NT/Benzie Design Collaboration Day 4

I can't believe it's already the final day of our collaboration with Benzie Design!  Benzie specializes in felt, with 90 colors available in their house wool blend and 36 colors of homemade felt pom poms, but they have lots more to share including various 'felt-fetti' die cut shapes, kits, felt notions/tools and more.  This week (Monday - Thursday) we'll be sharing some projects featuring Benzie products.

There are also giveaways!  We'll be picking one lucky commenter to win the Carnation Collection felt pack and Atomic Pom Poms pictured below.  Be sure to also stop by the Benzie blog as they'll be posting on Monday and Tuesday and will select one lucky commenter to win a $25 credit to the N&T store.  Winners will be announced over the weekend.



Today Cheiron is sharing with us.  We love this project and it would be a great one to do with kids!

Hi there, it's Cheiron here and I had so much fun playing with Benzie felt this week, using their Carnation Collection palette of felt. I just love these fun and festive colors for any occasion.  I often see amazing stitched layered felt banners on Pinterest, and I adore them. If you know me, I do not have ANY sewing ability at all..but I used the Polygon Cover Plate die to help me out with this project.


I took all the felt colors, and cut them out with the Polygon Cover Plate. I had piles and piles of polygons...


I sat in my chair for a couple hours and caught up on some Netflix and managed to finish two of these fun garlands. I used some gold metallic embroidery floss to string it all together, I pinched each polygon together and threaded the needle through it, and every 10 or so pieces I slid it down to the end so it would not get tangled up.


This is such a fun little garland to hang up for a birthday, cocktails with the girls or even in a co-workers cubicle to celebrate a milestone at work. If you have an older child that likes sewing, you could have them help you create a ton of these garlands for your holiday tree!


Thanks so much to the folks at Benzie for collaborating with us this week!  We had so much fun working with their products!  Don't forget to leave comments on the collaboration posts here and over at Benzie to be in the draw for the prizes.  We'll announce a winner this weekend.

33 comments

  1. Wow--this is so fun and colorful!

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  2. I was waiting for you to mix up the
    colors to put them back into the dies.
    Would be pretty but mind-boggling.
    Love the garland.
    thanks for sharing.

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    1. I thought mosaic was where they were going too.

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  3. What a fun project--it's like confetti on a string! A garland always makes things cheerful :)

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  4. Amazing banner in all those fun colors! Can't believe that pile of polygons.... Must have taken a while to do all that cutting!

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  5. Oh, my goodness. How fun is that!!

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  6. What a great project. Love this garland idea and I can see these garlands being used in so many ways ... holiday decor, party decor or something fun for a child's room.

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  7. Gosh, this is so fun ... bright, cute and so celebratory ... what a brilliant idea! Anita :)

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  8. Wow! What a creatively bright garland!
    <3 <3 <3

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  9. What a clever idea for making garland! I love it.

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  10. How cute this garland
    came out! Fabulous
    idea.
    Carla from Utah

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  11. What a great idea for this garland...so creative to think to use the die that way!

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  12. Beautiful garland!Lovely colors!

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  13. Wow, what a cool idea! I've loved the collaboration this week...being introduced to a new-to-me company and all the great projects.

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  14. Those colours are just gorgeous. I have really enjoyed this series featuring felt. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  15. Your work paid off! It is stunning!

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  16. Hi Cheiron! What a fabulous garland! Amazing how beautifully the polygon die can make those cuts in the felt. Love Neat & Tangled dies! Great idea to have kids make garlands. I saw Benzie has awesome Christmas colors, or even wintery colors. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Wow! What a fun and colorful garland!
    That sure is a lot of pieces to put together!

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  18. This is fabulous - you must have so much patience but what a result! The garland is beautiful!

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  19. Love them .. cool design my doughter love it too. She want us to make one.

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  20. This is such an awesome idea I could just squeal with delight! It is SO creative and colorful and would look beautiful anywhere! LOVE this!
    Take Care!
    Michele

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  21. Oh wow! Looks like a simple work, but I can understand the effort and time gone into this creation! Superb and colorful!! Appreciate your patience too :)

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  22. Such a fun, colorful project! Love it!

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  23. Wow! Awesome garland!!! This is a great idea about how making one!!!

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  24. This collaboration is awesome. Both companies create such unique creative products that I've started dreaming in felt and leaves and sequins. Awesome.

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  25. Wow, the garland is so beautiful. Love all the felt colors.

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  26. Such a beautiful garland! Love the colors! And that felt looks awesome. Thank you for the chance to win!

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