stiff-felt question

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I received a bunch of large sheets of craft felt for Christmas but they are of the stiff variety. Does anyone know if you can make them soft? I would imagine they were stiffened with starch?
Or any cool projects that can be done with them? They're really pretty colors so I would like to use them somehow.

I looked through memories but found nothing that looked similar to my question.

And so its not text only


Some felt birds I made for my Christmas tree. I embellished them with embroidery and sequins.

Some barrettes and a necklace i made. Most were made with charms from http://www.sacredkitschstudio.com and the other 2 are made from shrinky dinks and are sublime stitching designs

A hoodie I made pretty. The skull is pink gingham flannel appliqued on.

I used lazertran decals for my canisters. They're the inkjet kind. Unfortunately we just got a new printer that uses ink that bleeds.

A photocuff I made for my husband. Inspired by the ones at Smoy, but made to fit the pics that come from those polaroid cameras that make stickers and small pictures.

And pajamas I made for my husband. They're camo print with dinosaurs on them. They turned out really great.