Felt Buds

 

During my ongoing West WIng Marathon (just finished Series 4) I am trying to do a few little bits and pieces and these decorations appealed to me after I saw them in Houston.

I used one pack of our felt balls - this one is the 1.5cm Cirque collection and one set of 30" craft wire, a Felts Needle (which makes the holes in the balls very easily) and a pair of needle nose pliers.

 Using the pliers - twist the end for a end spiral (to stop the balls falling off)

Push the needle through the felt ball closely followed by a ball. Repeat for 4 or 5 balls and the separate them evenly along the wire but leaving about 6" at the end.

Using the pliers - bend the wire under each ball decoratively - twist or spiral or petal shapes - anything to stop the ball falling down the wire.

 Repeat until each ball has a 'stopper'

Then repeat for all the wires and you are done.