From Drab...

...to foliated and fab:

I have a bin full of felt scraps and decided to dress up my pen & pencil holder last week. The project took about an hour, and was inspired by the scarf featured on the cover of Sewing Green by Betz White. I plan on making that too :)

Pretty cover image from spoolsewing.com

All I did was measure my pencil holder, cut out a rectangle of felt, cut some leaf shapes (no pattern necessary, and no need to make them all the same size) out of felt in various colors, and attach them with two or three little running stitches made with embroidery floss. I used stick-on velcro to fasten it around the holder. The velcro comes off easily, but since I don't plan on playing with the holder a lot it'll do.

Ta-da!