Felt day

I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
Jack Handey

I'm very excited by felting since Lizzie Houghton's new book has come out.

This is the most delicious looking book on felting ever! I found it very straight forward in its explanations too.

I have long wanted to have a go at making nuno felt by trapping a gauzy layer of fabric between layers of felted wool. This book inspired me to have a go.

The resulting fabric is light, warm and drapes beautifully. I allow the base fabric to show through in some places and even cut holes in the fabric. The edges are worked to form natural shapes.These pieces have seen been turned in to a vest.

This next piece of felt is trapping a synthetic organdy with sequin appliqué on it.

It forms the front panels of this shirt pattern from Diane Ericson.

I left the edges raw and just sewed them on top of the original panel. That way they are lined with cotton and comfortable. This looks great under another layer. Like an amazing scarf peaking through.

It's not perfect but I love it and will wear it a lot. I'm keen to make more felt like this now.

Today's Inspiration: Lagenlook (go to Ebay, Europe to see examples.) I didn't know there was a particular name for this style of dressing, but in Europe they call the layering look Lagenlook (German). It is very popular with larger ladies but the best examples look very interesting.

Likes: A great example of lagenlook is German label Privatsachen.

Comments

[gina ferrari]

The green shirt is absolutely fabulous - bet you'll get lots of wear out it!

[Tami]

Ooooh, I'm in love with that green shirt. It's amazing. I didn't realize that nuno felting was achieved by felting a layer of wool on either side of a sheer fabric. How wonderful. It makes some of those very scarf-like textiles take on more roles. I'll have to read more about it now. :-)

[Lindsay]

Fantastic shirt! Do you take commissions?

[LisaJay]

This is totally beautiful!

[angeljoy]

Love the felting. How imaginative!

[lucette]

I too am crazy about the green shirt. You must tell us more about your adventures in it.

[anna maria]

Me too, me too, i love the green shirt, and i like this lagenlook thing. i'm going to look for it on the web.

[joanie]

You have been very busy! Beautiful, love the piece with the blues. I've had the wool but haven't tried it yet myself - these are an inspiration. My attempt would definitely be on a smaller scale.

[Chloe]

That green shirt is spectacular! This is so not fair - I have enough projects on the go without adding anything extra :-)

[Cynthia]

Well look at you!!! WOW! Very creative and interesting and MY favorite colorrrrrr!! I will have to look into this technique too! Thanks for inspiring me! Although I know I don't need to do "another" thing. This is just to cool to pass up!

[monica]

stunning. I haven'made nuno felt yet... but I'm embarassed to try now.

Is there anything you can't do?

[suzi finer]

Happy Holidays to you!
Love.

[Ravenhill]

Oh, this is just so beautiful! How fun to dive into nuno felting and have it turn out so marvelously!!!

Thank you for wonderful blog reads in 2007! Wishing you a happy and fun new year!

[Karen]

I just found your lovely blog. There is so much to see on your beautiful blog. I can't wait to browse. The green skirt is lovely. Karen

[Cookie]

I think this is just absolutely gorgeous. Wear it, Wear it, Wear it! What a treasure! I hope to see more.

[helle Jorgensen]

that's seriously stunnlng.