Recent finds

A few random things I have picked up over the last couple of months.. 

Dollar tree circular knitting needles... 

I have only seen one size.. size 9 .. 

If you're looking for a set that won't let the yarn slide off the needle this is it... I found knitting in the round almost impossible however straight knitting went well enough that keeping them in the car for a side project like a straight stitch scarf is okay... If you already brought a set   ... I wouldn't run out to get another 

also from  Dollar tree 

The photo color didn't come out well.. I took them apart before I realized that lol... these are gold and silver they had red and blue ones as well... the sequins are so beautiful, they would have been fun decorations as is true, those sequins are just too pretty to not want to play with them lol.. I am replacing them with yarn ...

 the sequins are lightly glued to a string and that to a foam base with glitter on top part.. removing the sequins was very easy.. expect glitter to fly while doing so 

Speaking of sequin harvesting... Found these at a thrift store.. 

The sequins were easy to remove from the shamrocks, they had a surprising amount of stuffing... at the point of the photo I had already removed the headband piece from the fabric... that was the easy part as far as the headband was concerned.. hot glue was not spared in the making of these.. will take more effort to get the sequins off..  Ugh 

This roll of sequins was so tightly stuffed in a baggie there was no way to tell what it was for sure... 

The clerk asked if I even knew what it was.. when I told him no, he decided to cut the prices in half and gave me a discount on top of that.. 😊

I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was a yards long strip of elastic fabric sequin trim... 

Picked up some cookie cutters... 

The box was beat up a little bit all of the cutters are fine.. lots of random shapes but no Christmas ones.. not really a surprise as these are the regular stock went back yesterday and found these mini ones

Perfect for making needle felt ornaments for mini Christmas trees.. 

 

Needs felt scrap heart

After weaving in the ends of a scrapy bag I decided to used them to make a needle felt heart.. 

brushed them out

Just stuffed them in without worrying about color placement 

I am planning on making it a charm so heavily felted it,

 flipping from side to side..

Using multiple sizes of needles..38 to start, 40 for the vast majority of it, finishing with a 42 for some smoothing or the edges 

I picked up the heart cut out from the Dollar Tree.. 

Going to use this side as the front.. will finish off with embroidery highlights.. maybe a few other emblements.. will try to update when it's done 

Sequin dress harvest from thrift store

Okay this is going to take a minute... or two to "harvest" the sequins from... should get a bit of fabric from it as well..  it is small however it was on sale at the thrift store for just over $7. with tax.. I couldn't pass it up..

Sequin fringe hanging from the most of the dress ... thinking they are sturdy enough to reuse as a stitched down or even glued line of sequins .. there are so many.. the dress is probably closer to  extra small so they aren't long enough to use again as fringe.. unless maybe a doll dress or on a needle felt item... could work... either way I plan on leaving them intact at least for now..

The fabric is a glittery kind of mesh look over solid green satin with sequins stitched on 

The zipper is unbelievably sturdy.. heavy metal definitely going to be able to repurpose it.. 

Tag doesn't show any where, nor does the rest of it.. actually glad it's not any bigger.. it's going to be a big enough job as it is lol