I have been playing around with felting lately. I have started to make some felted ornaments. I use open cookie cutters to get the shape and fill them with roving and needle felt until it is just the right thickness. I mix in Angelina fibers and sometimes a bit of silk roving or silk waste fibers too. I need to add some stitching and a ribbon hanger to these.
We explored felting in my art quilting group this week and I got to play around with a felting machine. This piece has a thin piece of dyed silk for the background, wool roving, silk sari ribbon made from the waste of a sari factory, dyed batting, and some silk roving. It is very quick and easy to get a unique piece of felted art using a felting machine.
I am also working on a new piece of felted art. This time I making an angel. I have needle felted the piece. Next I will wet felt to get the fibers to felt much better. Then I will add some more needle felting and some stitching. I'll share more pictures when she is further along.
I hope that you have a wonderful holiday season. I'm looking forward to relaxing and spending a lot of time with family and friends the next couple of weeks.
Janelle
Janelle
