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Post by tracey on Jan 19, 2017 7:17:29 GMT
No progress today on the loom. I really had to do some housework! Good luck with your cutting. Do you seal the cutting lines with iron on interfacing or zig zag stitching before you cut? I haven't actually cut any of mine yet, but I was advised to do this. Housework? What's that??? Boring stuff that gets in the way of fun stuff.
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Post by lyn on Jan 19, 2017 10:03:10 GMT
When my ship comes in, I'm hiring a "lady what does".
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Post by halay on Jan 21, 2017 16:04:03 GMT
I would call my latest project a whole month dose of fiber because it took me really long to finish it. Over time I've collected quite a number of scarves of different material (cotton, silk and cotton mixture, viscose, pure silk, polyester, etc.). Time to start using them! So I found some matching scarves and tore them apart into more or less similar rectangles. The idea was to make a nuno felted mosaic jacket. As a base I used black South Australian merino (don't like it but had plenty and wanted to use it) I arranged the squares in random order. In order to avoid any suprises later (material not attaching to wool) I had to anchor the edges of each piece of fabric so I placed wisps of wool all around the eddges (very time consuming!). All in all I spent three days just laying wool and making the mosaic. This is what I got in the end: www.ipernity.com/doc/724735/44171826 and here is a close up www.ipernity.com/doc/724735/44171828. The front and the back were made in one piece, while the sleeves were made separately and then merged together. It's a jacket with interensting texture and a good school example how different fabrics behave differently on wool.
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Post by tracey on Jan 21, 2017 16:34:24 GMT
Wow Nada, that really is a work of art, love it!
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 21, 2017 16:38:12 GMT
Gorgeous Nada! The end result is worth the effort.
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Post by penguin on Jan 21, 2017 18:44:53 GMT
I sympathise Tracey. I've been working on a small vessel. I made four samples and spent ages creating a former/template and then ended up throwing what should have been the final creation in the bin! Felt bad later as I could have at least kept it and recycled it as stuffing or something!
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Post by penguin on Jan 21, 2017 18:50:07 GMT
That was in response to the first despairing post...then I read on! Glad you are persevering with the bag. How goes it?
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Post by tracey on Jan 21, 2017 20:10:27 GMT
Excellent thanks. I beaded it and lined it but I have to park it for a while as I need more hazelnut merino from WOW to create the handle then I'm done and will post a pic.
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Post by penguin on Jan 21, 2017 20:53:01 GMT
So glad it worked out in the end! Look forward to the pic!
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Post by lyn on Jan 21, 2017 21:11:54 GMT
Nada - The jacket is wonderful! So interesting and I like the black as it makes the jacket very classy.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 22, 2017 0:10:51 GMT
Nada -- wow! Well worth the extra effort, although I don't think my back would ever forgive me. :-0. Kudos to you!
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Post by halay on Jan 22, 2017 6:37:56 GMT
Thank you ladies for your nice comments. I don't think I'm going to repeat this technique soon, very time consuming indeed.
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Post by jwugg on Jan 22, 2017 9:11:37 GMT
Super jacket, Nada, I imagine it looks even better on. Looks like dramatic wide sleeves, an eye-catching yet definitely easily wearable coat.
I have made a couple of scarves with this mosaic technique & my experience was if all the fabrics are pure silk, I could get away without anchoring all the edges, as boy that really is boring! However, it's not a nice look if some don't adhere well. I once tried to add wisps & needle felt some edges later, but it didn't work well.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 22, 2017 14:30:23 GMT
Nice jacket. If I ever make another jacket I will make fabric and cut and sew. It is a great experience to have done it though.
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Post by penguin on Jan 22, 2017 17:16:55 GMT
Wow, great jacket Nada! Couldn't see it yesterday as iPad playing up but fine today. Looks terrific but masses of work!
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