On the other hand it could also protect a table from a vase of flowers, a candle or a sculpture. Therese
