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Fingerless Mitts or maybe they are Gauntlets or Wrist warmers
I am super busy getting ready for our last farmers market of the year. We sold so many meat pies I will be frantically trying to make as many as possible for this Saturday. I thought you might like this … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Experiments, Wet Felting
Tagged booth design, felt, felting, fiber, fibre, fingerless mitts, gauntlets, prefelt, wet felting, wrist warmers
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Influencing Shape with Prefelt Part 2
I finally got around to trying a different shaped pod using prefelt to influence the shape. My first post creating a seed pod is here. I created this pod in the same way but started with a different shape and … Continue reading
Third Quarter Challenge Sample
I have been trying to decide what to do for the third quarter challenge. I remembered a post Zed did a while back that showed the back of her piece and how a colored piece of prefelt showed on the … Continue reading
Using Prefelt … Almost
I’ve been meaning to make more of my own prefelt for ages. I have some commercial prefelt, but thought it’d be nice to have some in other colours and even multi colours. I also had the idea I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Wet Felting
Tagged bird house, bird pod, handmade prefelt, nesting pod, prefelt, wet felting
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Wrapping Up 2017 Projects
Right now its cold in the Chicago area and as Christmas quickly approaches, I thought of my daughter in law Mari’s parents who live in Japan. Their weather is very much like ours here. While we will spend the holidays … Continue reading
Posted in Wet Felting
Tagged cobweb felt, EZ Felter machine, merino/silk roving, prefelt, scarves, wet felting
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Penquin’s 2017 Christmas Card
Penquin (Anne Hickley) made me a beautiful Panda card for the holiday exchange. For some reason I was stuck on the idea of a Poinsettia. You may have already seen it on the Forum. I made one for myself last … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Wet Felting
Tagged 3D, Beading, blanket stitch, hand embroidery, painting on felt, prefelt, wet feling
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Pre-Felt Samples and Nuno Scarf
While I had my pre-felt out doing the Suprematist pieces, I thought I’d try a few more samples using it. I’ve only used it a few times, but the suprematist pieces were so quick to felt, I thought it might … Continue reading
Posted in Wet Felting
Tagged fibre paper, nuno felt scarf, pre felt, prefelt, rose fibre, rose fibre felt scarf, scrim and wool, scrim nuno felt, silk carrier rods
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4th Quarter Challenge Part 2
I felted the Prefelt and Fibre paper Suprematist pieces that I showed you last time. I think the pieces shifted a bit, but this is the first one: It didn’t have much texture after felting and is quite flat. The … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges
Tagged felt paper, felt suprematism, prefelt, Studio challenge, suprematist challenge
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Printing and Stenciling on Felt Part 1
I’m sorry for the duplicate post. I accidentally hit publish while creating it. So, now that I have your attention… I am taking Ruth’s Printing, Stenciling with Thickened Dyes class, so I’ve been practicing. I made nine different colors using … Continue reading
Posted in Surface Design
Tagged commercial felt, foam brush, paint brush, prefelt, stamps, stemcil brish, Stencil, thickened acid dye on felt
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Pandagirl’s Maneki-Neko for 2017 3rd Quarter Challenge Part 1
I’ve still been in the mood to explore the Edo Period. I remembered when my oldest son was in high school and brought home a Japanese exchange student who gave us a little kitty statute to bring prosperity to our … Continue reading
Posted in 3D, Wet Felting
Tagged 2017 3rd Quarter Challenge, corriedale wool, Edo Period Japan, Maneki-neko, merino, prefelt, resist
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