Art & Artists - Me and My Friends #18

I have found

another craft

that I have

fallen in love

with and would

like to pass on

to anyone

that's

interested.

I picked it up

pretty easily

so if I can do it

anyone can..

I've been playing around with fabrics and, unfamiliar to me,

techniques, when I came across off-loom weaving.

The first picture is a close up photo of one of my original

pieces of material. You can make a dimensional or flat

piece. You can use your imagination as what you would

like to weave. As you can see I have used beads, yarn,

embroidery threads, fringes, ribbons and more.
I think I just ran out of colors matching what I had

already used.

Here is a picture

of the Clutch I

made using my

new handmade

fabric. The clutch

itself is purple

and lime single

crochet, with felt

lining. It has 2

pouches inside,

one just

for the shoulder

strap.

This is a

crocheted

Purse I

made. I

attached

Brass rings

to hold the

matching

shoulder

strap.

There are 3

rows of

purple ribbon laced through the top 3 rows of the purse

and ties in front. I made a 6 layer lotus flower with a

built-in stamen. This purse is lined in a rust colored lining

material. I love this yarn's colors. They are rust, purple,

amber, and a medium dark green. So colorful! So pretty!

So spacious, and at a great price.

Here is the

first attempt

at felting. I

went out to

a second

hand shop

angora sweater.

After I felted,

it was really

beautiful but,

it was also

half the

original size.

I had alot of

fun designing

the bag after

felting was completed. This one is called The Flower Garden.

There are crocheted flowers, ribbon flowers felted flowers,

layered flowers, felted leaves, crocheted leaves and yarn

stems, beaded stamens, etc. Gosh, did I have fun with one. I

even got to color all the felted flowers and leaves.

I hope everyone that reads my blog really enjoys my new

ventures and will leave a comment. I love reading them.

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