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Felt, Felt, Felt

Today is the end of my first week on a new job.  I am excited that I will once again receive a paycheck!  It has been interesting and I am thinking positive that it will work out.   Because of this, my creative time has been cut a bit, but I am still posting projects daily.  Can you believe it will soon be six months of Creative Dawn?  I am amazed and proud of myself for being able to keep this up.

It feels like a chit chat day so here goes.  My mother in law is a sweetie and had recently noticed that there were ongoing projects involving felt in my home.  Since she always has loads of odds and ends around her house, she offered to give me some of the felt that she didn't need.  Hooray because my supplies have been dwindling and I needed more.  

This is the first of I don't know how many posts for my large felt creation.  In my brain, the finished project exists and I am hoping that once all of the parts come together it looks the same as I imagined. 

Part one is a simple yellow rectangle that I trimmed up with the help of my rotary cutter.  I added square shapes in every color that I had.  It is a patchwork of fun.  Cheesy huh?  I told you it's chit chat day or as my husband liked to say I'm jabbering.  Here is the beginning of my felt creation.  You never know where it will end up!

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