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Post by RovingOne on Sept 13, 2016 18:03:26 GMT
Hello fellow felters I registered on the forum about 3 weeks ago and now I've signed up for my first online tutuorial - the fantastic, fantasy fish. In for a penny in for a pound as the saying goes (though possibly not the best proverb to use on an international forum). This will be a bit of a challenge on several levels, as I don't normally felt every month let alone every week and I'm a slow worker. Hopefully I'll manage 3 weeks as it isn't too long. I've not done much felting with resists, though I did make some gloves once (and only once). I think I'll learn a lot.
I've dabbled in lots of crafts since I was a child but these days it tends to be felting, crochet, tapestry and a little hand embroidery. I would like to get to grips with freestyle machine embroidery. So far my attempts are far too messy and uncontolled for me to want to ruin a nice piece of felt.
My first piece of felt was white merino with snippets of blue wool and thread added. It looked like varicose veins! I was taught by an embroiderer who liked felt as a fabric to stitch into but wasn't really a felter. I took a couple of courses locally and became hooked. Although that was over 10 years ago now my output isn't very prolific.
Well I'm off to practise felting round a resist and gen up on adding pictures onto the forum.
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 13, 2016 18:47:55 GMT
Welcome! Glad you joined us and I'm sure you'll enjoy the fish class. I love using free motion machine embroidery on felt. It just takes practice more than anything. You can use a heavy interfacing to practice on if you don't want to "waste" felt.
I look forward to seeing photos of your work.
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Post by lyn on Sept 13, 2016 19:22:02 GMT
Hello - welcome to the forum and I'm sure you'll love making the fish!
A lot of members (myself included) seem to enjoy a multitude of crafts so you're not alone in not felting every week but this forum celebrates all things fibre and you'll see sections for spinning, knitting, crochet and embroidery etc.
Don't worry about being slow - the older I get the more I time I need for everything! I like this saying "Your speed doesn't matter - forward is forward"
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 13, 2016 22:56:49 GMT
Welcome! I sure you'll love the class. Don't worry about being slow. That's the beauty of an online class you can work at your own pace and if you don't finish on time, you can always post your finished pieces here. Have fun!
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 14, 2016 0:48:22 GMT
Welcome to the forum. we love to share so please do show us your class projects
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Post by zed on Sept 20, 2016 9:51:05 GMT
Hi, welcome to the forum I like the idea of your varicose veined felt! It's be great to see what you make in the class.
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Post by RovingOne on Oct 3, 2016 19:56:14 GMT
Thought I'd try adding a photo. This was made following a course I went on making pictures from pieced prefelts. I had some leftover & did this tree. Although I'm reasonably happy with the tree and surroundings I only had cloud colours for the sky and decided to add the blue over the top to liven it up. Unfortunately it looks more like grey sky with blue clouds. Oh well you live and learn.
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Post by lyn on Oct 3, 2016 21:51:20 GMT
It's a great picture. I like it that the tree leans a bit and I like the way you've coloured the tree trunk to make it appear 3D and that you've hidden the base of the roots with grass. The colours you've used on the ground are fab as is the canopy of the tree. And why are you worried about the sky? The whole piece is deserving of being on display. Enjoy it!
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 3, 2016 22:39:54 GMT
It's beautiful! And I think the sky is fine too. I love trees and this is wonderful.
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Post by Pandagirl on Oct 3, 2016 23:28:47 GMT
Beautiful tree!
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Post by elizabeth on Oct 4, 2016 18:05:09 GMT
I agree - I love the detail on the tree!
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 5, 2016 12:42:15 GMT
I think you did a great job. the sky her looks like that a lot of the time with those wispy transparent clouds.
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Post by triciaf on Oct 5, 2016 12:47:16 GMT
It's beautiful! You probably focus on the little things that you wish you'd done better, but others don't see those at all! I echo Lyn's sentiment about the colors in the grass and the way you did the roots and trunk of the tree. Thank you for sharing it!
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Post by viltmaaraan on Oct 9, 2016 14:53:33 GMT
Hello, welcome here ! Beautiful tree! I don't understand veined felt, what do you mean, wet felting and needle felting in the same project ?
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Post by RovingOne on Oct 9, 2016 21:29:57 GMT
Thank you all for your lovely comments. Triciaf, I think you're right. When you've done something yourself you know where its weaknesses lie and they stand out. I am pleased with the tree. If it had been a disaster it wouldn't have seen the light of day on here! Viltmaaran, veined felt isn't a type of felt its the effect I got when I added lots of short blue threads to my white wool fibes. You know how added threads go wiggly when felted. In this case they looked like lots of little blood veins. It wasn't a look I intended nor plan to repeat!
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