Nuno Felting

This is my first 'proper' attempt at Nuno felting.

For those of you who dont know 'Nuno felting' is felting onto very fine silk (or other fine natural fabric)

I made a basic poncho/ shawl shaped resist and went from there.

I am pretty happy with this first attempt.

I am loving working with all these lovely autumn colours at the moment, bliss..... x

Recycled Jumpers take two

I wish I had taken a 'before' photo of this jumper!

It was a yellow woolen turtle neck and in my opinion rather ugly!

I cut, felted and dyed it before adding the tabs,pockets and decorative stitch.

It now has a new life as a little girls felted jacket.

One of a kind and much nicer to look at than it was before xx

Fun with recycled Jumpers

I had been given a paritally felted mens woolen jumper

from a friend.

I cut of the turtle neck, slashed it open on an angle, and then felted it some more.

Then I took some of the spare felt pieces and made tabs for buttons and re-stitched them on.

I added pockets  with a little felt bird and also some hand running stitch for colour. 

These are so fun to do and i have already started the next one!

mim x

Eco- Printing

A few weeks back I did an eco-dyeing/printing workshop with India Flint
until now I have'nt managed to do much experimenting.

As I was riding my bike around in the chilly air today I saw a little pair of legs through some trees and Lo and behold I found miss Alison 

collecting leaves for some printing experiments!

I collected too and came home to experiment...

I am afraid I do not know the botanical name as yet for these plants

but just look at the colours!

Bright pinks and subtle greens, yum.

These are the little bundles all ready to go in the steamer, inside are all the leaves and flowers I collected.

These little bright pink spots are from  a weedy looking little something that was growing in a crack in the footpath.  Unfortunately my photography skills do not do this print justice, it is bright bright pink.

so much fun! xx

More Skirts from scraps

Still using up my very large stash of old fabrics in a bid to de clutter (and make room for more fabric he he he)

Here are some more skirts :)

POLYESTER

poly·es·ter (päl′ē es′tər, päl′ē es′tər)

noun

1. any of several polymeric synthetic resins formed chiefly by condensing polyhydric alcohols with dibasic acids: used in making plastics, fibers, etc.
2. fabric made of these fibers

I have been determined to start using up my fabric stash instead of buying more!

I have had a few piles of 70's polyseter fabric hanging around for some time now.

Generally speaking I am not a fan of highly synthetic fabrics, but hey, I figure- its alreadly here looking ugly sitting on my shelf, so why not turn it into something prettier and usuable!?

This is the new design I have come up with for women skirts.

Wrap/ layered skirts with bold shapes appliqued on.

Today I have made some  fun pink ones which I will show in the next post.

I have been having the best time making these! x mim 

Print Table

I was pottering about in the shop on Monday and made some new cards with watercolour pencil, stitch and fabric.

The print table in there is so vast and fabulous for cutting out, printing and felting too.

Over time images and prints build up and layer over the backing cloth and the whole table becomes a work of art in itself.

Usually before it gets too 'busy' it is replaced with a new backing cloth.

Its quite interesting to watch the progression over a few monts of the images building, it is so greatly different every time.

some snippets of prints I found on the table on Sunday