Cutting small, square pieces of pre-felt.
Fashioning a resist from foam floor underlayment.
Fashioning a resist from foam floor underlayment.
Placing the pre-felt squares on the resist surface...
...and covering them with a layer of wool roving.
Applying (fewer) pre-felt squares to side two.
Adding additional layers of roving to each side of the resist...
...and marking a 'cutting line' with a thin length of green wool roving.
After the piece is partially felted...
...cutting on the green line and removing the resist.
After the piece is partially felted...
...cutting on the green line and removing the resist.
From leftover pre-felt strips in mauve and green...
...I prepared a pile of perfectly square pieces.
After placing them into a grid design on the resist...
...I covered them with several layers of wool roving.
Mid-way through felting, I made a slit in the felt...
...and pulled out the plastic resist...
...then continued felting until the piece was done.
Next time: the finished cover...
...with vintage button and leather button loop.
...I prepared a pile of perfectly square pieces.
After placing them into a grid design on the resist...
...I covered them with several layers of wool roving.
Mid-way through felting, I made a slit in the felt...
...and pulled out the plastic resist...
...then continued felting until the piece was done.
Next time: the finished cover...
...with vintage button and leather button loop.
8 comments:
ooo this is going to be lovely! I really like your technique with the prefelt squares, how they stand proud. Looking forward to the next post :)
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wow, this looks allready great, can't wait to see the finished piece. ☺ Greetz from me, Janine
Deborah--Hahaha...'standing proud'...I never thought of it that way! :)
Janine--Thank-you!
Hi Heather, its karen and i have a new blog, the old one died and i havent been able to comment on anyone's blogs, so after making myself a new one im back to catching up with everyone. Your felting is as gorgeous as ever, i love the fish hat its so fun, i'm looking forward to seeing this tablet cover finished, its looking very cool xoxo
Wygląda ciekawie. Sama muszę spróbować z kawałkami filcu.
Karen--Congratulations on your new blog! I'm glad that you've sorted it all out. XXO-
Karolina--It will take more work to get finished felt pieces to felt in completely. Pre-felt (partially felted wool) blends in much more easily and quickly.
It's going well - it looks bright and strong.
Rachel--It was a fun one to make. :)
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