Last month I blogged about a shibori workshop that I'd attended and had quite a few pieces of fabric at the end of it. One of those was a black piece of silk georgette that I had put marble resists into then discharged the dye. The resulting discharged silk was lovely in itself but I felt that I probably would never do anything with it as silk.
I decided to nuno felt that piece with black wool batts so that I could make it into a bag .....of course.
I managed to get very little distortion of the silk during the process to allow the pattern still to be evident:
I ended up having enough felt to make two bags:
The one on the left is a casual sling / messenger type bag with an adjustable webbing strap.
The other is larger and a bit smarter with purchased handles and a solid base with little purse feet. The larger one also has a zipped pocket inside and both have magnetic closures.
For those of you in the area, you'll find me next in the Wheel 'n'Weft Christmas sale, Thornleigh community Centre, Thornleigh (29-31 Oct).
1 comment:
Wow,these look amazing ,you get such a professional finish.
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