I got a new car the other day. I like it. After 16 years of driving my other car, its nice to have something more modern with electric windows and a cd player and all the other nifty things it does.
So I cleaned out the old car which my husband is driving now instead of the big pick up truck gas guzzler
he has. I found some interesting things.
Maps, one winter glove, bandaids, a water pistol, a travel game, a picture of my daughter from when she was in 4th grade, two dishwashing gloves, two felt balls and a red felt neclace. two sticky pieces of velcro, hook side only. a piece of driftwood. and a few other items like pens and such... Interesting collection.
I had 4 maps of pennsylvania so I used them to wrap up stuff for an Easter game we will be playing after dinner tomorrow. Why not reuse, recycle and have fun.
So I decided to work on my Felt United piece, a giant lawn fish that may become a lawn weather vane depending on various factors. I made the resist the other day. Its 57 inches (144.8cm) long.
I added a Gill flap on each side
And those bottom fins they have. I had to sew the resist together because I did not have a big enough
piece of foamy stuff to make it in one piece. It looks pretty cool.
So my new friend Ginny has offered me some suggestions and I am going to her place to do some fish dying with different techniques. Now I have to get this fish felted by June. I have two different wools I need to do a sample on to see what shrinkage is going to be. Lots of felting to be done.
So I cleaned out the old car which my husband is driving now instead of the big pick up truck gas guzzler
he has. I found some interesting things.
Maps, one winter glove, bandaids, a water pistol, a travel game, a picture of my daughter from when she was in 4th grade, two dishwashing gloves, two felt balls and a red felt neclace. two sticky pieces of velcro, hook side only. a piece of driftwood. and a few other items like pens and such... Interesting collection.
I had 4 maps of pennsylvania so I used them to wrap up stuff for an Easter game we will be playing after dinner tomorrow. Why not reuse, recycle and have fun.
So I decided to work on my Felt United piece, a giant lawn fish that may become a lawn weather vane depending on various factors. I made the resist the other day. Its 57 inches (144.8cm) long.
piece of foamy stuff to make it in one piece. It looks pretty cool.
So my new friend Ginny has offered me some suggestions and I am going to her place to do some fish dying with different techniques. Now I have to get this fish felted by June. I have two different wools I need to do a sample on to see what shrinkage is going to be. Lots of felting to be done.
That resist looks fantastic...really nice realistic drawing of a fish. It shows that you know your fish inside and out! It is a big project. Have Fun!
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