Laying out a large piece of nuno pre-felt...
...and taping twists of monofilament fishing line to one half of the wool surface...
...with easy to remove painters' tape.
Basting the line to the pre-felt with small hand stitches...
...and then sandwiching it...
...between the top and bottom layers.
After folding the project in half (to enclose a resist)...
...the sides of the tote are stitched together with wool yarn.
Narrow pieces of yarn-embellished pre-felt are added as straps...
...and as surface decoration...
...and small rubber bands are used to gather the pre-felt...
...for additional interest.
Wetting out the project...
...in preparation for felting.
Next time: the finished tote!
2 comments:
This looks intriguing. The monofilament presumably doesn't felt in, so I'm trying to work out what will happen next....!
Rachel- None of us could have predicted it!! ;)
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