Laying out white Bordeleria pre-felt circles...
...then ringing them with pinky-orange silk and merino blend roving...
...before covering them with layers of brown Bordeleria wool.
...before covering them with layers of brown Bordeleria wool.
White pre-felt strips form the sole design element on side two.
The finished pouch (back)...
...and front...
...and with the flap up, showing off its stripes! :)
Once home, I felted the pouch a bit more (to shrink it)...
...and now it fits a hardback book perfectly!
Toward the end of the week and 'between projects'...
...I decided to experiment a bit with our Bordeleria roving.
I made a small sheet of pre-felt with the white wool...
...and from it, cut circles and strips.
Working inside-out, I laid circles onto the resist...
...then wrapped lengths of silk and merino blend roving around each one.
Covering side one with brown roving, I continued on to side two...
...laying out strips of pre-felt and covering them with layers of brown roving, as well.
If I had taken just a little more time with the layout (or had worked right-side out!)...
...the finished design might have looked a bit more thought out.
As it is, everything looks like it needs to move down, somewhat, on this pouch! :)
Additionally, since I continued to felt the piece once I arrived home, to make it smaller and thicker...
...more of the brown wool was able to migrate through the white pre-felt...
...and the designs are no longer quite as crisp and bright. :(
I may yet add a button or configure some sort of closure for this project...
...but for now, it's 'earning its keep', finding utility as a protective pouch for my latest novel! :)
...I decided to experiment a bit with our Bordeleria roving.
I made a small sheet of pre-felt with the white wool...
...and from it, cut circles and strips.
Working inside-out, I laid circles onto the resist...
...then wrapped lengths of silk and merino blend roving around each one.
Covering side one with brown roving, I continued on to side two...
...laying out strips of pre-felt and covering them with layers of brown roving, as well.
If I had taken just a little more time with the layout (or had worked right-side out!)...
...the finished design might have looked a bit more thought out.
As it is, everything looks like it needs to move down, somewhat, on this pouch! :)
Additionally, since I continued to felt the piece once I arrived home, to make it smaller and thicker...
...more of the brown wool was able to migrate through the white pre-felt...
...and the designs are no longer quite as crisp and bright. :(
I may yet add a button or configure some sort of closure for this project...
...but for now, it's 'earning its keep', finding utility as a protective pouch for my latest novel! :)
11 comments:
So beautiful Heather, you are very talented.
xo
Linda
Linda--You're sweet! I'd like to try a few more pre-felt projects like this sometime...and take a little more time with the layout!! XXO-
you have definitely created something beautiful yet I adore the first picture just as it is! and Aunty was thrilled!
Karen--Hahaha...the first photo reminds me of a children's game we call "Hens and Chicks". It has small and larger wooden pieces 'penned' into a spring-loaded rectangle and you have to choose which one is safe to remove with each turn, so that the whole thing doesn't 'blow'!!! :)
looks good, and very useful as well!
Rachel--You know me...I can never have enough bags/purses/pouches/
totes!! :)
Never boring seeing your creations. Love your way of doing some prefelts for the pattern. Ah... a iPad case like it is good.
Geniale, come sempre!
Terriea--Thank you!
Grazyna--You're too kind. :)
I do like it better after you felted it a bit more. It just has a more "finished" look. Very attractive, and extremely useful. Great job kiddo! :)
Sandie--I like the way the felt looks and functions better now that it's thicker, but I did like the crisp edges of the white stripes better prior to the additional felting.
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