Bev made us put up the beads and get out the wool! We've been felting today. First we made wet felted balls - sort of like making meatballs with wet wool. They are just great. Next she read us the "destructions" and we made needle felted squares with the wool felt that Jackie brought. Bev did a flamingo; Becky a rainbow heart; Marcie's was .... of course.... blue & green freeform; and I did a sort of floral square.
Next we had to decide what to do with these things. Jackie had brought some wool garments that we cut apart and threw into the washing machine. Marcie & I cut up the sweaters that I had collected and felted in NH. We had a sort of AHA moment! Bev and I started "Sleeve Art" purses.
The sleeves were already sewn up the sides so we are making purses with the sleeves. We really love the way they are coming out. Marcie started a flap purse and Becky is working on a true envelope purse.
Jackie is making a cute snowman at the moment after doing a purse applique in bright primary colors. We are having way too much fun......
Your word pictures are doing a great job of building anticipation for the pixel pictures to come later! I can't wait to see how these felting projects come out!
ReplyDeleteOne of these days, we have to find you a laptop with wifi so you can upload pictures from the road.