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Post by Pandagirl on Jul 23, 2015 13:53:53 GMT
Carole, a very cool effect with the foil. You place it on the felt, glue then iron, if I'm understanding correctly. I'll have to try it. I love glitz, especially on felt.
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Post by elizabeth on Jul 23, 2015 17:02:38 GMT
Marilyn- you have it backwards. The glue goes first and the foil sticks to the glue when it's ironed. I've used that in other media.
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Post by elizabeth on Jul 23, 2015 17:08:33 GMT
I'm still going through slow-felting patience exercises. Last night was beads. IMG_20150722_215951274 by Elizabeth Sutherland, on Flickr Now that I have them, HOW do I put a hole n them?? I also tried felting bracelets around some pieces of silk IMG_20150722_220015994 by Elizabeth Sutherland, on Flickr I think I'll embellish them by wrapping fibers & beads around them. I'll fold over one end and sew a button to the other for a closure. What do you think?
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Post by MTRuth on Jul 23, 2015 17:13:28 GMT
Great beads Elizabeth - you don't really need a hole to string them. Just use a needle with heavy thread and push the needle through the bead. Tie a knot in one end and you can string them all together. It is fun to put "shiny" beads in between for contrast. Or you can use the elastic "beading string" to string them on.
I think the bracelets will be great with further embellishments as you have described.
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Post by elizabeth on Jul 23, 2015 17:38:44 GMT
Thanks, Ruth. I tried a needle last night and didn't have much luck. DO you use any special kind of needle? They're pretty firmly felted.
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Post by MTRuth on Jul 23, 2015 17:51:32 GMT
I use a darning needle. You may have to use needle nose pliers to get it through but if you wiggle and work the needle around in the felt once you get it in, it should work. Mine were firmly felted too.
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Post by Teri Berry on Jul 23, 2015 18:11:26 GMT
Do you mean aluminium foil Zed? Aluminium tops sound like they should have the cosistency of steel wool
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Post by Shepherdess on Jul 23, 2015 20:49:51 GMT
Wow, great work everyone. I go away for a few days and you all post great stuff for me to see on my return.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Jul 24, 2015 7:15:24 GMT
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Post by elizabeth on Jul 24, 2015 14:45:26 GMT
Thank you, Carole.
To make them I just laid out the fibers, embellishments on the bottom, then put the waste silk on top. Then roll. Easy-peasy. Next time I'll fold one end of the silk to make a loop.
I tried using some beaded silk as embellishment, but it didn't want to behave. I think I may have rolled the fibers too aggressively and didn't give the silk time to meld. I will try to wrap/sew some on.
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Post by zed on Jul 24, 2015 19:43:57 GMT
Teri, it's tops just like bamboo etc, but very fine aluminium, I think it was conductive or anti conductive, something like that. I've been making samples to take to makefest, just to kickstart ideas for people trying out wet felting, this is a close up of the scrim I used on one piece, I twisted it: Twisted blue scrim before felting par Zedster01, on ipernity and after felting: Twisted blue scrim after felting par Zedster01, on ipernity I'll upload the others to ipernity too
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jul 24, 2015 23:12:04 GMT
I like the look of the scrim with the twisted “aluminum” wire, Zed! Looks slightly metallic, or is that my imagination?
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Post by Shepherdess on Jul 25, 2015 0:39:56 GMT
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Post by zed on Jul 25, 2015 10:52:40 GMT
Sorry, I think I confused people, I was replying to Teri about aluminium tops. That was separate The fabric in the photo is just plain scrim hand dyed and twisted. It does have a slight sheen, but being hand dyed it isn't a 'flat' colour so the variations probably give the impression of more shine. there are a few silk threads over it too.
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Post by luvswool and dyestuff on Jul 25, 2015 17:17:34 GMT
Ann, your friend's work is gorgeous! I can’t quite understand the process behind it, but she does lovely work.
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