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Comment by Karen Davis on November 12, 2009 at 8:39am

Hello all, I've been in a lull since August but a few days ago I said enough is enough and pulled out the machine needle felter that I received over the summer but have never used.

After breaking 3 needles attempting to felt on silk fusion paper, I switched to a light-weight silk scarf and it glides smoothly. I'm felting wool roving on the top and this is my practice piece but I'm loving the look of it.

I'm planning on this being my winter work for the season...this and some handquilting.

Comment by Perry Lowell Bent on October 18, 2009 at 10:52am

After I left that note, Lizet, I went to your page and your work is amazing. I love it!

-Perry-

Comment by lizet on October 18, 2009 at 5:38am

Thanks Perry. If you go to my page you can find photos of my work, I work a lot in felt and also love mixing different textile techniques.

Comment by Perry Lowell Bent on October 17, 2009 at 7:26am

Hi Lizet, and welcome! This is a quiet group, but perhaps we can get some conversation going. What kind of things do you make?

-Perry-

Comment by lizet on October 17, 2009 at 4:07am

Hi everyone,
I just joined this group and hope to meet lots of other felters. I mainly do wet felting and also a bit of needle felting. I am ready to explore both of them more and more.

Comment by Linda Struble on September 3, 2009 at 12:10pm

Just added a couple of photos to my page. One is the first felted bag I made with one of my handmade clay buttons. The other is a crocheted neck pouch or amulet bag with a clay mask & feathers; the clay charm on a ribbon is to tuck inside.
Love to see what others have done.

Comment by Linda Struble on August 22, 2009 at 4:40pm

Hi Everyone,
I'm fairly new to wetfelting but just love it. I took a class in Maine recently & have posted the pics & info on my blog. I'm happy with the African-inspired purse & embellishments I added to it. Nothing like patting yourself on the back, eh? I just joined this group so forgive me if it's bad form to add the link to the blog post:)
http://www.artfeltdesigns.wordpress.com
Would love to know what you think.

Comment by judith Stadler on August 11, 2009 at 5:22am

Hi, Cami.
If you want to needle felt directly into canvas, first do a test piece to see if the wool will hold in the canvas. If it is difficult to pull out after it has been well needled in, it will probably hold. Another thing you can do is to iron fusible interfacing onto the back of the finished piece. That should hold all your needled-on fibers in place well.
Judith in NYC

Comment by Andrea Graham on August 10, 2009 at 8:54pm

Hi Cami,
No, I have never needle felted right on the canvas. I think making a wet felted base to needle on and stitching the completed piece to the canvas would be a good alternative. If you try it let me know how it goes. Keep in mind, the fibres will just be passing from front to back of the canvas without "felting" in. It may not be very stable. For most of my landscapes, I wet felt the background creating a map for the needled details. I then wet felt again after I have done all the needling. As far as mounting...I sew a length of wide velcro along the top back edge of the finished piece and heavy duty staple the other part of the velcro on a piece of wood the same with and length of the velcre and carefully match the two. I screw an eye hook along the top edge of the wood. This allows the piece to be hung by nails or with a wire system present in some galleries. I hope this makes sense! Back to the canvas thing, I have made my own stretcher with a wood frame and a piece of wool felt rather than canvas and stitched on finished felted pieces. Let me know how the canvas works!!! All the best...Andrea

Comment by cami smith on August 10, 2009 at 8:31pm

Just checking in again. I have been a wet felter for years... I love to do landscapes. I have just been ignited doing needle felting. If I draw an image on a canvas... Can I just start needle felting on it?
Has anyone needlefelted on a pre-stretched canvas?
Andrea, I have always admired your work. How do you hang your work?

Cami

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