I spent a little bit of time looking through some amazing books
that cover the art of wool felt applique and I just
had to try my hand (needle) at it.
I have this design from a Trish Burr embroidery book and
thought it would be great for a wool felt applique.
I love to do applique with regular cotton fabric, however, I
have never worked with wool felt........... have any of you?
One nice thing about the wool felt is that you do not have
to turn under raw edges. The wool felt does not ravel.
I was also a bit apprehensive about cutting out such small pieces
and wondering how the wool felt would hold up to the floss and
needle during embroidery.
I managed to cut out the small pieces and after that,
the placement and the embroidery went well!
There are many wonderful books and supplies available for this
fun kind of stitchery if you are wanting to get started with your
own project.
Some craft stores have plenty of books and many online websites
have books and supplies needed.
Your fun is only a click away!
So tell me........do any of you work with wool felt applique
and embroidery?
I would love to hear........and see.
9 comments:
Such a precious piece of work! No, I have never worked with this type of material, but I would love the fact that it doesn't ravel.
I used to do a lot of work with wool felt. I did applique, penny rugs, and I also made tiny dolls. I loved it, I loved how it worked and the colors I could get it in, but I am allergic to the free lanolin in it and had to stop working with it. Boo! Even wearing surgical gloves didn't help. Your work is just beautiful!
I have done a little bit since I love wool, but nothing so detailed. How darling!
Your wool appliqué is precious. I love many of the wool appliqued quilts I have seen on line.
I've done a bit of it but none was as sweet as your work. I tried doing the cut away technique where you layer the wool and cut the top layers exposing the different colors under it. My work was rather crude-but I enjoyed working with wool.
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Your wool applique is just wonderful. It's something I would love to try someday.
The only applique I've done were quilts. I used to do a lot of embroideries like the one you do when I was a young girl, mostly pillowcases. Only then, it wasn't considered vintage. lol... The only thing I've done with wool has been hooking rugs, but I haven't hooked any for a while as life got too busy.
Julia
This is darling...
No, I have never worked with wool felt....where did you get your felt? I saw a program once where the lady would look for wool suits, etc at thrift stores and then wash it in hot water and dry in dryer to make felt. She wanted it to be at least 75% wool. It was interesting.
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I've never tried wool felt applique, looks beautiful.
Amalia
xo
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