National Nonwovens is celebrating over a Century of making WoolFelt®!
The company was founded in 1905 as a producer of felted wool for apparel, home furnishings, and wartime products. In the 1950s WoolFelt® was used for the first poodle skirt! Today it is used for heirloom and holiday projects by fiber artists, quilters, sewers, and crafters.
Many C&T Publishing authors use WoolFelt® for projects in their books including Laura Lee Fritz, Joni Pike, Mary Stori and Lynne Farris. For a complete list of designers and to read testimonials click here. To learn more about WoolFelt® and its many uses visit Commonwealthfelt.com.
To celebrate a century of WoolFelt® and the great relationship National Nonwovens has with our authors, they would like to honor a lucky C&T Blog reader with 2 fat quarter bundles! The bundles are made of 100% virgin wool WoolFelt® featuring the Original Homespun Collection and Classic Homespun collection.
Homespun Classic Color Collection
To be in the running for the fat quarter bundle giveaway, leave a comment here or on Facebook telling us what you’d make with the WoolFelt® if you win! Comments will be closed at 9am PST on Monday, December 21, 2009 and the winner will be announced later that day. Good luck!
Homespun Original Color Collection
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I've been inspired to try and make little bendy dolls with felt clothing- My friend and I are going to have a craft night for them! I'd love to win the WoolFelt!
Now this is an interesting product! I have never heard of it. Of course I know what wool is and what felt is, but WoolFelt? I’ve been quilting for 5 years and recently began experimenting with more artsy types of quilts, along with my favorite pieced projects. So, if I were to win this I would definitely find a way to use it in a quilting project. I’d also do an on-line search for free projects that use it. I did notice a potholder on one of the links you provided. I’d try something small and easy first.
Thanks for the opportunity to try something different!
I’d love to play with these wool felt fat quarters. Yummy colors!
SewCalGal
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pincushions –
bottlecap pincushions…
along with new coasters
that i could really use!
I would use the felt for next year’s Christmas wall hanging quilt. I will have made 7 this year by Christmas time and plan on making as many next year too.
I definitely would experiment with it, and make some flowers, leaves, paisleys, etc., to decorate some bags/purses. Thanks for giving me a chance to win.
What a wonderful gift for someone to win. It would be an honor to make an applique tabletopper with the prize. Projects made with woolfelts are so beautiful, warm and fun to do. Who doesn’t love a beautiful tabletopper made with love?
Merry Christmas.
Beautiful colors! I want to make a blanket.
I am wanting to experiment in piecing together the wool and creating my own design of a jacket. Another thought I have is playing around with the felt to make some clothes for little girls.
I’d make some gingerbread & snowmen ornaments for gift tags & use some on tablerunners. Maybe even make some pins & headband embellisments.
I would make a landscape block entirely out of wool and then embellish the details with embroidery. Wool feels soooo good to hand stitch through.
I love to use felted wool. I have made an applique wallhanging. I also do rug hooking, table runners, pin cushions, and needle cases. They all make wonderful gifts or to sell at your local quilt show. What wonderful colors these packs are.
I'd like to make a storybook for my nieces…using embroidery, felting and buttons. I'd tie it up with a bow and give it to them for christmas…
Oh I forgot, CT Pub. has a great book of flowers that I have and these packs could be used for a bouquet.
I’d embellish a wool melton coat I’m making. I’ve used wool felt before as appliques on traditional Eskimo parkas, and maybe I’d use some for that too. thanks for the chance to win and play with wool!
Oh, my goodness, how long it has been since I have seen felt made of wool! As a youngster, I made hats of wool felt. Now I would likely make purse accessories, ipod pouches, etc.
But part of the creative process calls for knowing the material. I think I would have to get acquainted before deciding a direction.
I’d like to make a blanket/throw!
I remember seeing pictures of wool flowers at a quilt show recently. They looked fabulous. I’d like to give them a try. Thanks!
Whew hew, I would definitely make some ornaments for our tree with the wool felt. Happy holidays!
I love the look of woolfelt applique. I have some candle mat patterns, but have not bought the felt yet. It would be wonderful to win these pieces, so I could start now. thank you for your generosity.
i’d probably make felt flowers
to decorate the island!
or at least my table….
I'd like to make Christmas tree ornaments and pin cushions for gifts.
I would make a nice warm winter pea coat.
I love wool felt! It’s probably my favorite thing to work with. I made a huge advent calendar last year made entirely with wool felt and I just love it. It’s really wonderful for handwork and I use it for embroidery a lot. In my current “want to do” list, I’d probably use it to make a felt mailbox pretend play set, a cute felt purse in a heart shape from a pattern by Betz White, and actually something for me…I want to embroider a clock for my craft room and I’d use the wool felt to applique the design. I also have two wool felt wall hangings in progress for the holiday that I probably won’t finish until next Christmas!
i have been trying to find some wool felt to make christmas ornaments decorated with sequins and couched yarns for my young nieces and nephews this year. i may be too late to get them done for this christmas, but if i won the beautiful wool felt pictured above, i would certainly have a grand early start for next christmas!! woo-hoo
I’m just starting to make some wool potholders from recycled sweaters and would use these to add some decoration!
Would love to try some softies out of this. Great giveaway.
Wow! The possibilities for wool felt are limited. I do a LOT of knitting and wouldn’t this look lovely on the back of mittens or decorating a hat? I am in!
A patchwork footstool cover would rock made from this natural fiber!
i have several journal covers, mittens, pincushions and stockings in progress that would benefit from the beautiful colors in your pack.
I make slippers with wool felt. I love the real stuff. The poly felt is not good.
I'd like to make a Sue Spargo pattern: Thistledown Table Rug.
I will make stuff for my kids. Learning Toys like felt food and more. I’ve been looking up felt projects lately, maybe I’ll come across some more ideas!
I would love to try my hand at making penny rugs (table toppers)
Funny how this is the prize right now. I just downloaded a pattern to make some woolfelt owl ornamnets. I was thinking it would be nice to make one for each of the grandchildren visiting this Christmas. I went to the craft section of our rinky dink store and found limited packages of colored felt..and it wasn’t wool felt it’s polyester; so I don’t know that it’ll work up well or rip. If it doesn’t work, I’m going to wait to win this stuff and do them up right for NEXT Christmas!
I was just in a yarn shop that had all kinds of creatures about their shelves and tables. It gave me the idea of making lots of creatures out of the felt and crocheting hats, tails or other body parts to attach. Also, I’d like to do a Tree of Life applique with different color leaves. I’d also like to make the little scrappy do leftovers into a new fabric by fusing onto webbing. Maybe a neat little clutch would come out of it.
oh my goodness……These are absolutely delicious. If I were lucky enough to call them mine I would create an original design that I would applique to showcase those gorgeous colours.
Hope I can sew while keeping my fingers crossed :-)
those bright colours would be ideal to make flowers in summer landscapes, 3d birds and flowers or brooches with my current craze of using metallic freestyle embroidery over it for texture..thanks for the opportunity to win them
I used felt for years, but have never gotten a chance to use their new wool felt. I would love to make penny rugs with it.
Debbie
Beautiful, I’ve been working with some wool and these would make a nice addition. I’ve been making dresden plates with wool backs, makes a lovely table topper. So I’d probably make one for me since I’ve made everyone else one. Thanks for the chance to win.
Perhaps a bag or purse. Thanks for the chance!
I have always wanted to make a traditional 4 block applique quilt in felt. This would give me a great start . They are such gorgeous colours. I know it would look fabulous
Cheers
Lynne
Wow, what a wonderful give away. If I were to win these two fat quarter bundles of wool felt I would make the gnome, mushroom and Christmas tree ornaments out of the patterns I just purchased. I have the patterns, but no wool felt. This would be awesome.
I hope to win these- the colors are beautiful!! If I win this I would make a woolfelt wallhanging about the seasons. crangellaw@yahoo.com.
I have over the past few years been admiring beautiful appliqued pieces of work which many times included wool or woolfelt. I havn’t started anything of the sort, but would love to get a collection which I could collect many colors which I could use all at once. It would be awesome to win, thanks for the oppurtunity!
This is a fantastic give-away. I would promptly start making purses and art quilts on my machine needle-felter!
I have made some fun and beautiful wall hangings. I just purchased a bird pattern to make little pin cushions. I would love some of those delicious colors.
Oooh this looks so lovely. I can’t buy wool felt in town here. I would love to make a quilt with this. It would be so soft to touch. The winner is going to have fun with this prize. Happy days.
Wow!! I remember the Poodle Skirts. Never have seen woolfelt like it – I must not have looked hard enough. This has so many uses.
Perfect colors and size for some pillow patterns using wool for the appliqued flowers, etc. I can see some lovely pincushions, too. Just what I’ve been looking for.
I would make little ornaments with it.
an art quilt, a crazy, fun filled art quilt!!
These are beautiful! I would love to try to make a penny rug or candle mat. I’ve seen them and think they are very cute.
I’d use some of the felt to back some improvisational needlepoint and other pieces to make painted and stitched journal covers.
I would make a story quilt, they are so much fun especially when you tell a story about a family member.
I would make ornaments and gift tags but what I would really love to do with it is play around with appliquéing shapes on a quilt border with the wool/felt.
I have been wanting to try this for awhile and this would give me that opportunity to do that.
thanks
Kathie
I will make whimsical dolls and puppies for next year’s Christmas gift stash!
Edie
What wouldn't I make with the felt? Right now, I'm making tons of "bakery" items for my daughter's toy kitchen.
Think I would make felt food…
much lower in calories!
I have worked with this fabric before and it is a blast to sew with – no raveling and sews beautifully. I have a pattern for a leaf wall hanging that it would be perfect for.
What a wonderful giveaway! I’ve gotten several books from the library about things to make with felt. I might make ornaments, but the thing I saw that had me excited was a vase of lilies. Very beautiful.
I haven’t worked with wool yet, but I’d love to do some small applique projects to start. I love the candle mats I’ve seen and want to make some for each season.
I remember this stuff!! Yeah, my mom used to get this and make us slippers out of it. also, because floors were waxed in those days, we could for one day only, run and slide through the house, wearing these slippers and polish the floors…
what fun! what memories. Thank you!
oops, I would make slippers as a starter and in my moms memory.
I love everything felt so this looks wonderful. I would make ornaments, bags, book covers and add it to my other projects with hand made felt.
crazy quilt blocks and wool felt ornaments…
Oh how lovely. I’d make embellishments and flowers to go on the purses which I knit/crochet and then felt.
I love felted wool and would love to enter the giveaways please.
It was my birthday yesterday- and I think this would be a fab late birthday present!!!!
I would love to make penny rugs and would certainly find out what other things could be made with this amazing Woolfelt. Thank you
for your generosity.
I would use the Wool Felt for Ornaments and purses.
Thanks!
I would make a christmas stocking like the one I had as a kid!
I would love to try some of the beading that Mary Stori does on National Nonwovens woolfelt. Her work is so beautiful
I’d use it to make some small Christmas ornaments for the 2010 advent calendar of a very special little friend.
I’ve had penny rugs on my mind for a while now, so that is one thing. Plus I’ve seen all kinds of patterns and tutorials for felt pillows and bags. Looks like there is no end of things I could do if I won these. Thanks so much for having the giveaway! Merry Christmas!
I would use them along side my favorite cottons for a textured quilt with lots of beautiful woolen applique!
I’d love to have some real wool felt to make little projects, like flower brooches, and Christmas ornaments. I’d love to use some for a patchwork pillow too!
oooh! I really like the original color collection! I would make an art quilt.
I’d love to make some softies for my friends kids to start with.
Wow, awesome giveaway! I think I’d make little bags or ornaments with the felt.
If I won, I would piece a jacket and then add further embellishments with my needlefelting machine. Any leftovers can be joined together to make warm scarves for the homeless, or I can see if there are pieces to make mittens for them.
I have a penny rug patter I would love to try. I love working with wool yarn or fabric and imagine that wool felt would be just wonderful.
Oops. It’s a penny rug pattern!
I would love to make some pillows, ornaments, and I just saw a very cute crayon and note pad holder that my daughter would love.
I would like to brighten my Mom’s New Year and make her some gorgeous folk art wall hangings — with her favorite motif of roosters!
I found a pattern this fall for baby bootie/slippers made with wool felt, but I don’t have the wool felt. These would be perfect for this little project. :-D
I would love to make penny rugs, bottle cap pincushions, ornaments, little dolls, animals, brooches, etc… the possibilities are endless.
Ahhh…just daydreaming if I won…
:o)
Oh how much I want towin these felts. I am absolutely mad on them!!1 I linked it on sidebar, I am a follower now.
I am absolutely mad on these felts! Please, I want to win them to make toys, felt food, etc.
I don’t know if I’m already late, but let’s hope I’m not.