I knew sooner or later id have to brave it and have a go at some nuno felting,  and I really wanted to make my Granddaughter a little vest so here goes , I didn’t have pink so had to go for mauves and then I threw in some greens.

 

So anyway, I layed out a piece of muslin first , then on top of that is a layer of merino and bfl

The bottom layer is the same in a verigated mauve

Then I flipped it and added lots of silk, sari silk, silk threads and added extra bits of fiber over that, maybe to much though,  this is after wetting , rubbing and rolling

This is after I threw it in the bath about 100 times, not sure it needed that much but I wanted to be careful and not have it fall apart, it shrunk a lot

Now I’m just making a plan vest here, nothing fancy, I don’t have a machine so its all done by hand. I cut a pattern from one of her jackets minus the sleeves

Back of vest

After embellishing,  I could NOT help but put some beads on but each and everyone of them has been sewn on at least 3 -4 times, didn’t want her pulling them off and needed them to be really secure . Its just finished off with  a blanket stitch all round and a ribbon tie closure . I added a little pocket on the front because I loved that piece of off-cut ,  Very Hippy like dont you think lol  I am happy with it but I do think I used to much wool over the silk and muslin, and actually I wasn’t sure if it was muslin or gauze but it was very fine and did work well

I should have made the front panels just that little bit bigger, she’s filling out nicely lol  but its nice and warm and Charlie didn’t mind it at all 🙂  Its not the best I know but it’s a start although the hardest part was taking a decent pic of her because she’s like a worm and never sits still 🙂

 

 

So whats everyone else working on, i cant wait to make another better one, but i need more wool first, i do honest 🙂