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.
9 comments:
Eager to see the finished look. You always so creative and generous to share. THANKS.
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 :)
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!:)
wowzer! you do a lot of work in small time, where do you buy this time?
love, riet:)
I am curious about the result.
It is interesting!
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.
Looks great - and I know exactly how it goes, preparing posts in advance. It makes the crisis weeks every life has slightly less critical!
Love the pleating!
Thanks, Michelle--I think it's fun, too!
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