Painted silk gauze and coordinating merino roving.
Laying out roving along the resist perimeter.
Adding the painted silk gauze.
Covering the gauze with roving...
...white over the design so that it would 'pop'!
Adding more roving to the back side of the purse.
The finished layout...front side with encased silk...
...and back side.
Cutting out the handle and removing the resist.
This is a messenger bag that I made for a swap with my friend, Melissa...
...and it was a first for me, since it was a collaboration!!
She provided the hand-painted silk gauze (oh, so lovely!!)...
...and I found complementary colors of roving and then felted them into a bag!
It was a bit nerve-wracking for me at first...
...wanting to 'do right' by her work and show off this amazing design!
Next time: I'll show you the finished bag...
...and tell you what she thought of it!! :)
14 comments:
very colorful silk, love it. must be great to put your messenges in a beautiful bag. your friend melinda will be very pleased to receive it:)
Riet--the painted silk was really a work of art!!
Your bags are always so detail. Love to follow the steps which help me quite some. Eager to see how it turns out.
A great collaboration - well done.
Terrie and Rachel--Thanks!
I thought that silk painting looked familiar! Awesome bag!! I cannot wait to see it fully finished!
Kelly--Isn't Melissa's silk painting amazing?!?!
Well it goes without saying, I am still jumping up and down with joy!!! I absolutely love the bag you made for me and can't stop looking at it. It's really amazing to see the steps that go into your beautiful felted creations, just amazing!
Melissa--I am SO happy and relieved!!! Working with a piece of silk as beautiful and one of a kind as yours was a bit daunting for me!
That's very exciting!
Hadiah
Thanks, Hadiah!!
This is so beautiful, Heather! What a fun way to collaborate! You are just a felting powerhouse! So many projects! PS- got a little surprise in the mail yesterday! I'll be bloggin about it tonight! Thank you! x0x!
Indeed, such a beautiful painted silk! I can imagine that you were very nervous to work with it, making the gorgious bags you always make :)). hugzz...peebee
Fiona--Yay!! I will be curious to see what you make with it...since I struggled so with it! :)
Peebee--Thanks!
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