Hand woven; embellished with paper, canvas embroidery, felted pieces, beads, painted model nagic, found feather. This, my first weaving, was done on a loom that we built as part of the class. Long legs appeared as I was learning new techniques. The white feather was in my backyard the 2nd day of class when IContinue reading “What Bird
Wet felted vessel further embellished with hand needle felting, beads & a felted ball. This vessel was made in NSNG summer picnic class. Once I got it home, I wanted to further embellish it for more colore & texture.
I pounded flowers and leaves onto fabric for color. The doodled with pens & beads. Flower and leaf pounding gives an interesting effect on fabric. I then doodled with pens and beads.
Hand needle felted, hand quilted, wet felted. The felted center piece (the backing was wet felted and then the detail added with needle felting) was completed in a Dimensional Felting class taught by Lela Luetgar at the Midwest Fiber & the Internet. I hand quilted the border to enhance the felting and make it pop.
Machine pieced, machine quilted. I love to use the colors Kandinsky so often used in his work. Batiks, stripes, checks and dotted fabrics are so exciting.