Here are a few elegantly primitive wool door hangers that would be beautiful for you to hang on a door in your home. The bags and the applique are all wool. The handles and the fringe are crochet lace. These bags are rag stuffed to keep with the primitive theme and to add weight to them. Back in the primitive times they didn't have stuffing like we now have. Mostly they would cut up old worn out clothes or other cloth to use for stuffing I had a big learning curve on how to use the fabric for stuffing. The trick is to cut the pieces very small and to make sure if you are cutting several layers together that you fluff the fabric up before stuffing it in or else the fabric layers will stick together and cause a big wadded up lump in the bag. I really like the feel of the bags stuffed with the fabric. When you squeeze the bag between your fingers it has a harder surface instead of the marshmellow feel of our stuffing has today. The fabric is heavier so it hangs better on a knob. Plus you will have the added feeling that you are using up all your high price scrap fabric and don't throw any away. Recycle, Recycle, Recycle!
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