Wednesday, July 23, 2014

"Rescued" Purse- Part 2 of 4

Wrapping pre-felt squares (from the reverse side)...

...around the resist edge to the front, then wetting them out.

(The resist's 'flanged' bottom...

...will provide extra room in the finished purse.)


                               Adding the second layer of fabric (design-side down)...



                                       ...and covering it with layers of wool roving.



                                        Placing two layers of commercial pre-felt...

                                           ...onto the extended purse bottom...



                                                     ...and wetting them out.



                                     Flipping the project back to the original side...



                   ...and covering the whole shebang with layers of corriedale roving...

                                  ...from my friend, Cathy Bickell's lovely sheep.


                                          After flipping the project once again...

                                           ...I fold in the rays of brown wool...



                                ...and cover side two with corriedale roving, as well.



                                                    Mid-way through felting.            

                 (Note: a thin sheet of plastic was used to keep the extra bottom flap...

                                 ...from felting into the body of the bag as I worked.)          



                                        Next time: my nuno catastrophe is revealed...

                                       ...and I start to do something about it! :)

5 comments:

Terriea Kwong said...

Anxious for the next reveal. The red lips the kisses !

Rachel said...

It doesn't look like a catastrophe so far!

Heather Woollove said...

Terriea--Yes...they do look like lips!
Rachel--Just wait for Part 3!! Yikes!!

FeltersJourney said...

Shame it didn't work out as you planned.. it's looking great so far!
xx

Heather Woollove said...

Thanks, Deborah!