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I couldn't help myself. It meant I got free shipping (from Nepal! To arrive within a week!) which would otherwise have cost me £47...
Plus that amount of felt from the UK would have been at least £1146... so technically I've actually saved nearly £1200 right?!

Plus it is 100% wool, handmade, ethically made and sourced toxic free felt...

(I'm probably not going to tell my OH by the way...)

Oh a bargain I'm sure. What are you going to do with it?

How much felt do you get in the UK for £1146?

For the handmade 100% wool 3mm thick stuff you are looking at about £99.80 a metre [http://www.woolandfelt.co.uk/3mm-thick-pure-wool-felt-426-black-metre as seen here]

so... about 11 and a half metres.
(I've bought 13 metres for £98.30 or something)

Definitely a good buy...just a hell of a lot of money to spend on felt when you don't have money to spare

Could probably make my money back by selling some of it on eBay though as its not being sold on there and I've read a lot of forums in my research complaining about this

And with the quantity I've bought I'll probably be able to build a house out of it.
Bought it to make a bag and some accessories like a purse and --1000- a couple of iPhone cases

Let me know what it is like when it turns up. I may be in the market. If no one is looking

Sounds quite reasonable to me. Will you be using it for making things?

Ignore me, I missed your last post.

you saved money... consider this a good thing

now... if only i could get my dh to see it that way too when i "save" money buying beads

It was a real saving so a must

I sold it to OH by saying I would try and sell some on eBay and make my money back

Yes, making lots of things! I'm ridiculously excited about it!
I put it off for 24 hours to try and make sure I wasn't impulse buying!

Absolute bargain! If When you sell your surplus on eBay you are sure to make your money back. Maybe think about selling on Amazon too; their craft section seems quite popular and last time I was looking for felt on there the quality of what was available looked very poor.

I can't seem to find decent felt (the thick wool stuff) anywhere in the UK (thus why I had to import it) so it could well be an overlooked market!

Sell some on etsy or sell the cases then you can definitely justify it

Do you have a link to the Nepal seller? Not that I will be buying any myself. <whistles noncelently>

Have a shop on Etsy so will be definitely selling my felty goods.

Will link to seller ASAP, on phone at mo so can't

<nudges NotaCR to put up a link>

I think I might run an after school sewing club at my DC's school next year so might be using quite a bit of felt, do you think your felt from Nepal would be too sturdy for 9-12 yr olds to work with? The stuff at the local fabric shop is very thin so the results are a bit floppy but, on the other hand, it's reasonably easy for them to get a needle through.

here you go

I've not recieved the felt yet but will let you know about the thickness when I get it. I have a feeling that it will be too thick for children but we'll see. I'll test it on my 9 year old brother!

Thank you.

oo do you do the punch thing that was on Kirsties Homemade Home last week?

What punch thing is this?

she used round metal punches to make holes in the felt to make a pattern. They made a childs rug. I wasn't sure if felt would make a great rug? Thought it would look good as a cushion with different fabric underneath to show through. They did mention that the felt was £70-80/m which put me off. But now we have cheep felt!!

Felt is so expensive in the UK.

This felt is 3mm thick so may make an ok rug?

I love some of the ideas on Kirsties program's but sometimes she's just dipping a pear in paint and acting like its tres chic and wonderful!

This is the woman who showed Kirstie how to make the rug, she sells kits to do it:

www.selinarose.co.uk/#/kit-make-your-own-felt-rug-kit/4569928578

I'm so jealous of your felt...

..... so am I!

can we have a photo when it arrives?

I'm pretty sure the rug Kirsty ,Made was 3mm

Will take a photo as soon as I get it! Having it delivered to OH at work so tackle him everytime he comes through the door!

It's arrived! But I'm in London all week now....

A bit of a teaser thread.

I've had fabric envy in the past, but this is my first episode of felt envy.

Nooooooo!

I can't wait to get home!!! It's actually a factor in my decision to leave me job early (sad) to go and see it!

Hmmmm.... Did your OH deliberately hold it back until you'd gone away?

I hope not! I'd be furious!

Home and taken some pictures (came home early v. excited!)

Photos are crap but will post up the links if I sell them online when I'll take professional pictures.

Plus, its 11 in the evening - who takes a decent photo then?

Photo 1

Photo 2

Oooohh...

What are you going to do with it?

It looks too soft for a rug - the stuff Kirstie used was much firmer I think.

Cut pieces

Better photo (ish) this time.

This is literally 1/117th of my new felt stash! (This is the inital stuff I'm selling off i think)

oooh, in that case can you pm a link to the listing?

I sooooooooooooooooooooooo neeeeeeeeeeed the teal and purple colour

I've got fabric envy....

I watched kitsty and the fabric did seem a bit stiffer.

Oh that selina rose site is lovely.

I could spend a fortune

kirsty... stupid phone...

What does it feel like? Is it thick and stiff and suitable for something like bag making or is it soft enough for crafting. Just thinking about my possible sewing club at the DC's school. I notice on your link that they also do polyester felt very cheaply, which might be easier to work with for kids.

Ooooh.... it looks more rustic than the uniform shop bought stuff in the UK.

Very nice!

You know how Kirstie's rug had the holes in it... you could punch a pattern in the top layer and sandwich it together with a brightly coloured one underneath...

It's stiff enough for a bag definitely. That's what I'm making with it.

Will pm you the link as soon as I've listed, yuleheart

The OP made me laugh, then I read on and found myself drooling slightly...3mm thick...no wonder you got carried away!

Send us a link for your eBay sale?