Felted Purse

I was so fortunate to take a class with Fiona Duthie last week.  It was a one day class out of the five days she was teaching here in town.  What fun it was and what hard work too ; ) .  I learned a lot about wet felting and proud of the purse I made .  A couple of my friends did the class with me so that was great and it was also nice to meet some new people who have the same love of wool and felting.  If Fiona ever comes back I will take another class with her in a heart beat.  Google her name to see what a talented artist she is. 

  Enjoying spring hope you are too.

  J

Easter Post felting

this is supposed to be GREEN needle felted 4 inch square quiltie do not know why it looks grey

Happy Easter or Passover

What a beautiful weekend it is here.  Very warm and sunny .  We have had the best winter and now spring that I ever remember.  

The first photo is my march quiltie for the swap I am playing in lately.  It is very late leaving my house but I am liking it so hope my swap partner does too.  I had trouble getting a good photo so hope that she will take a better one when she gets it in the mail.

Last month I went to a nuno felting class at our local quilt shop, we made scarves out of cheese cloth and wool and it was very interesting and fun.  messy but so worth it in the end.  Mine is the green one in the second photo.

I am taking another felting class this week and so excited about that.  I will post photos of that class project when I am finished.  It is a purse with lots of new techniques .

Thanks for stopping by!  J

4"x4" quiltie swap for Feb

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back

Sending out my swap for Feb.  to BJ in Texas. The theme was Hearts.  I really had fun with this one and of course had to use some needle felting with it as well. ; )

 The cover of the magazine Cloth,Paper Scissors for Jan/Feb was so interesting that I had to try doing it as well. It was about fraying the edges of the fabric and hand stitching the quilt block.  Being with out a sewing machine right now it was the perfect technique for me to try. I hope it is not too "rustic" for BJ?

 Thanks for looking and I wonder what next month's theme will be?

J

Felted 4"x4" quiltie

Byhand artists group has a swap of a 4x4 inch quiltie that I joined again this month.  The theme for this swap is open so..... I used some nuno felted fabric I made years ago for another project and needle felted more roving into it and used a commercially made prefelt as batting with a cotton piece of fabric for its bottom.  On the front I used a couple of pieces that I had french knotted years ago but for Joanne I thought they would be perfect in this swap to her.  I hope she likes it.  On the back of the piece I used some cotton lace to embellish it and Blanket stitched it all together. Lots of work but so much fun too.  I wonder if I am up to another swap??
Thanks for looking !  J who is sick and tired of wind and winter

felting

I have been busily finishing off some felting gifts, some bookmarks for the 10 day gift exchange at the Byhandartist group.  If you are in the exchange, sorry to spoil opening it for you but I am not sure if anyone of them are following my blog anyways.  The other photo of the acorns is going to be ongoing for a few more days but thought I would share the photo with you anyways. I have many more to make. I needle felted the balls but they could easily be made by using water and soap to make the little lovelies too.  My friend Gail showed me how to do this and her wonderful husband collected the tops and dremeled the holes too for us. That made it so much easier to thread through the hanger.  Fun little Christmas project that is for sure.  Thanks for looking !  J

4"X4" quiltie swap November

Here is my swap that I am sending to Daphne for the swap this month.  Used prefelt, nuno felting scraps, ribbon pieces, embroidery floss and of course needle felting.  Hope she likes it?  J

wet felting

Yikes it is november!! Almost the end too?  What?  Oh well here I go with a post or maybe even two.  My sister wanted to see what I have been doing this summer.  My friend Gail and I have been playing with wet felting using a resist .  Fun to do and interesting shapes can happen depending on the resist used and the amount of time you work on it and even the type of wool you use too.  Anyways  here is a photo of some of the things I made. J