Process: Felted Capelets with SmallStars

http://blog.etsy.com/article/8010/ (see the full blog post for more information)

Claire Townsend of http://SmallStars.etsy.com had a very bad day at the laundromat a while back. Despite being a costume designer and handling fabric for a living, shes not always careful with her own stuff. Some of her vintage sweaters from the 1950s and 60s accidentally made their way into a dryer full of jeans. They came out much smaller and very felted.

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• bonnie hawthorne
• buttons
• cape
• capelet
• claire townsend
• clothing

[JakesterJung]

love it so much!

[offwithurhead]

i secretly snached some old buttons from my grandma

now i have to try doing the same to my other gransma's buttons:D

no i'll just ask nicely this time but i absolutely am in love with buttons and even if i don't have a use for them they are so pretty i just can't resist:D

awesome video btw i love how that turned out the one at the beggining of the video was amazing as well:)

[narmolania]

OMG this gave me so much inspiration! in school we are supposed to design clothes for a Russian childrens store some clothes, and I wanted to make something traditional and in one wa a bit old looking, and this capeet inspired me so much! just making something like that in the whole conpet idea, adding it would so look amazing! I love it how you just didint end it there with the red cape, but added some black lase to it aswell! looks so cozy and fashionable ^^

[flowersandlemons]

Thank you for this video I loved seeing her work process :) gorgeous capelets!

[Spiray]

Wow, that's awesome!

I think I'm going to start collecting buttons now :)

[deathbygoat]

I love how she can take something as ordinary as a cardigan and turn it into something stunning and other worldly with such a simple process. These videos, they are so inspiring!

[ClaireChiquitta]

Thankyou for the comments! To the lady with the bread tin... I collect vintage tins for all my sewing bits.. theres a whole collection of those.... I have sugar and rice too, I just find them at thrift stores.

[TheMightycanoe]

@howaboutstefanie It's great, right? I hired Adrian Prohaska to compose these pieces for this video. I'm happy to put you in touch with him, if you'd like!

[shaints]

The caplets and Claire herself are adorable!

[missmagic95]

thanks etsy. i love these types of videos.