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Sewing and Experimenting
I’ve been trying to continue with the things I learned during Ruth’s challenge for getting 5 minutes of fibre time into each day. I don’t always manage that and often end up with one or two days where I have … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Other Fibers, Stitching, Wet Felting
Tagged acrylic, camera case, nuno felt, purses, ring pouch, stitching, synthetic fabrics, synthetic fibres
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Coppery Bronze Felt
I hadn’t handmade any new felt for a few months until this week. I knew I’d have a spare couple of days for doing layouts and felting, so I went through my supplies and got a few things together. I … Continue reading
Posted in Nuno Felting, Other Fibers, Wet Felting
Tagged art yarns, merino, nuno felt, organza, silk, Silk throwsters waste, synthetic scarf, texture
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Synthetic Fibres and Fabrics
A couple of felt pieces I chose to make into things for etsy recently were both made using nylon fibres. This first piece has crimped nylon fibre which I dyed myself, blended with merino tops. The felt had a really … Continue reading
Posted in Other Fibers, Stitching, Wet Felting
Tagged camera case, etsy, felt case, gadget case, glasses case, nuno felt, nylon, rainbow, synthetic fibres, synthetic nuno, trilobal nylon
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Threads and Yarns
Around this time last year I was still doing the Take A Stitch Tuesday challenge. I struggled with it, and didn’t always enjoy it, but I did like what I produced when I used some felt offcuts from a piece … Continue reading
Posted in Mixed Media, Other Fibers, Spinning, Wool
Tagged cat cave, drop spindle, fabrics, inspiration, natural fibres, natural wools, spindle, spinning, stitching, thread, yarn
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around the web
http://www.peaceindustry.com/page.php Recycled Knits and Fabrics combined with Felt Scarf by Sassafras Design Heather’s Red and Yellow Scarves http://mjuliarossi.blogspot.ca/ Have you been following Liz’s journey with her students for Holocaust Memorial Day? http://www.feltinhand.com/gallery.htm http://woollove-functional-fiberart.blogspot.ca/2013/01/under-big-top-scarf-part-1-of-2.html http://vimeo.com/54243073 http://www.wendyfeldberg.ca/galleries.html Nell’s Textile Art Gallery Simple … Continue reading
Posted in Beading, Design, Dyeing, Experiments, Felting Around the Web, Mixed Media, natural wools, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Other Fibers, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged community, dyeing, felt, felting, fiber, fibres, free motion machine stitching, hand stitching, mixed media, needle felting, nuno felt, nuno felting, stitching, texture, wet felting, wet feltinng, wool
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2012 4th Quarter Weather Challenge
I didn’t get a chance to felt my pieces for Karen’s 2012 4th Quarter Weather Challenge until New Year’s day, but I have been thinking about it since she posted it. I like to take pictures of the sky and … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, natural wools, Other Fibers, Wet Felting
Tagged changing sky, clouds, nature, pictures of the sky, rolling clouds, sky, stormy clouds, weather, Weather Challenge, wet felting
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Exhibition and Sale
The guild I belong to, the Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild, had its annual exhibition and sale this last weekend. I had a booth selling scarves and wraps and flowers and cuffs and hats etc. The guild does a … Continue reading
Posted in Fairs and Shows, Felted Hats, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Other Fibers, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged booth design, cat fur, community, display, drop spindle, drop spindles, felt, felting, fiber, fibre, fibres, needle felting, nostepinne, nuno felt, nuno felting, other fibres, Ottawa Vally Weavers and Spinners guild. Demo, OVWSG, shows, silk, spinners guild, spinning, stitching, weaving, wet felting, wool
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Making Felted Soap
I have a show coming up soon and I am almost out of felted soap. They are always popular at Christmas time. Here you can see some of my bins of small amounts of different colours, the pieces of nylon … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Fairs and Shows, Other Fibers, Tutorials, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged felt, felted soap, felting, fiber, fibre, fibres, how to, merino, merino wool, nylon, silk, silk hanky, texture, tutorial, wet felting, wool
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Dyeing Some Waste
Dyeing some waste. Throwsters waste that is and I suppose it must have been trash at some point or they wouldn’t call it that. Throwing is was they call reeling silk for thread and this is the left over little bits. I … Continue reading
Posted in Dyeing, Experiments, Other Fibers, Tutorials, Uncategorized
Tagged dyeing, fiber, fiber preparation, fibres, how to, natural fibres, other fibres, silk, Silk throwsters waste, tutorial
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Online Suppliers
Do you buy fibres, wool or other felting supplies online? Could you spare a minute or two to tell me your favourite places to buy supplies online and what your most commonly bought items are? I’d also like to know … Continue reading
Posted in natural wools, Other Fibers, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged bamboo, deals, economy, fibers, fibre supplies, fibres, merino, money, online sellers, online suppliers, saving, silk hankies, silk noil, viscose, wool
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