Covering a small resist with layers of wool roving...
...and applying woven pre-felt strips...
...and squares.
Wetting out the project...
I love the moment when the pre-felt bits...
...start to incorporate into the wool roving!
Fulling the piece.
The finished felt...
...blocked and drying.
A cord is made with bits of the same wool and pre-felt...
...then one tiny hole is cut into each side of the finished bag...
...and the felted cord is inserted and knotted off.
My friend Kathy showed me a project like this several years ago...
...and I've always wanted to try one myself!
Designed to be a hiding place for trinkets of all kinds...
...I think that with different embellishments...
...it would also make a nice 'Tooth Fairy' bag!
(Hung on a bedpost or dresser knob, rather than tucked under a pillow...
...there'd be no need to disturb your sleeping child.)
Note: cutting the holes a bit closer to the center on each side...
...will help the bag to close a bit more securely.
Next time (finally): Part 1 of the purse I made with Fiona in March!!
6 comments:
I love it! Adding the handle afterwards is nice too. Sometimes I find my handles get "fiddly".
Love that plaid effect!
Andrea--I know what you mean!
Rachel--Thanks! It was fun to do.
I love it!
cute! :)
OK-Thanks!
Kelly-Deborah and I each made one of these while I was visiting her in England. Hers has fish on it! :)
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