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.
The green shirt is absolutely fabulous - bet you'll get lots of wear out it!
Posted by: gina ferrari | December 07, 2007 at 04:47 PM
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. :-)
Posted by: Tami | December 07, 2007 at 05:53 PM
Fantastic shirt! Do you take commissions?
Posted by: Lindsay | December 09, 2007 at 05:02 PM
This is totally beautiful!
Posted by: LisaJay | December 10, 2007 at 06:33 AM
Love the felting. How imaginative!
Posted by: angeljoy | December 10, 2007 at 01:06 PM
I too am crazy about the green shirt. You must tell us more about your adventures in it.
Posted by: lucette | December 10, 2007 at 08:45 PM
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.
Posted by: anna maria | December 11, 2007 at 02:41 AM
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.
Posted by: joanie | December 13, 2007 at 09:22 AM
That green shirt is spectacular! This is so not fair - I have enough projects on the go without adding anything extra :-)
Posted by: Chloe | December 14, 2007 at 10:09 PM
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!
Posted by: Cynthia | December 15, 2007 at 07:02 PM