‘Cottage and Pink Poppies’
12 x 17.5cm
Both were exceptionally friendly and very generous with their knowledge.
I’m very inspired to try some new felt making techniques to improve my skills and make bigger pieces. Wall hangings are on the cards as well as more felt jewellery.
I always come home with something new to try and this year I bought Transfer Paints. I’m not actually very sure about them but there are possibilities there.
For this book cover , I painted paper with the transfer paints in shades of yellows, oranges and greens then ironed it onto white synthetic felt. The colours look really dull on the paper but become quite vibrant once transferred.
I will do a step by step photo post about the process soon.
Although you can’t really see the paint effects on this piece, they do produce subtle colours showing through the sheer fabrics that I have applied using the embellisher machine.
The whole piece was then stitched with random free machine embroidery and turned into a little jacket for a basic notebook.
Below are some wrist cuffs I made last week.
As you can see the effects are similar to that of the book cover but the designs are more stripy. What I liked about the transfer paints was that they provided a more random background to work onto.
Wrist Cuff Purple and Turquoise
Wrist Cuff in rich Tones
So it’s back to making more pictures this week. Some new work will be going over to The Cottage Craft Centre this week and In house Design in Portobello next week.
