Felt

I teach several craft classes at the local Steiner School where my kids attend/ed and for the last three weeks we have been making felt pictures using a wet felt technique and then adding embellishments by needle felting or sewing things on. I took a number of pictures so here they are...

These are class 4 and 5 students (and their normal teacher)

And the obligatory Sprocket pic.

viv

Felt photos

I finally got some photos of a few of the felt items I have been working on. Some are posted on the other site as well (Artfibredunedin.blogspot) but I thought it would be good to have them on here too.

The larger items I did before the extended playtime event and with the Steiner ladies. The smaller items are from the playtime and the book I have done since. The beaded and free motion quilted piece was the last one I did before my sewing machine died. I am still without it because money is tight round here and 26 cents doesn't fix a machine. Maybe next week will be better!

Anyway, enjoy the view.

viv in nz

Felt

I learned how to make felt last week. It is something I have wanted to know about for some time but have not had the opportunity to try. I created two pieces on my first effort, one of which is rather nice although it is by no means finished yet. Then, over the long weekend workshop, one of our members taught us how to do the really fine felt and I created an orange piece that I hope to turn into an iris and a couple of leaves to o with it.

After that I got sort of keen (understatement) and have spent the last day or so composing a book made from felt with a selection of my samples as content. I mostly used brown wool for the pages but I did the cover in a reddish pattern with flame coloured pieces. The book turned out rather soft and tactile but has stiffened up a little since I added the samples.

I will photo the whole thing when I get the chance as well as getting the Trotters Gorge photos on here. In the meantime I have hunted out a view of the Quarry Gardens. These are a major part of my view from my living room window and are nice to walk through too.

viv in nz