The foam resist is removed...
...and the project is turned from one side...
...to the other...
...during felting.
After a final fulling...
...it's stuffed and blocked for drying.
The top of the long tote strap was drafted at an angle...
...(to better follow the slope of my shoulder)...
...but because I chose to make it reversible...
...it was a design 'fail'. :(
As befitting a sample...
...I made this project quite small.
(I wanted to check both the dramatically truncated strap...
...and the 'curvier' overall shape of the bag.)
At first I wasn't sure whether its diminutive size...
...would lend itself to any real functionality...
...but happily, it's found purpose as a 'wooden blocks keeper'...
...for my baby grandson. :)
