*** Felted Purse ***

I am having fun being creative with wool. I've spent a lot of time watching felting videos and getting ideas for projects to make. One of my latest projects was a wet-felted purse. It was amazing to watch a fluffy pile of wool pieces shrink together to make a fun shoulder bag. I used the resist method in order to make it seamless.



Several layers of wool on the top and bottom with a design and a piece of cardboard (resist) in between

Wool covered with tulle and beginning the wet-felting process

 

After the fulling stage of wet-felting



Soaking in a water/vinegar solution in order to make sure all the soap is out

Seamless wet-felted purse

Now to add a wet-felted strap, button and loop

Finished wet-felted purse...another fun piece of art!

My next project was making a scarf using the nuno-felting method. More on that later....