One of my all-time-favorite children's books...
...Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina...
...was the inspiration for my "Mad Hatter's Parade" hat at Fling this year!
It took months of planning...
...and many weeks of work!
Starting with a small, foam underlayment resist...
...I covered it with wool from a batt...
...containing lovely, multi-colored cotton dots.
Using a small round dish as a template...
...I cut a circle from the partially felted wool...
...removed the resist...
...and continued on with my felting.
'Rounding off' the opening of the finished cap...
...and then tucking it into position, for drying.
With wool from a yellow batt...
...(again with colored coton dots)...
...I fashioned an identical cap...
...using the same resist.
The yellow cap, drying...
...and the finished pair.
As you might expect from the book illustration...
...this project required the creation of lots of caps!
Next time: I switch colors. :)
