Rocketship landing!

Two great people in my life just had their first baby after being together for 19 years!!

They were surprised to find out in the delivery room that they had a boy, The entire time they referred to their kid as 'Rocketship'. And, well this week he landed.

Totally excited about this little dude, he's got an awesome life in store.

So in his celebration I crocheted them a bag, maybe a not-so-average diaper bag.. I used 100% wool, added some pockets and washed the crap out of it. The end result; a wonderfully tight felted bag! Originally I had planned to needle felt this rocket but have been obsessing over hand stitching lately and took a different route.

Although I don't have a pattern to share since I act too spontaneously on my crafting, I wanted to post this idea. I used felt squares from the fabric store and cotton thread and just stitched away. I believe that I used a double threaded blind stitch for the bulk of the pieces which I think gives a real homemade feel to the project.

In the photo the appliqué is actually on the black bag, and hanging from the straps is a wool felted yellow star. I'm pretty happy with the results. I need to get my camera out to take more clear photos, but in the meantime my phone will do..

Happy Stitching!