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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 18, 2014 11:43:01 GMT
I've been playing with Zed's ideas of layering and washing machine felting, I didn't start from base zero I had a piece of prefelted work which was a bout 4' long, so I chopped it into 3  First piece - I trapped between bubble wrap and a silky fabric  The second two I'll put in a post below |
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 18, 2014 11:49:33 GMT
second one I trapped between two silky layers  and this third one I used netting  The felting process seemed to happen the same for all 3, if course some bits didn't felt in at all well, so rather than remove them I may liberate the sewing machine and do some stitching into them. Now I want to try out the proper process doing it all from scratch, I did say your tutorial Zed has unleashed the felting demon!!!! |
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 18, 2014 14:12:26 GMT
Carole, all the samples turned out nice. But I admit I like the last two because of the deeper texture best. When my class is over I'm going to have to try it.
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Post by MTRuth on Apr 18, 2014 19:23:22 GMT
Looks like you had fun experimenting - I do think some machine stitch would be lovely. The top one in the second post looks like a garden of flowers to me.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 18, 2014 20:18:04 GMT
they do look a bit messy at the mo, but hopefully they will develop, funny you should say that Ruth, I was thinking maybe it could be the basis for this challenge, if I remember he does flowers pics :-)
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Post by zed on Apr 19, 2014 9:58:05 GMT
They all look like they have great potential for embellishing with hand and machine stitching. I wish I had the vision for doing such pieces. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with them and your texture pieces  |
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Post by lyn on Apr 19, 2014 22:53:57 GMT
Loads of potential in those! Very exciting.
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Post by koffipot on Apr 21, 2014 8:07:41 GMT
He does indeed do flowers Carole and I thought I could be inspired by some of those. |
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 30, 2014 9:51:44 GMT
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 30, 2014 10:01:47 GMT
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Apr 30, 2014 13:31:19 GMT
Your pieces are so inspiring! I like the use of colors and the abstract nature of the designs. Can you briefly describe how you begin to approach large designs such as
these? I seem to recall that you improvised some of it by using pieces cut from previously felted wool?
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 30, 2014 13:41:16 GMT
Beautiful Carole! I agree with Cathy the vibrant colors and abstract nature are terrific. The needlework adds just the right finishing.
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Post by Shepherdess on Apr 30, 2014 13:57:22 GMT
I agree, I thought African market when I first saw it. I see they ladies clearly.
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Post by koffipot on Apr 30, 2014 17:07:07 GMT
A beautiful piece Carole, and yes, African ladies. I especially like the pink one which really looks like an elegant lady with a typical headdress. |
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Post by MTRuth on Apr 30, 2014 18:02:58 GMT
Well done Carole. It turned out really nicely. Are you going to frame it?
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