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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Feb 26, 2021 11:04:55 GMT
Yesterday I had a go at a couple of samples of using multiple resists to create a space within a space within a space with a piece of sparkly knitted fabric inside the bottom one. I really must stop trying to run before I can walk. One sample was a complete failure and fit only for the "waste" bin and the other wasn't much better. Today I am laying out the background for a picture which I will wet felt and then will add more detail with a needle (or two). That is likely to take most of the summer to finish but I'll try to remember to take photos as I go along to show. Ann
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Post by Karen on Feb 26, 2021 12:10:50 GMT
Don’t be too hard on yourself Ann and definitely don’t throw it in the bin. Not everything will be a success first time around and nothing gets wasted.....I’ve several failed projects in a bag under my table which I can cut up and use to add texture to other projects! If you want to show what you made, either on here or in an email lincsinstitches@gmail.com I will try to advise what went wrong and how you can get it right next time.
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Post by lyn on Feb 26, 2021 12:20:39 GMT
Ann, I agree with Karen! I've had lots of 'failures' but it's the only way to learn and I often manage to re-use the felt somehow.
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Post by MTRuth on Feb 26, 2021 14:11:58 GMT
No failures, just learning experiences. 😀
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Post by Shepherdess on Feb 26, 2021 21:26:28 GMT
If I didn't have failures what would I use the middles of dryer balls? When trying to do multiple insides it can get muddled very quickly. can you tell us what went wrong?
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Feb 26, 2021 23:54:44 GMT
If I didn't have failures what would I use the middles of dryer balls? When trying to do multiple insides it can get muddled very quickly. can you tell us what went wrong? Thanks for all your support. I didn't mean that I was throwing away the failed bits, I have a savers bin where I keep the "rubbish" for future use, as you do. I tried to layer 4 resists, each one larger than the last. I used merino as I have more of that than anything else and I think I should have put down more than two layers of fibre for each layer of felt over the resist. The resists were all pentagon shaped. I found it difficult to feel and find the lower resists under the layers of fibre, even though there were only 2 layers. That meant that the resists weren't properly piled on top of each other which meant that when they were cut out the "petals" didn't line up properly. It was all too soft and floppy, so I think that I will have to try again using bergschaf. That was on the sample that came out slightly right. The other one I managed to start to cut out the resists from the bottom, I'd put the outside decoration on the bottom instead of the top. By that time I was very tired and I did feel like really throwing that one out, but put it in my savers bin. I had been inspired by Karen's hexagon samples and must try to go a bit slower and get the basics right before I try to get too clever. I will have another go somewhen.
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Mar 8, 2021 8:40:15 GMT
Yesterday I had a go at a couple of samples of using multiple resists to create a space within a space within a space with a piece of sparkly knitted fabric inside the bottom one. I really must stop trying to run before I can walk. One sample was a complete failure and fit only for the "waste" bin and the other wasn't much better. Today I am laying out the background for a picture which I will wet felt and then will add more detail with a needle (or two). That is likely to take most of the summer to finish but I'll try to remember to take photos as I go along to show. Ann Well laying out the fibres for the picture background and then wet felting it didn't work either! I did get a background but the whole thing didn't shrink as it should have done so is much too big for the picture I have mapped out. What I didn't take into account was the fact that using some of a bought in prefelt sheet as the base, actually two layers with a drift of merino between them, would not shrink as much as using merino fibres laid out and then felted. So I've used a larger couple of prefelt pieces and made about an A2 sized background, cut out the exact size I want for my picture and taken it from there. My (almost) daily dose is going to be working on this. I am trying to remember to take pictures as I go along and putting together notes on what I do so that I can perhaps send you a post or two if you'd like? Ann
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Post by Shepherdess on Mar 8, 2021 15:40:09 GMT
The needle felted prefelt does shrink differently and usually more in one direction than the other so it's good to turn one. A2 is big, isn't it? For some reason, Canada and the USA do not use the same size paper as the rest of the world. I think that's poster size for us 24x36 inches(609.6 x 914.4 mm) Canada is a very strange mix of imperial and metric.
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Mar 8, 2021 16:41:41 GMT
The needle felted prefelt does shrink differently and usually more in one direction than the other so it's good to turn one. A2 is big, isn't it? For some reason, Canada and the USA do not use the same size paper as the rest of the world. I think that's poster size for us 24x36 inches(609.6 x 914.4 mm) Canada is a very strange mix of imperial and metric. Yes it is big, possibly the piece I made is between A2 and A3. I wanted it big enough so that I could cut out an A4 size and still have plenty left for the next picture(s). I won't be wet felting any of the background on this however, as it will shrink further if I do and will upset my composition ideas.
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 8, 2021 16:57:55 GMT
Ann, we would love to have a post about your project. Please email me when you're ready. laneruthe @ gmail
I'm looking forward to seeing it.
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