Showing posts with label monofilament fishing line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monofilament fishing line. Show all posts

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Monofilament Fishing Line Tote- Part 2

My beautiful friend, Deb...

...working hard on her own nuno pre-felt project.


                                                    Mid-way through felting.



                                        The finished tote in Deb's glorious studio.



                             Our fishing line experiment didn't go quite as planned...



                                 ...since it only produced a small amount of 'wiggle'...



                                                  ...in our completed projects.



                                   We had a wonderful time making them, though...



                                       ...and I'm pleased with the surface design...



                                         ...of this capacious and functional tote!



Thursday, November 24, 2016

Monofilament Fishing Line Tote- Part 1

Laying out a large piece of nuno pre-felt...


      ...and taping twists of monofilament fishing line to one half of the wool surface...

                                            ...with easy to remove painters' tape.



                              Basting the line to the pre-felt with small hand stitches...



                                                  ...and then sandwiching it...



                                          ...between the top and bottom layers.



                                 After folding the project in half (to enclose a resist)...

                         ...the sides of the tote are stitched together with wool yarn.



                     Narrow pieces of yarn-embellished pre-felt are added as straps...



                                                  ...and as surface decoration...



                            ...and small rubber bands are used to gather the pre-felt...

                                                    ...for additional interest.



                                                     Wetting out the project...

                                                   ...in preparation for felting.



                                                 Next time: the finished tote!