An experimental project using multiple resists.
The finished 'accordion-pleat' felt...
...and seen again, here, from the open end.
...and seen again, here, from the open end.
A second version of the project, done in a completely different way...
...using pre-felt circles stitched together with wool yarn.
I think it looks very 'sea creature-like'...
I think it looks very 'sea creature-like'...
'Look, Mama!', it's a mermaid throne! :)
This is a project that I first noticed...
...during the 'Midweek Sharing Time' at Felter's Fling, 2011.
When I returned home that summer...
...I fashioned the yellow and orange piece (above) using multiple resists...
...but found it a 'fiddly' and frustrating thing to do.
At Marjolein Dallinga's class this summer...
...I discovered that there's a much simpler way to make a project like this!
By stitching pre-felt circles together with lengths of wool yarn...
...I was able to avoid the awkward fiber layout of my earlier attempt...
...with virtually identical results! :)
...during the 'Midweek Sharing Time' at Felter's Fling, 2011.
When I returned home that summer...
...I fashioned the yellow and orange piece (above) using multiple resists...
...but found it a 'fiddly' and frustrating thing to do.
At Marjolein Dallinga's class this summer...
...I discovered that there's a much simpler way to make a project like this!
By stitching pre-felt circles together with lengths of wool yarn...
...I was able to avoid the awkward fiber layout of my earlier attempt...
...with virtually identical results! :)
6 comments:
What is it about cats? There's a very similar idiom which goes "There's more ways to kill a cat than choking it on butter". What did the cat ever do to deserve that?
I can imagine the multiple resists version would have been fiddly - but fun, surely?
Rachel--Yes, poor cats, indeed (although mine are pretty pampered!!)
WOW Heather, these pieces are some of my all time FAVOURITES of yours!!!!!
Nicola--Thanks!! I just love this technique...it could have lots of applications for other projects, too. XO-
Wow, this is way cool!
Vivian--Thanks! The 'Frankenstein' stitching was done with wool yarn on pre-felt! :)
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