Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Blue and Orange Pre-Felt Bag- Part 1

Cutting the 'pleated' pre-felt.

 


Piecing where necessary with basting stitches.

 


Starting the layout with blue roving.

 


Adding the orange pre-felt layer (pleat-side down) and a second layer of blue wool.

 


Here's another one of my peanut-shaped resist bags...

...using sewn pre-felt and roving.

I machine-stitched several irregular 'pleats' into a sheet of pre-felt...

...and trimed it into the shape of the resist...just slightly smaller.

Since my pre-felt wasn't quite large enough in places...

...I pieced it by hand where necessary, using long basting stitches.

Since I had had trouble with my pre-felt 'flapping' in a previous project,...

...this time, as 'insurance', I started the layout with a layer of wool roving around the perimeter of the resist.

This extra bit of wool helped the bag to form a cohesive whole during felting...

...and I like it as a design element, as well.

Next time: the finished bag...

...and NO symbolism!! Giggle.

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9 comments:

Terriea Kwong said...

Eager to see the finished look. You always so creative and generous to share. THANKS.

Kelly said...

Nice! I'm interested in seeing how the pleats felt. I know you said no symbolism in this post, but this bag would make any Florida Gator fan proud :)

Heather Woollove said...

Terrie--Thanks for your sweet words!! XXO-
Kelly--Not only is there NO symbolism here...I know so little about sports that I don't even know WHICH sport the Gators play!:)

vilterietje said...

wowzer! you do a lot of work in small time, where do you buy this time?
love, riet:)

GalaFilc said...

I am curious about the result.
It is interesting!

Heather Woollove said...

Riet--This project is actually from quite some time ago. When I have time to work, I do a lot of projects and photograph them, then I can 'dole them out' during the weeks when I can't make a thing!
Galina--Thanks...I hope you'll like Part 2.

Anonymous said...

Looks great - and I know exactly how it goes, preparing posts in advance. It makes the crisis weeks every life has slightly less critical!

Michelle said...

Love the pleating!

Heather Woollove said...

Thanks, Michelle--I think it's fun, too!