Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Variations On A Red And Yellow Theme- Part 1 of 2

Making two large pre-felt rectangles.



Stitching one yellow strip to one red strip with nylon thread... 
 
...and adding an 'opposite' color ruffle to each.

 
This scarf is very long...

 
...so I had to roll it up a bit during felting.

 
I used thin, painter's plastic as a resist...

...between the ruffle and the scarf surface.

 
Partway through felting.

 
Continuing my pre-felt experimentation...

...I prepared two long pre-felt rectangles...

...and trimmed them into narrow sections for felting.

After attaching one yellow to one red section...

...I hand-stitched the wispy trimmed off lengths to the surface of the scarf as ruffles...

 ...red on yellow and yellow on red.

Next time: the finished scarf...

...and a 'fraternal twin' with an entirely different 'look'! :)

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6 comments:

Rachel said...

What lovely cheerful colours for the turn of the year!

Heather Woollove said...

Rachel--I was in a 'primary color mood' as I made my Christmas gifts this year. You will see the blue color appear in my posts soon! :)

WonderWhyGal said...

I like how you make that wee bit of ruffle.

Heather Woollove said...

Andrea--I love the expression 'wee bit'!! :) XOXO-

Becky Utecht said...

Heather, I've been so busy lately I may have missed some this information in your past posts, how are you preparing your pre-felts?

Heather Woollove said...

Becky-50 rolls in each of 4 directions, then squeeze it out and let it dry. Easy peasy! :)