Thursday, January 12, 2017

'Zipper Flange' Bag- Part 1

A resist is fashioned from foam underlayment...

...and a flange is created from two layers of wool...

...covered by a painter's plastic resist.


                                     Layers of 'hairy wool' from a batt are added...



                                              ...and the project is wetted out.



                                            After flipping the bag to side two...

                      ...another flange is created and covered with painter's plastic...

                                ...(this keeps it from felting into the body of the purse).



                                    Layers of wool are added to this side, as well...



                                    ...and side two is wetted out with soapy water.



                                           Layers of blue wool are added next...



                                                   ...to both sides of the bag...



                                                          ...and wetted out...



                                ...and the fiber is closely wrapped around the resist.



                                              Next time: silk embellishments!

2 comments:

Rachel said...

It looks good. I'm slightly puzzled by the flanges!

Heather Woollove said...

Rachel---I'm so pleased! (Insert evil laugh and moustache twirling here) ;)