I enjoyed learning about your process - especially your reading through the instruction and walking us through how you interpreted the chenille pieces. Love the sparkle and color. What a pretty, posable, finish!
Wow, what a great video. Super helpful. I just started my kit. This is my first time working with felt and the visuals you provided in the video are beautiful. Thank you.
I hope you give it a try! I was surprised how tedious they can be, but with some patience, I find them to be very relaxing and felt is very forgiving, lol!
Hi Christine, I also have the Butterfly Garden kit, but didn't start it yet. Working with chenille stems seems to be a bit tricky. But I saw a tutorial by Michelle Wood who simply puts the stems in place between 2 pieces of felt (they seem to stick a bit on the felt) and then she sews them together. No stitching marks on the outside. I think I will give that a try. Looking forward to see you making the Halloween ornaments. I haven't decided if I will buy them.
Yes, I have watched Michelle's tutorial and have used her method for the body of the butterfly because it's thin and the felt just folds right around it. However, it didn't work the same way on the wings 🤔
@@calico_whimsy I was going to try that, but if it doesn't work, I won't do it. Thanks for letting me know. Maybe stuffing is the best way. The result is always beautiful.
I bent and curved a chenille stick all around the outer edges of each wing piece back crossing in the middle for more stability. Also used pearl beads because I don't like the way my French Knots look on felt. Tried their antennas, they were a hot mess so I used black jewelry wire instead. Using alligator clips so they will clip on to the tree branches.
Those are beautiful! I did some Christmas ornament last year, using some cut files for my silhouette cameo as templates. I used wool felt so my cat stole them so now they are his toys ;)
@@calico_whimsy it’s an electric cutting machine. I used a Christmas set of cuts and made templates out of cardstock and then cut the the felt by hand. It was super fun to play :)
I'm still seeing butterflies all over the place, but I'm definitely ready for fall! The butterfly you completed looks great though! I started on the reindeer in the Winter Wonderland kit tonight and so far so good for being my first one ever. It's tricky appliqueing the tiny pieces while close to the edges. Looking forward to seeing how the Halloween ornaments go. I was so tempted to get that kit too, but I held back thinking I should work on the ones I have first. I believe I'll have to do this very same reindeer again for the stocking so it seems to be good practice.
I have hardly seen any butterflies this summer for some reason ( could be that I had a super lame garden this year 😭). Ooo, I'm excited you got started on the reindeer and it's going well. Those little prices can be so tricky. I heard a tip to use the beading needle when stitching close to the edge since it makes a smaller hole 👍
@@calico_whimsy That's a good tip to use the beading needle. I suppose it would be possible to just use the beading needle the whole time, though a trade off is that it is a longer needle and therefore more difficult to use more of the thread when getting close to the end of the strand. :) I can't remember if you talked about it or not in your earlier videos, but when I started stuffing the antlers of the reindeer and there were long, tiny parts to stuff, I found that the chenille stick was just too flimsy to really get into the small space, so since I do a lot of diamond painting too and have a bazillion of those metal, sharp-pointed tweezers, I tried using the ends of the tweezers to get the stuffing in there and it worked so well! A benefit is that if you accidentally use more stuffing, the tweezers are perfect for pulling some of it out (or all of it out to start over!)
I've never done a felt kit but have done felt Christmas stockings for child and spouse. I used a combo of iron on appliques, pins and freehand sequins with beads for the names. I was wishing that both had shorter names. 😃
@@calico_whimsy I was replicating the stockings my mother used to make. It was a labor of love but I procrastinated and was madly stitchin way too late.
I enjoyed learning about your process - especially your reading through the instruction and walking us through how you interpreted the chenille pieces. Love the sparkle and color. What a pretty, posable, finish!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊
Wow, those butterflies are gorgeous. You’re right, very confusing directions but the yellow/orange did turn out great.
Thank you!! I'll revisit them in the spring, lol!
Wow, what a great video. Super helpful. I just started my kit. This is my first time working with felt and the visuals you provided in the video are beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you! Enjoy your kit☺️
I've never done a Bucilla felt kit but I think watching this, I'll get one. Thank you, these look so fun!
I hope you give it a try! I was surprised how tedious they can be, but with some patience, I find them to be very relaxing and felt is very forgiving, lol!
Great job 👍 thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you!
Hi Christine, I also have the Butterfly Garden kit, but didn't start it yet. Working with chenille stems seems to be a bit tricky. But I saw a tutorial by Michelle Wood who simply puts the stems in place between 2 pieces of felt (they seem to stick a bit on the felt) and then she sews them together. No stitching marks on the outside. I think I will give that a try.
Looking forward to see you making the Halloween ornaments. I haven't decided if I will buy them.
Yes, I have watched Michelle's tutorial and have used her method for the body of the butterfly because it's thin and the felt just folds right around it. However, it didn't work the same way on the wings 🤔
@@calico_whimsy I was going to try that, but if it doesn't work, I won't do it. Thanks for letting me know. Maybe stuffing is the best way. The result is always beautiful.
@@heidicooreman1229 I would love to know how you make it work when you get started on it! Please keep me updated!
@@calico_whimsy I gladly will.
Turned out great! Thanks for sharing
Thanks Wendy! 🦋
They are so pretty so glad you made this video, I have the kit but didn't start it yet🤗🦋🦋🦋🦋
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Let me know how you do with yours! 👍🦋
Love these, Christine! I am working on the Kitty Treat stocking kit, but may be busting out one of my Halloween kits this month as well.
That's great!! I just ordered a Thanksgiving ornament kit from Merry Stocking and it has a slice of pumpkin pie!!
I bent and curved a chenille stick all around the outer edges of each wing piece back crossing in the middle for more stability. Also used pearl beads because I don't like the way my French Knots look on felt. Tried their antennas, they were a hot mess so I used black jewelry wire instead. Using alligator clips so they will clip on to the tree branches.
Fantastic tips! Thank you🦋 I haven't quite been in the mood to tackle these again, just yet 🤣
Those are beautiful! I did some Christmas ornament last year, using some cut files for my silhouette cameo as templates. I used wool felt so my cat stole them so now they are his toys ;)
😹😹 Those sneaky cats! That's a great idea for making felt shapes! I'm assuming that's a die cut machine?
@@calico_whimsy it’s an electric cutting machine. I used a Christmas set of cuts and made templates out of cardstock and then cut the the felt by hand. It was super fun to play :)
@@marika.stitches That sounds so fun! You are so crafty! 😊
Our 3 month old kitten found a couple of pieces I must have dropped. They became instant toys and I am still missing one of the pieces.
I'm still seeing butterflies all over the place, but I'm definitely ready for fall! The butterfly you completed looks great though! I started on the reindeer in the Winter Wonderland kit tonight and so far so good for being my first one ever. It's tricky appliqueing the tiny pieces while close to the edges. Looking forward to seeing how the Halloween ornaments go. I was so tempted to get that kit too, but I held back thinking I should work on the ones I have first. I believe I'll have to do this very same reindeer again for the stocking so it seems to be good practice.
I have hardly seen any butterflies this summer for some reason ( could be that I had a super lame garden this year 😭).
Ooo, I'm excited you got started on the reindeer and it's going well. Those little prices can be so tricky. I heard a tip to use the beading needle when stitching close to the edge since it makes a smaller hole 👍
@@calico_whimsy That's a good tip to use the beading needle. I suppose it would be possible to just use the beading needle the whole time, though a trade off is that it is a longer needle and therefore more difficult to use more of the thread when getting close to the end of the strand. :) I can't remember if you talked about it or not in your earlier videos, but when I started stuffing the antlers of the reindeer and there were long, tiny parts to stuff, I found that the chenille stick was just too flimsy to really get into the small space, so since I do a lot of diamond painting too and have a bazillion of those metal, sharp-pointed tweezers, I tried using the ends of the tweezers to get the stuffing in there and it worked so well! A benefit is that if you accidentally use more stuffing, the tweezers are perfect for pulling some of it out (or all of it out to start over!)
@@rebeccachapman1231 Tweezers! That is an excellent tip and I must add it to my tools, thank you!
I've never done a felt kit but have done felt Christmas stockings for child and spouse. I used a combo of iron on appliques, pins and freehand sequins with beads for the names. I was wishing that both had shorter names. 😃
Stitching the names looks challenging! One of these days I'll attempt a stocking!
@@calico_whimsy I was replicating the stockings my mother used to make. It was a labor of love but I procrastinated and was madly stitchin way too late.
@@e.keesey I'm sure they were beautiful!