Of course, there's been the push to make items for the gallery... holiday shoppers have been making the rounds ever since Black Friday, and items are being scooped up, leaving gaps in my inventory to fill.
In addition to creating more inventory, I have been starting to learn wet felting techniques. I have found some tutorials on line, but also signed up for an on-line course from UK fiber artist Jackie Cardy, who makes fabulous wet felted work, and has created a 12 lesson course that is very informative and easy to follow. In addition to wet felting techniques, she demonstrates how she uses machine embroidery and hand embroidery to create her beautiful work... here's an example of her lovely work:
Isn't this amazing?
I'm in the process of working on a small wet felted piece that has been machine embroidered, and is now in the process of being hand embroidered. I'm sure at some point, I will be adding some beads, but for now I'm working to highlight areas with hand stitching, something that has been on my list of things to get back into:
While I have been following her course, I have also been trying my hand at wet felted vessels, something I really want to learn. I won't show the first 2 attempts... totally learning pieces, but the third one came out pretty nice:
It's pretty small, only about 3 1/2" high by 5" wide, but it is a good start, I think. Again, I found a great tutorial by a gal at Living Felt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm6qmoxSgis&t=906s. It's actually a 2-part video, well worth the view for anyone wanting to learn how to make these.
And that's been what has been keeping me busy this past month!
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