Felting Fun

2011-05-10T17:59:00.000-07:00

Variety of projects

2011-03-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

Okey, I am not so much of the blogger, but now I read so many beautiful craft blogs, that I remembered my own. It is not that I didn't craft much meantime - I serged reconstructed upcycled sweaters, embroidered felt hearts for my son's classmates, crocheted some flowers and chockers, and crafted other stuff.Now I got interested in japanese crochet books - they take crocheting to totally different level - before I saw them, I was not too big fan of crocheting.... For now I post a few photos and later I will try to come up with some tutorial, because I feel like I have to give back to our beautiful and creative crafter blogger community.

2010-09-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

Artist trading cards

2009-03-18T13:57:00.000-07:00

Artist trading card movement started in 1996, when couple artists made thousands of little art pieces sized the same as baseball cards 3.5" by 2.5".

They told everyone who wants to get one, has to bring their own to trade. THey are fun and quick(usually - it depends on the technique, of course)to make because they are so small. They don't have to be done from paper.

I did some from fabric with some Peltex inside to make it stiffer. A lot of artists like to use vinatage look images, buttons, lace, charms.

Here is the spring again!

2009-03-17T19:28:00.000-07:00

It is getting warmer here in Southern California(winters can be quite cold here too, not freezing, but cold enough for me).
Lately I've been doing not just felting, but also carving rubber stamps, making and drawing atcs(artists trading cards), making paper from junk mail and used envelopes. My next project is a folder cover for my guitar class sheet music. I already gathered some vintage photos of people playing guitar and hope that my fabric transfer paper will come soon, so I can start.

For now I am announcing

FREE GIVEAWAY

I found this great idea on Cornflower's blog. Here is the link and I have put her on my blog list as well: http://bluecornflowerstitches.blogspot.com. This is a free giveaway and everyone is encouraged to play - worldwide! It's open to everyone who reads my blog.The first FIVE people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and make the same offer to the first 5 people who respond on your blog entry, thereby continuing the fun! (Though you can keep it local if you want, I don't fear international postage!)The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it! Sounds like fun, right? So, let's play!

It took me a while for next post!

2008-04-11T19:35:00.000-07:00

By now I felted quite a few things, some of them you can see in my etsy store at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5365187 and some on my flicker http://www.flickr.com/people/feltingme/ and of course, some of them here.
The new things I have done so far - felted a bag, a lot of flower brooches, soap in a jacket, fairies, tapestries and more necklaces and other jewelry.
I got more handpainted wool from www.sakinaneedles.com and ,again, I am very happy. Her colors are very very nice and wool is very good quality.

Things you need to start felting

2007-12-22T14:31:00.000-08:00

You will need wool roving, which most likely you will need to buy online. I live in Los Angeles and the only store I know where you can buy it is Acorn - natural toy store in Santa Monica. Unfortunately their price is very high for very little wool and colors are not very exiting either.
So far I bought my roving from:
* http://.sakinaneedles.com (they had great seconds at the time-so I got 2 pounds of different color handpainted roving for 27 dollars including shipping!)
*from this etsy shop Fibrespace http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=90208 While it was not as cheap, but still much better than most stores and the colors are just wonderful - very crisp and bright. Since I already had mixed colors - I was very happy to get separate bright colors who can be accents in my creations. And you will support an artist buying from etsy.com
*this last shop I used mostly for tools, but I also bought couple darker colors like black and navy http://www.hookedonfelt.com .
The last one sells felting needles and tools with multiple needles - very useful if you want to needle felt bigger objects like scarfs, hats or even clothing. Their prices are the best and tools are very good. You will need a foam for needlefelting, which I bought from Joann's(they are used in stuffing furniture and you buy them by inches - sign up for the coupon and it will be very inexpensive.)
If you want to wet felt you also need a bar of soap. They say olive soap is the best, but I use regular. Bamboo placemat or bubble wrap is a good surface to wet felt on. Save net fabric peaces(like lacy curtain or tule) for felting wet flat peaces.
For embelishment you can use silk, soy, bamboo and other fibers and yarn too. If it is not feltable, you can arrange it on the peace and then add a little of roving and felt it to make it stay in place.

Why this blog?

2007-12-22T10:58:00.000-08:00

Wool felting is so much fun! I created this blog so I can show you how easy and fun it is to felt and also to share my creations.