For Felt United 2014...
...feltmakers who were already attending Fiona Duthie's Fall Felt Retreat...
...plus area felters who chose to join us...
...all gathered together to make a "Peace-themed" Felt United project!
We worked side-by-side, laying out the roving...
...then added special and significant embellishments that we brought from home.
(As a nod to one of the two brilliant originators of Felt United...
...I included embroidered flowers and hearts that were a gift to me from Elis Vermeulen!)
Fiona added pieces of silk...
...that were dyed with madder from her own garden...
...and a length of yarn literally linked us all together (thanks, Nathalie!)
Once all of the additions had been made...
...a piece of silk gauze...
...was stretched over the entire surface...
...and felting was begun!
We had time to admire and consider the meaning of each addition...
...as we moved around the table as we worked...
...and Fiona shared her thoughts with us about this year's theme..."Peace".
As a nod to the wooded and perfectly peaceful setting in which the event took place...
...one participant even thought to include a leaf in our work!
We each took a turn rolling the piece...
...then throwing it (to the pre-felt stage)...
...and we considered how very wonderful it would be...
...if we each had so many 'helping hands' at home! :)
Once completed, our work was sectioned up into pieces...
...for each of us to take home...
...and fashion into a project of our own!
