I spent a lovely day with Jacqui and Sarah yesterday - with Jacqui teaching us the art of wet felting
We started with strands of wood laid in one direction
Then added strands at 90 degrees,
Then a third layer at 90 degrees to that. Then it got pummelled back and forth with water and a bit of soap, using bubble wrap and a rolling pin - then plunged into boiling and freezing water, until I ended up with these two
And this candle / sausage item, which, when dry and sliced, will hopefully result in felted buttons like the ones below that I bought last September
Lovely day Jacqui, thank you :-)
I started this blog for me - it expanded to show BFF Jackie what I was doing - and a few others have invited themselves too - everybody welcome! Mostly about patchwork, with random comments about embroidery, family and life in general, come on in, put your feet up, and I'll put the [virtual] kettle on.
Isn't felting addictive
ReplyDeleteLooks like loads of fun!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like so much fun! The only thing I've ever felted was my son's wool sweater (and he was not very happy about it!)
ReplyDeleteHi Benta! I'm happy you tried because felting is so much fun! Great idea to make buttons! Your rainbow colours are beautiful! x Teje
ReplyDeleteThanks for info - can you not just wash a bundle on the hottest wash cycle? Seems to woek for sweaters!
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