Showing posts with label lace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lace. Show all posts

Thursday, May 26, 2016

"Purse-travaganza"! Part 9 of 9

The finished purse...


                                                                 ...drying.


                               Despite the aggressive nature of the 'hairy' base wool...

                                   ...not every textural piece felted completely in.

                                           (There are a couple of 'dangly' bits!) :)                 




                                     Close-ups of the bag surface with silk, lace....




                                                ...and cut-up bits of knitwear.


   
                                                            The bag interior.



                                             The back of the completed purse...



                                                            ...and the front...



                                                  ...and comparison photos...



                                          ...of the two (quite different) blue bags.



Tuesday, May 24, 2016

"Purse-travaganza"! Part 8 of ?

Making hanging loops...


                                   ...and attaching them to the partially laid out bag.



                                           Adding additional layers of roving...



                                          ...in 'white' for a clean, bright interior.



                                           Adding a bubble wrap pocket resist...



                                    ...and covering it with nuno-pre-felt remnants...



                                           ...and two additional layers of fiber.



                                                    Mid-way through felting...



                       ...the purple wool is already moving through the white lining.
 

                                             Turning the project right-side out...



                                         ...and rolling it in various orientations...



                                                           ...for further felting.



                                               Next time: the finished bag...

                    ...and a side-by-side comparison of my two 'hairy wool' projects!

Sunday, May 22, 2016

"Purse-travaganza"! Part 7 of ?

Applying bits of colored silks, lace...


                                  ...and snippets of re-purposed, knitted sweaters...

                                                ...to the surface of the resist...




                                  ...and covering them with variegated wool roving.



                                                       Wetting out the piece.



                                             Applying a second layer of wool...



                                                     ...(another 'hairy' one)...



                                          ...then flipping the project to side two.



                                          Adding additional pieces of silk, lace...

                                            ...and re-purposed, knitted garments...


                                                      ...to the resist surface...


                              ...and wrapping the overlapping wool from side one...

                                                   ...up and around the resist.



                                                 Covering side two with wool...



                                              ...and wetting out the surface.



                              This time, between the first and second layers of fiber...

                                               ...I add a few textural artifacts...



                                         ...(a soft felt ball, a piece of felted cord...

                                             ...and some finished felt remnants).



                                        Neatly enclosing the resist in purple wool.



                              Next time: a white interior layer and pocket are added.

Sunday, August 24, 2014

Lace and Cut Velvet Sample Tote- Part 2 of 2

Mid-way through felting...


                                      ...and after turning the project right-side out.



                                          The teal roving is already quite visible...

                                       ...through the sheer sections of silk velvet.



                                        Cutting a "U-shaped" handle on each side.



                                                   The finished tote (side one)...


                                          


                                         ...with close-up detail of the felted-in lace.


 

                                                         Side two of the tote...



                                          ...with its own interesting textural detail.

                                        

                                                     With this tote sample...

                                        ...I wanted to explore color and texture...

                               ...using two different kinds of partially sheer fabric...      

                                          ...and two different colors of wool.

                                     Next time: I use scraps of finished felt, pre-felt..

                                     ...and strange, 'bobbly' yarn to make a tote!

                                      

               



Friday, August 22, 2014

Lace and Cut Velvet Tote Sample- Part 1 of 2

Placing a pre-felt spiral on the surface of the resist...


                                   ...covering just the edges with black wool roving...



                                          ...and adding a layer of white lace.



                             Placing two layers of roving over the entire project surface...



                                                   ...flipping it to side two...

                  ...and trimming the fiber from side one, leaving a half-inch margin.



                                            Folding in the 'overhanging' wool...

                                 ...adding a layer of sheer black cut velvet fabric...



                                   ...and covering it all with two layers of teal roving.



                                     Carefully folding the top edges down (on both sides)...



                                            ...and beginning the felting process.                  


              If you live within driving distance of Anoka Fiber Works in Coon Rapids, MN...

         ...please consider joining me on September 18th for an "Inside-Out Mini-Tote Class"!

                                         (Class information is available here.) 

                                           Next time: the finished tote.