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Post by jwugg on Oct 7, 2015 6:09:36 GMT
Apparently you can needle-felt silk fabric to silk fabric. Using water-soluble fabric, then free-motion embroidery all over. Is that really felting then?
www.threadsmagazine.com/item/7767/needle-felting-without-wool
Thought it an interesting concept - could it work with wet felting? I wouldn't expect it to be very strong or stable (hence the stitching, I guess that's what really holds the fabric)
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Post by zed on Oct 7, 2015 9:00:27 GMT
I don't think so. I suppose it depends how much the fibres are actual matted together. We know 'felt' fabric isn't always made from wool, but it is a sheet of matted fibres whether done by wet felting or needle punching.
If the fabric holds together without the stitching, and can be cut without falling apart, I suppose it could be known as 'silk felt'.
But, it does say 'One of the best things about needle-felting silk fabrics is that nothing is permanent until you make it so. If something doesn’t look right or ends up in the wrong place, pull it up, and start again.' and 'Use free-motion stitching to hold the felted texture.'
So, I'd say no, the piece made there is silk embellished with silk and stitching.
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 7, 2015 11:18:34 GMT
I agree. Not really felting.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Oct 7, 2015 11:29:11 GMT
I'd call that embellishing
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Post by Pandagirl on Oct 7, 2015 16:23:38 GMT
I agree with Carole. I've read about using stabilizer with wet felting, but don't recall where I saw it. If I can find it, I'll post the link.
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Post by koffipot on Oct 7, 2015 20:01:14 GMT
Bonding, embellishing and no doubt very beautiful, but certainly not felt.
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 8, 2015 1:15:43 GMT
not felt it sounds like the stitching holds the fabric together, no stitching no product.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Oct 8, 2015 6:47:12 GMT
here's a pod I made, wet felted, then laid merino fibres between two layers of wash away material, then used an embroidery machine to embroider the swallow, then needle felted it onto the pod - look no joins :-)
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Post by Teri Berry on Oct 8, 2015 18:36:37 GMT
Fantastic technique Carole, thank you for sharing! Perhaps this could be incorporated into one of next years challenges? It looks like the techniques challenge is winning....
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Post by penguin on Oct 8, 2015 19:32:41 GMT
Carol, that's absolutely inspired!! Beautiful too. Something else on my must try list!
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Post by Wolfrott on Nov 9, 2015 7:47:45 GMT
Nope, that's certainly not felting!
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