3D Felt

[Teri Berry]

Lately I have been making quite a lot of 3D felt pieces (mostly bags and pods) and while I have been merrily chatting about them on my blog Ruth reminded me that some forum readers may be interested too (I'm British so find "blowing my own trumpet" challenging), so here goes

This bag was inspired by the seemingly never-ending piles of pumpkins that seem to be everywhere at the moment but I have to admit the pumpkin shape was lovely to make in felt. This is just a circular resist with some rows of stitching pulled tight to create the characteristic bulges:





These 2 pods were just for fun using some of the techniques taught on Fiona Duthie's Surface Design Class, they were a bit fiddly but lots of fun to make.

[Pandagirl]

Very cool pumpkin bag Teri. I've taken Fionas class and can only imagine how you managed that first pod. You must have small hands to be able to get inside through that top hole. And making it so smooth! Great pods. Thanks for sharing. They are inspirational.

[MTRuth]

Thanks for sharing Teri! And you don't have to think of it as "tooting your own horn". You're just sharing with friends

[Shepherdess]

They are all great Terry. You have lots of talent and we love to see your work. Sharing isn't tooting your own horn. it is very British isn't it. along with never praising someone to their face but tell everyone else how wonderful and talented they are. We are very afraid of getting to full of ourselves.

[jwugg]

Fabulous pieces, Terry, thanks for sharing & very inspirational

[Deleted]

Very lovely and creative art work... The pods are beautiful indeed.

[zed]

They're all gorgeous, Teri

[lyn]

I love the pumpkin bag and the pods are beautiful - especially the blue one as I like the way you've blended the colours on the 'fins'.

[crealou]

LOVE LOVE LOVE! Congradulations!

[Teri Berry]

Thank you everyone Lynn - the colour blending was achieved by using some rainbow-dyed prefelt for the wings, I was pleased with how the wings attached though.