Since the box of felt was out, I thought I’d keep going with the felt ornaments. When I was cleaning out a drawer today that had inadvertently become a junk/catch-all drawer, there were 2 silver paperclips in the bottom of it which reminded me I wanted to make these.
The directions and a printable template for the skate are found here.
My favorite part of these is the trim. I looked through my trim box and found an old card with the trim wrapped around it that had come from someone’s grandmother’s stash. The notation at the bottom said it was originally sold as 3 yards at 4-1/2 cents per yard. I would love to know what garment it was originally purchased to adorn.
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Oh my gosh! These are adorable! 4 & 1/2 cents a yard, way back when 🙂 I look forward to see what you are making next!
I love it when there are prices on old notions. I have some spools of thread marked 5 cents.
Me too!
The trim is gorgeous and I LOVE the idea of using the paperclip for the skate blade–cute!
I have about a yard of the trim left. I get so torn about not wanting to use something I like so much, and knowing it was meant to be used.
Love them especially the trim.
That’s my favorite part too.
Oh I really like them. So clever, and how marvellous to use vintage trim.
I am lucky to have a box of trims that came from a friend’s seamstress grandmother.
I absolutely love these!
We won’t be skating here for a while, at least not outdoors, so these will have to do for the moment.
Great idea with the paper clips- brilliant! 🙂
I’ve tried making crocheted skates with paperclips in the past, but haven’t been able to get them to not look too boxy. I’ll have to play with it some more.