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Post by lyn on Apr 19, 2015 10:39:02 GMT
Carole and Frances - the bags are beautiful and such wonderful colours!
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Post by lyn on Apr 19, 2015 10:51:47 GMT
If you want a strong bag...
Many years ago (pre documenting my stuff with photos) I made a 'laminated' bag. I bought a man's 100% wool, wide scarf from a charity shop - it was quite densely woven but that didn't put me off because I had no fear of stuff not felting at that time!
I used a rectangular resist and covered it with 2 layers of merino fibres, then I placed the scarf (cut to size) around the resist so that the joins would be at the sides i.e. top to bottom, underneath and back up to the top on the other side was a continuous length. Then I used some strands of 100% tapestry wool to stitch the sides of the scarf. Then I covered the whole thing with 2 layers of merino fibres, making a pattern on the final layer.
It was quite thick...and it took a lot of work...but eventually I had felt. Very strong felt. That bag would have been suitable for lugging spuds back from the shop! I had worked it so much that it was solid like a carpet.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2015 13:47:32 GMT
Hello Frances. Your bag is truly gorgeous. Great instructions too...
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Post by halay on Apr 19, 2015 14:07:05 GMT
Hm, Lyn, interesting. I need to try that once too. Can you show us a picture?
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Post by lyn on Apr 19, 2015 14:47:47 GMT
Sorry, no I can't Nada - in the early experimental days I just made stuff and rarely took photos. I could kick myself for not having the foresight to think photographic records important. As it is said, hindsight is 20/20.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 19, 2015 14:54:40 GMT
The tote is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Apr 19, 2015 14:58:43 GMT
Lyn that must have been quite a bag
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Apr 19, 2015 15:33:08 GMT
Thanks for the tote bag info. Can anybody really have enough tote bags?
Lyn, your description of the early tote-making made me think of a carpet bag--strong and serviceable!
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Post by lyn on Apr 19, 2015 15:59:42 GMT
p.s. just spent almost an hour scrabbling around in my scrap boxes because when I tire of a piece of felt it gets chucked in for 'recycling'. Bingo! I found a scrap of the laminate bag - I've obviously cannibalised it for other felting projects/uses in the past. (I've even used felt from my scrap boxes for packing delicate items for the post!) The photo shows a cross-section of the laminated felt - the scrap is stood on its end, in the sun, on my kitchen worktop. So the black at the bottom of the photo is just shadow. The grey wiggly line is the wool scarf layer. The red above is the first layer on top of the scarf, and the multi colours are the external decoration layer. If you look really closely you can just about make out the fine first layer of red that went against the resist. The blue was the second layer. (click on the photo to expand it)
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Post by halay on Apr 19, 2015 17:03:44 GMT
Wau, it is thick and looks quite sturdy. Thanks for posting this photo.
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 19, 2015 17:17:24 GMT
Thanks Lyn! I once Nuno felted muslin and that was a long hard project as well. But worth the outcome.
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Post by aphee on Apr 19, 2015 18:24:56 GMT
I love challenges !!! A photo taken at Portsall : I'm finishing the project
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Post by Pandagirl on Apr 19, 2015 19:16:52 GMT
Gorgeous Aphee! I look forward to seeing your finished project!
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Post by zed on Apr 20, 2015 10:45:34 GMT
Great photo, Lyn
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Post by lyn on Apr 20, 2015 12:28:58 GMT
Aphee, I love the colours that were produced from that photo!
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