Monday, July 21, 2014

"Rescued" Purse- Part 1 of 4


Assembling the necessary materials...

...(among them, a printed and sequined cotton skirt...

...and a piece of bright red commercial pre-felt).


                            Tracing around the resist (on the wrong side of the fabric)...


                                                  ...to make a cutting line.


                                                Drafting a paper template...

                                                ...for the purse bottom.


                                       Placing pre-felt squares against the resist...


                                       ...and under the 'design side' of the fabric.


                    Covering the project with a layer of Salt Spring Island wool roving...


                                           ...from my sweet friend, Fiona.


                                                  Wetting out the project...


                                                  ...and flipping it to side two.


                                       Sorting through my fabric stash, recently...

                                 ...I found a skirt that I had worn in 'another life'. :)

                                   Thinking that it might make an interesting bag...

                                      ...I decided to try nuno felting with it!  

                                             I soon discovered, however...

                                  ...that this project had a 'mind of its own'!! 

                         Next time: I cover the extended bag bottom with pre-felt.



6 comments:

Terriea Kwong said...

Very pretty pattern of the cotton skirt. It looks dense but wondering how it felt. Eager to see the next post.

Heather Woollove said...

Terriea--Too dense, as it turns out! I have heard that you can get nearly any fabric to felt (including denim!), but rubbing that long doesn't seem enjoyable to me, so I don't think I'll be the one to prove it. :) This is one of those projects which became more than the sum of its parts, though...so stay tuned! XX

WonderWhyGal said...

I can't wait to see this project progress.

Heather Woollove said...

Andrea--Hahaha...a 4-part post is a trial, isn't it?!? :)

FeltersJourney said...

Love the fabric Heather (you always have such gorgeous fabric!) and the little red prefelt squares :)
xx

Heather Woollove said...

Deborah-The fabric is cool, isn't it?!? I wore that skirt exactly once while wearing maryjane shoes, little white lace anklets and carrying a bright pink, patent leather purse. Can you even imagine?!?! :)