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| The kit was by 'Gillian Gladrags' |
Friday 11 November 2011
Only a Rose ...
I love roses and the 'Spanish Harlem' theme at Sew Weekly gave me the opportunity to use up a feltmaking kit I've had for a while. I ought to have done a tutorial on this really, it was an involved process and took over my kitchen table for a whole afternoon! There's a lot of rolling and soaking in alternate baths of hot and cold water. I love the end result though and it seemed that the messier I was, the better things seemed to turn out. Felt is something I've wanted to try for ages. I did my Polytechnic thesis on the Felt Hat Industry of my old home town of Denton in Manchester - there's a copy of it in Stockport Hatworks Museum, if anyone is interested!
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Very pretty! I have a kit from the same place for Christmas coming this year so think I'm going to have a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! I accidentally felted a wool jumper recently and I've been looking for a project to use it in.
ReplyDeleteLooks interesting
ReplyDeleteI'd have another go at this. I didn't have a bamboo mat available to do the rolling with, but a rollng pin and a new dishcloth, with the felt sandwiched inbetween works just as well.
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