![]() If you need some inspiration, you can pick up some pretty cool felting kits on Amazon that teach you how to make superheroes out of felt and how to create “Star Wars” characters with felt. ![]() This is all to say: working with felt is great for holding your attention so can forget your worries for a bit. And even if you’re hot glueing something to your felt, you need to pay attention to avoid burning yourself. Sewing with felt requires focus because you don’t want the seams to be too obvious and you don’t want to have large gaps. As long as you can cut and sew, you can make anything you want. On the first season of NBC’s “Making It,” one of the contestants made felt taco toys. I once made a bunch of eyeballs out of felt and cardstock for Halloween decorations. Like drawing, felt work is incredibly open ended. It’s sturdy, colorful, easy to manipulate, and it works well with other materials for mixed media projects. Working with felt requires the right materials and a can-do attitude.įelt is one of the best materials out there. If you’ve got a sewing machine (or thinking about getting one), it’s a great starter project to help you learn your new tool.īonus for all the sewers out there: Scrunchies are a great way to use scrap and excess fabric to reduce waste from other projects. You only need some fabric, an elastic, a safety pin, a needle and thread, so this is a pretty low-entry way to keep yourself busy. It requires careful measuring, cutting, and sewing, but this just means it’s a more engaging activity. You can hop onto this trend and give yourself a new hobby by making your own. Sure you can’t get to a stylist or barber for a whole new cut, but you can at least wear it in a new fun way and accessorize accordingly.īecause the 20-year cycle of nostalgia is always in effect, the 1990’s beloved scrunchies are back and better than ever. Social distancing, isolation, and quarantine is the perfect time to do something different with your hair. And homemade bread keeps for a few days and freezes very well, so you could even take bread off your grocery list if you’d like. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can use a loaf pan-but you can also free form and bake your bread without a pan. After that, dough spends a couple hours rising and then you bake it. Mixing and kneading dough can take anywhere from 10 minutes (with a stand mixer) to half an hour (working by hand). As you get comfortable with the basics, you can start tackling new types of breads like focaccia and challah.Īs far as commitment goes, bread doesn’t require much. You could even swap out the water and yeast for beer and baking powder. The only ingredients you need for a basic bread are yeast, water, flour, and salt. And yes most people love sweets, but bread is where you should focus your attention.īaking bread is an inexpensive, passive hobby that almost anyone can enjoy. Because you followed some of my previous advice, you already have a stand mixer and now is the time to start using your most Instagram-friendly tool. There are so many ways to bake your own bread-and many are easy!īaking is wonderful.
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