Showing posts with label prefelt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prefelt. Show all posts

Saturday, February 25, 2012

More Felted Jewelry Ideas

Good Evening,

It has been a couple busy days!  Working to catch up from being sick and finish three custom pieces and get them delivered before I leave on my trip on the 4th.  Still lots to do besides these things.

And when I return I need to have a couple new ideas worked out to teach at Garden Plaza Active Retirement Community.  In fact, I better have one figured out and my write up ready before I go so it can be posted while I'm gone!

I'm still working on this flower concept for the seniors.  Two prefelts each.  One has coral for center - other has a piece of dichroic glass.  These could be pins/brooches or turned into necklaces.




Thursday, January 19, 2012

Back in the Zone!

Good Evening!

More Snow!  We got several more inches overnight.  I am so happy!  This is what I have been missing.  It is just soooo pristine and beautiful.  I took my little dog out for a walk around noon.  He had to rabbit hop since they had not yet plowed and the snow was pretty deep...and his legs are pretty short.  'Tis always fun to watch him doing this.  Anyway we got all bundled up (it was about 22 F degrees out) and once we stepped out the door I could hear it...that wonderful hushed sound that snow puts on everything.  That combined with the large, fluffy flakes falling and I was in heaven...well...sort of...

It put me in a very festive mood so upon returning I was ready to get to work on my newest piece.  I told you I had made a new sheet of bubble wrap last night.  Today I laid out some prefelts I found stashed in a corner that I had forgotten about...and then I started laying my first layers of loose wool.  I am using merino and merino/silk blends.  Then I found some funky yellow and hot pink silk hankies that I bought in Oregon several years ago...before I knew what to do with them...but I loved them and had to have them.  Today they found the perfect place amongst the prefelts and wool.  The layers I am putting down now should form the interior part of my jacket.

I shot a couple photos along the way...to show my progress.  What I noticed most when I looked at them though was the look of my felting space...YIKES!!!  Well I guess you can tell I use the space...  So more to come on this project as I go along...hope everyone is having a great week like I am!  It feels so good to be back working on my felting!!!

Janet