Why I like Felting?

I sew a long time and I love to sew. But, despite a large selection of fabrics in the stores, I often went away without buying. I do not find what I want. With the felt is easy: I simply create a "fabric" what I want. I am very pleased with the process and results! But ... Felt that I did - it's thick and the heat felt. Now I want a thin felt. I decided to make a Nuno-Felt and I bought a silk, a lot of silk. But ... Silk white. It seemed boring and I decided to paint it.

First way:

This was my first experiment in Nuno-felting. When the first joy had passed, I realized that I had to make a fringe. Young bush vines liked my scarf.
I already wrote that I bought a lot of silk?

To be continued ...

You can see what's going on with felt when using it.

Many people say to me: "Yes, today is your felting looks nice, but what will happen to him after a while?" I sewed for my daughter's coat of felt. I live in southern Russia and is usually cold autumn begins in November, but this autumn started very early, and in October it was very cold. My daughter started wearing this coat on October 5. Why do I remember that day so precisely? It's her birthday!Then still had warm days when she did not put on this coat, but these days there were not many. Our winters are not very cold, this year's snowfall was only 3 times. It turns out that my daughter wears a coat of about 2.5 months. She wears it to school 5 days a week, on weekends she puts it, when visits to classes on knitting. Daughters really like this coat! Today I took a few photos. You can see what's going on with felt when using it.

My daughter goes to school with a satchel and its rough strap. I'm worried that felt affected by these straps. See for yourself whether this is so.

 In the place where the cuff of the sleeves rubbing against the coat is pellets.

Jacket "Fuchsia"

Today has been a jacket, "Fuchsia", and tomorrow it leaves for the exhibition. Theme of "Flowers in the women's creative work. " Absolutely no time to make good pictures, but I really want to show the new work.I felt for a jacket made from Australian merino natural color 21 microns, a very gentle and not pricked. I "painted" fuchsia wool fiber. Then I sewed the jacket.

Along with this jacket to the exhibition will travel coat for the girls "Bunch of wildflowers"

Hi!

Hi! My name is Elena. I live in Russia, in a small southern town. What I write in my blog? About my creative work and my life. I really like doing things with their hands. I love to sew, knit, crochet, weave beads and embroidery on the machine. My new hobby - felting. A year ago, I had not even heard of felting. At Christmas, I went to the meeting amateur beads and a friend told me that she wants to make felt. Felt? - I asked incredulously (I knew was that felted yurts make nomadic people) She said she wants to make itself felt scarf. Felt a scarf? I was shocked.
 But I was intrigued, and I searched the internet all about the felt mat ... and I fell in love with felting.

 My first Work in Felting coat for my daughter. "Pansy"