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Post by halay on Jan 20, 2015 14:28:39 GMT
Girls, I couldn't believe it, but it worked, although my hands were shaking when I opened the machine door. Here are the pohtos which prove that after machine washing the jacket shrank evenly and got a nice shape, just as I wanted. I did some additional fulling by rolling the jacket in a towel to get the exact measurements. Anyhow, I am pleased. I will need to attach the sleeves when the body of the jacket dries. [img src="i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab85/nvukadinovic/novo2003_zps4f180235.jpg" src="http://i852.photobucket.com/albums/ab85/nvukadinovic/novo2007_zps0f683000.jpg" style="max-width:100%;"]
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Post by halay on Jan 20, 2015 14:33:35 GMT
more pictures
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jan 20, 2015 15:01:37 GMT
Nada, very impressive project! You must be very pleased with the results. So the sleeves did not go into the machine?
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Post by Frances on Jan 20, 2015 15:26:04 GMT
The jacket is beautiful - are you going to sew the sleeves to the jacket. Is the design of the girl needle felted?
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Post by halay on Jan 20, 2015 16:37:59 GMT
Yes, the sleeves went into the machine too, a day earlier. Frances, the designof the girl is all wet felted. I Used silk fabric for hair and for the skirt some silk fabric that Zed sent me once. For legs and arms I made a rope first from merino wool. I used a lot of scraps of various fabric.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 20, 2015 17:40:42 GMT
I am wondering why you have to let it dry first? I roll mine in the dryer. 10 min at a time and it gives me the control I need to turn things and get everything even. then I finish fulling by hand. I have a top loading machine so rolling in the washer to roll is out.
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Post by halay on Jan 20, 2015 19:58:37 GMT
I don't have a dryer, and I was told that if you put wet felt in a washing machine you will get a lump of tangled felt out.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 20:37:40 GMT
Nada,
You are so very talented.. Your jacket is truly beautiful... I love the array of colors and the wee girl is awesome. Super great job... I would be very proud to wear it..
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 20, 2015 22:15:14 GMT
controlling what happens to the piece in the washer or dryer is very important. rolling it up and tying it keeps it under control. its going to get wet so I don't see how being wet first would change it. hmm do you remember where you saw it. Now I am curios. I keep forgetting to say the pieces look great and you can't argue with the results.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 20, 2015 23:33:17 GMT
Awesome jacket Nada! The details are extraordinary. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by zed on Jan 21, 2015 10:52:40 GMT
That turned out really niceley Yeah, if you don't cover or wrap the felt it will start to stick to itself even if it is well felted/fulled. I have a piece that I put in many, many times (just in a pillow case) and it still tries to stick to itself.
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Post by jwugg on Jan 21, 2015 15:12:59 GMT
here's my washing-machine felted scarf. I think it's the same theory as using a tumble drier, but of course not as flexible in the time it's in the machine. The scarf definitely fully fulled (!), more than I would do by hand, but not evenly. it's OK, but I don't think I'd use this method regularly - back to rubbing & rolling it is!
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 21, 2015 16:30:02 GMT
Jill, the scarf looks great. I'm going to have to try the machines one day.
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Post by halay on Jan 21, 2015 16:50:46 GMT
I agree Jill, I wouldn't put scarves into the washing machine either - we don't want felt firmly felted in scarves. Your scarf looks great anyway. Lovely combination of blue and gres if I see correctly on my monitor.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 21, 2015 19:13:29 GMT
Great job Nada - I haven't tried the machine yet either but you proved it worked.
Jill - I like the scarf but rubbing and rolling by hand does give you more control for sure.
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