When Sar and I visited the Goole open art exhibition we saw
a piece created from felt with stitching to enhance the design. I was quite taken with the idea and decided
to give it a go. I based my simple design on a rock I picked up on our walk to Spurn
Point, the rock is dark red and embedded
with a lot of small shells.
My design incorporated a ripple pattern to suggest the
origins of the rock from the seaside and I needle-felted this onto a 4.5 inches
square of red felt.
I did some trial runs to find the best way to transfer the
design onto the felt. The fluffy nature
of the felt made it difficult to draw a clear line. I found the best way was to draw the design
on thin paper and tack this paper to the felt.
Then I stitched through the paper and the felt.
With the sewing complete, I carefully tore away the thin paper to
reveal the pattern.
The final step was to fill in the shells, with felting, to
cover the ripples showing within their outlines.
I enjoyed trying out this method on a simple design and, of
course, now have plans for something more elaborate!
