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Post by MTRuth on Jan 7, 2016 18:44:13 GMT
Frances - your scarves are great - hope the teens like them. Nada - I love the slippers - really cool pigs And Lyn, I'm sure that you could use a "not flat" resist and no one would scold you.
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 7, 2016 19:10:47 GMT
Don't feel bad Cathy, I try to live by the philosophy that if I don't learn something new every day I'm not pushing myself hard enough. For me, life is one long experiment and so long as you can learn something from your mistakes, try not to feel too disappointed. It sounds like you have already done the hard bit and figured out where it went wrong. Keep at it, your final cat cave will be all the better for it! Cheesy pep talk over.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 7, 2016 20:52:40 GMT
Nice scarves Frances.
Cute slippers Nada.
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Post by zed on Jan 8, 2016 12:08:29 GMT
Cathy, Can you use it to experiment? I might be misunderstanding, but do you basically have a misshapen large pouch of some sort? Do you remember my Land art Challenge, and I tried to make some sort of seed pod, which looked like an animal ribcage? feltingandfiberstudio.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/land-art-1.jpgCould you do some cuts in your piece and rework it into something sculptural, maybe?
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jan 8, 2016 13:53:15 GMT
Teri--Thanks for the “cheesy pep talk” ;-)) I so agree with your philosophy. My forte is flat landscapes in felt, which I love making and have had some success with. But resist work is a constant challenge to me--the right layout, the seams, the strength and shaping. The larger the resist, the more issues I seem to have. But I plan to keep on, keeping on!
Zed--I do remember the animal ribcage (seed pod), which I liked quite a bit! Yes, I have a large misshapen pouch with some holes in the sides due to cutting up the resist halfway through the project. Sadly, I don’t think the felt is integrally strong enough to form a new sculpture.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 8, 2016 14:12:45 GMT
Cathy - try stitching it together in places and then re-felt or full. The stitching should give it more structure.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2016 15:24:02 GMT
Everyone your challenge projects are awesome...
Frances the garden train set looks truly beautiful... What a lot of work... Are you donating it to the Garden Railroad club???
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Post by sambosefus on Jan 8, 2016 16:21:46 GMT
Hello all! I plan on doing some sort of fiber related project most days of the week. Mondays are my cleaning days once finished I usually sit and knit for a bit, but a friend has recently gotten me into tatting so I have a feeling that may fill my Monday afternoons. To work on my felting techniques I am going to take part in the quarterly challenges and have already signed up for the screen printing class coming up soon. I also do Saori Weaving (beginner) and am learning to quilt. I hope to create some sort of schedule for myself like: Sewing/Quilting Tuesdays, Weaving Wednesdays, Knitting Thursdays, Felting Fridays and leave the weekends open to finish up something or work on a project I'm really excited about...unless my husband has made other plans for me
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 8, 2016 16:44:13 GMT
Wow, Sambosefus! That sounds ambitious. I knit still, but felting has taken over. I tried tatting once and it seemed too 'fiddly' - this coming from someone whose first fiber foray was crochet! I look forward to seeing your work.
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Post by Frances on Jan 8, 2016 17:23:13 GMT
Everyone your challenge projects are awesome... Frances the garden train set looks truly beautiful... What a lot of work... Are you donating it to the Garden Railroad club??? Judy - thank you we had it for 20+ years and was a wonderful hobby see ggrs.info/GGRS/Member_Layouts/Pages/Charlie_%26_Frances_Tidd.html - I did the gardening and hubby did the trains. Donating some of it but keeping an engine and passenger cars and an engine and freight cars for our Grandson. He is about 30 and he and his wife hope to buy a house soon and will have a garden railway. When he was a child he would spend the whole day with the trains. The others would spend an hour or so and then do something else. Some of the children/grandchildren have wanted photography items for developing film & cameras. Others power tools and other woodworking items. And some will take some of the furnishings he made. All the Children and Grandchildren who married while he was still able to work in his shop received clocks as wedding gifts. The younger grandchildren also have something made just for them.`Hopefully these treasures will be passed along to the great grand children. Child size chairs that were built for the children have been passed the the grands and now the great grands. Sorry to rattle on so but what wonderful talents he shared with us to keep his memory alive. And lets not for get teaching all how to fish
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 8, 2016 19:53:54 GMT
Wow Sambosefus, it sounds like you have already achieved my dream, to give up the day job and spend all day every day up to my armpits in wonderful fluffy fibres! Looking forward to seeing lots of posts of all the fantastic things you have planned.
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Post by elizabeth on Jan 8, 2016 20:26:13 GMT
Frances, That's so wonderful that your dear husband left so many tangible memories for his children & grands & great-grands. I don't have many such items from my grands, so I treasure each of them.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 8, 2016 23:38:06 GMT
Sambosefus, you have a full plate, but as Elizabeth says felting can take over. I used to do all these things as a much younger me. Now I prefer wet work. :-). I look forward to seeing your work.
Frances, it's great Charlie left such a wonderful legacy.
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Post by sambosefus on Jan 9, 2016 15:01:30 GMT
Frances, It is wonderful that each of your children & grand/great grandchildren all have something they can cherish. I know I do the things my grandparents made for me.
Elizabeth, Teri & Pandagirl, I am fortunate enough to be in a place where I don't have to work at the moment and have dabbled in each of my crafts for quite a while. I have decided that this is the year I'm putting what I love first and honing my skills. It is so true that felting has taken a front seat to my knitting. I don't think I'll ever quit knitting, it is such a transportable and social craft to have. I take it anywhere I have a wait like getting my oil changed, Doctors appointments even on the airplane ...so convenient! Weaving is just so peaceful and relaxing to do, it's almost meditative. I would love to do a mixed media peace with my weaving and felting at some point.
I can't wait to show you my finished pieces and be inspired by all y'all!
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Post by Teri Berry on Jan 9, 2016 18:14:06 GMT
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