Pinterest Challenge: Felt Jam Cookie

Last year for awhile I participated in a blog hop that was centered around the idea that we should be actually making some of the things we pin to our Pinterest boards as opposed to just spending all our time scrolling and pinning. 

I liked the concept, but posting on someone else’s schedule took some of the fun out of it for me, so I dropped out of the group. The holidays also pretty much dictated my crafting designs, but now that we are deep into the new year I’m back to revisiting my boards with an eye toward finding new projects to try. 

I have a soft spot for felt, pun intended :). This pin:

looked so cute and the tutorial for the felt jam cookie was so straight forward that I had to try it. Also, Julie featured it in a roundup, so I knew it was going to be good.

I decided to set this felt jam cookie craft up as a stash busting project, but I couldn’t find a scrap of red felt anywhere. I know I had some left over from a phone holder project from some time back, but I must have turned it into something else, because I know I’m not good at throwing away craft supplies, no matter how small. 

I did have some really fuzzy fleece scraps in a great raspberry pink, so I decided my felt jam cookie would be filled with raspberry jam instead of cherry. 

I’m also not much of a brooch wearer, but I had a leftover extra strength magnet in my scraps box, so instead mine is a felt cookie magnet for my note board near my desk.  At the step in the tutorial where you stitch the back biscuit to the front, I just stopped a few stitches from the finish and slipped in my little magnet.  

This was a fun and easy craft, and because it didn’t have many tricky steps I was able to slow down and try to keep my stitches even – I tend to rush when I embroider. I also discovered at the last second that in addition to created a cute magnet, I have made a super useful needle minder, perfect for my next embroidery project!

If you are in a felt crafting mood, I encourage you to check out Laura Howard’s blog as she has lots of great tutorials that look like fun to do.