I Finally Finished My Mosaic Felt Jacket

I finally managed to finish my Mosaic Felt Jacket. But let me tell you, it is really hard to add Nuno Felting to a finished Wet Felted project. It took me months to make this jacket as I was sick for a good part of the time. Here's a picture or two for you.

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE!!!!

I sold my Ocean Shawl

I'm so happy to say I sold my handknitted Shrug, a lizard pin and the bestest of all - I sold my Ocean Shawl (which I had made into a Kimono) as a Shawl and the person was sold on the whole artistic idea of the Ocean with the little fish nets full of fish with ribboned kelps, boulders in clumps and bits of effluvia floating in the green blue ocean. I have cascading waves of foam along the top (which are Wensleydale curls).
I am truly the happiest of all about the Shawl. Wow!

 As the kimono

As the original and put back to original Ocean Shawl

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Is everyone good and wet with the rain or is it just me, lol

With all this raining going on day after day, I guess it is a good time to do handmade creations. I don't really know what the weather is doing in other places, but it has been raining a lot more since last year. Well, this is a rainforest, but come on, lol

I'm just in the process of doing the last stages on my jacket and long dress that will be coming out as soon as I can make it happen. I'm pretty excited as it is a new and different type of felting look and it's pretty cool.

I find it hard to make a particular item for the holidays because I'm driven by my creative urge and it doesn't recognize them. It just goes on doing what it wants to. Picking colours that just come together at that moment along with the ideas of what to do with it. I don't like to box myself in because it definitely affects the quality of what comes out.

Does anyone else find this? Anyway, talk to you soon.

I didn't want you to think I haven't been doing anything. I just finished my second prefelt and now have to create the intricate art, shawls, possibly clothing, with them. I'm so excited about this project as it is so creative and leads the imagination all over :)

I hope everyone is doing well. I have to honestly say that putting my shops up with ads has definitely increased traffic. I think Fearless Fiberworks may be slowing now, but it just needs the new creations I'm making, hopefully.

Take care. I will let  you know how it's going.

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Artistic alone or Artistic shawls

Well, I got those wicked books on different ways of felting and a ton of wonderful artistic ideas. I'm right in the middle of doing a Mosiac inlay. I'm going to do two of these as they both are used anyway during the process. I suppose my dilemma is should I make these into shawls or clothing or actually do them as the art they are. Any ideas? I suppose saleabililty comes into question at some point.

My husband bought me two and I bought myself a third as I can't get enough information when I love something. I just research until I run out of information, lol.

Some pictures to look at as plain text can be boring. I promise I will put up some pics of my mosaic inlay as soon as I do the other prefelt.

I'm definitely thinking about dyeing some wool as it's so hard to get enough at one time for a large project.

Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's Eve!!

My new custom order offer for a ponchette. I made this one for my Aunt for Christmas.

comes to the elbows and just comes around the abdomen. Can also be worn with a point in the middle if moved around.

Happy 2012!

I'm going to meet my long lost Aunt and cousin tomorrow or the next day, so I'm a bundle of nerves. They are going to stay with us for a few days and it will be so different from the quiet house my husband, cats and I share, lol. I've made her a gift of felt that I'll have to tell you about after she opens it. I bet I may have problems sleeping tonight. 


Wishing you all the best!!

My Llama Felt Dress

Wow, after adding Merino wool puff rows with textural sewing on the front of the dress, it really turned out in a way I really like. I just listed it last night so I really haven't much of a response, but I sure hope some of you like it.

The big thing I'm finding about felting something is that you can always refelt it, needle felt pieces with it to change it to the way you want it to be.

So, I hope everyone out there is getting the Christmas vibe. I haven't been hearing much Christmas music, so I have still to get in the mood.

Well hope you are all doing well and hope to hear from you. Hugs.

Oh, here's a pic of the dress:

Full Felt and Needle felt Llama Dress

I've worked quite hard on this project and just finished now. I've used Full Felting, Needle Felting and Textural Sewing with a sewing machine to create the shape I wanted this to be. It was larger than I wanted and so I made it smaller, making the armholes and beautiful rows of white Merino Wool at the waist and just now the bodice.

I've placed a vintage rhinestone button at the top closure and two shell buttons to close later down the front. This is basically an overlapping dress in an A-line shape. I have learned so much from making this dress, just like I did from making the Nuno Dress. There is nothing that beats finding out through experience. Tips and tricks to make things behave the way you want. Water in the right temperature in a small area will change it up to what you are looking for. Needle felting will change the appearance of things to something more desirable.

I'm hoping for some books on felting which are on my Chapters Wishlist from my husband so I get more ideas on dyeing and the Shibori method of dyeing, as well as using colours with the textural sewing. I can try that out on my own, but it looks like there are some really cool techniques that I've yet to try.

I've noticed that I'm not gathering anymore followers, but I sure hope there is more than one person reading all this. :)

I wish you all a Merry Christmas as I will be making a shawl/poncho for my Aunt for Christmas and just in case I don't get back here in time, I wanted to make sure you all knew how much I hope you enjoy your holidays.

I found family I didn't know I had and they are coming out to spend time with me and my husband around the 14th or 15th. I'm nervous and excited as I've never met my Aunt or cousin.

One of the things I noticed when I bought some Llama wool recently and awhile back, is that there isn't always truth in advertising. They both said they were clean and with little vegetable matter "vm" and yet the first one I purchased ended up being filthy and so coarse it just isn't usable to me. The second came as roving and is so beautifully soft that I made this felted dress from it. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough and am having to add here and there to re-felt in places. I guess I'll have to learn to ask a lot of questions and check it right away instead of just putting it in the drawer for a later project.


If anyone would like the coarse Llama, please leave me a message and we'll get it out to you.

Well after much needle felting and re-felting the Nuno Felt Dress is done and I love it!
Here's a picture for you.

I'd add the full length, but for some reason it won't turn right side up and I don't know how to fix it. Any help would be appreciated!!

I'm now fixing up my new fully felted Llama dress I just made recently. I'm adding textures and goodies to it to really make it look good.

I've put up 15% off coupons on both my shops for Christmas!! www.etsy.com/shop/FearlessFiberworks and www.etsy.com/shop/amberdark

I hope all the Black Friday shoppers had fun. I gather it is only in the US as we don't have that here in Canada. We have Boxing Day, the day after Christmas when the stores offer big discounts on merchandise, so maybe that is the same thing??

More about the Nuno dress I'm making

So, this dress has been giving me a hard time to say the least. I've been trying to needle felt the parts that weren't melding with the chiffon and it wasn't working. I've been so frustrated with it.  But, tonight, finally I figured it out! I tried out a medium size felting needle and it worked great except on the fancy flower trim, that was a lot harder and the flowers aren't the same looking now.


So, I did up a collar, added some pieces and it's now soaking in the cold water after the felting process. I think this is the third time now. I love the ruching that's taking place. Once it's dry, I just need to do up the sides and I'm going to take in the top of the sleeves to make it a tank top look. All right!!

This dress I'm Nuno Felting ........

Wow, this process I went through today was very harsh. Pieces of wool with chiffon attached to the dress and others wouldn't. I read that sometimes when the wool easily felts, it can felt before meshing with the fabric. So, it was suggested using Alpaca wool. Trouble is, it doesn't come in hot pink which is the colour I'm using. 


I think I'm going to be doing a lot of needle felting and then doing the felting, dropping and hot water, cold water routine again. Maybe that's the way to go next time.


Anyone else have trouble with the meshing?

Here are some items from my Etsy shop

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Something to consider

I was thinking that when I first started following the tutorials on how to wet felt and nuno felt, that they left out a really big thing.

You know how you get the felting done and it's soaking in the vinegar/lemon water; how many of you remember that there is soap water all over the bubble wrap, the netting and most of all the table still.  You might make the mistake of setting your rinsed and clean project back on that soaped table (it's dried now) and some of it may rub off onto your beautiful new shawl.

So, I thought I'd mention that you really need to rinse that table and wash the bubble wrap, netting and towels (of course) because with time it starts to eat away at the table top. I have some chips on a new IKEA table probably because the soap and rubbing, rolling just take their toll.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

Challenging

Well, now I've decided to Nuno Felt a Dress!! I'm doing this all on my own from my experiences with my other projects. I want the little ruffles to stand out and am using a magenta/yellow large piece of Silk Chiffon. I'm wondering, how much is it going to shrink? I think I'll roll in the direction that I can afford the most shrinkage. Once I'm finished I'm faced with the cutting for the neck hole and how I want to address the edging for that, as well as closing in the sides in the right places.

I'm thinking it's best if I do the Felting first, then take a look at what I can do to make it look the way I want for the finished product.

Here goes, well, my ego, lol.

Long time since blogging

Hi everyone,
I think I'm going to give this blogging a chance to see if it makes a difference for someone and maybe I can help out with felting questions.
I've found that Cobweb felting can be many different styles. It all depends on how many holes you want in it or if you would like it just translucent in places. It's amazing how once you do Cobwebbing, it seems hard to go back to the regular felting. I love the softness and pliability you can get with plain felting if you just pull very fine tufts. The shawl or scarf becomes a luxurious piece of work and not the stiffness that can come from too many layers of thick tufts.

MY NEW SHOP FEARLESS FIBERWORKS IS OPEN!!!

I'm so happy that I've finally opened my new shop at Etsy - Fearless Fiberworks

I've been madly knitting and felting away, or is that addictingly felting away, lol, in preparation for opening this shop. I so love doing the felting and can see myself carried away from starvation, lol

Please do come and see my new shop and please any comments you have, feel free, except, please be gentle.....

New beads to make interesting necklace

I managed to get to the wholesale place and pick up some gorgeous colours in glass leaves, flowers, daggers, rounds in reds, greens, amber, purple, black. I can't wait to start into this necklace, it's going to be very embellished.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.