Over-the-knee boots made of wool protect the entire leg from the cold in winter. My daughter doesn’t like cold weather. She is always cold in winter. Therefore, I felted over-the-knee boots for my daughter to keep her warm. I bought 2 types of wool –… Read More »Felted over-the-knee boots
I saw amazing shawls and hats by Russian craftswoman Olga Shulyak on YouTube. She works a lot with sheep’s fleeces. I was familiar with fleece, but did not make things with it. Inspired by Olga’s work, I bought a natural top of Blue-faced Leicester wool… Read More »Scarf with sheep’s locks.
As a person who is truly passionate about felt, I am a member of several groups on Facebook, I participate in webinars and masterclasses. At one of the webinars, Russian felt-maker designer Alena Selezneva showed an interesting new technique for laying out wool and fibers.… Read More »Sweatshirt
I called this scarf a “Autumn mood” because of its multicolored leaves and cobwebs. For this scarf, I prepared a prefelt from wool fibers in autumn colors. I decorated the surface of wool with silk and viscose fibers to add shine and colors to the… Read More »Scarf with autumn leaves
Cotton fabric is a fabric of plant origin. Dyeing fabrics of plant origin is more difficult than dyeing fabrics of wool or silk. It is very important to thoroughly clean the cotton fabric from various additives, which are used by fabric manufacturers to give fabrics… Read More »Eco-print on cotton fabric.
‘Felted shoes’ did sound like something terrible and shapeless from my childhood. I thought, there is no way I will do it! But after looking at the works of other felting masters, I got inspired and decided to try to felt some shoes. I decided… Read More »The slippers experience.
After trying a botanical print on a felted scarf, I switched to silk. After reading information on eco-friendly fabric dyeing on the Internet, I decided to try the simplest method. First I needed a mordant. Mordant is dye fixative. It is used to help make… Read More »The first eco-print on silk.
Many feltmakers make felted summer tops and dresses that are very thin. But for a long time I did not dare to make summer felt, because I did not believe that felt can be worn in summer. One day, I looked at my wool leftovers:… Read More »Summer top.
Once, I went to a store to buy some supplies for one of my projects and Iaccidentally stumbled on a botanical print master class that was being held inthat store. What a lucky coincidence it was! Of course, I got interested andstayed for the master… Read More »My first botanical print.
I am a lover of large bags because I like to carry everything with me. But once I needed a small bag, kinda like a clutch, but with a long strap. There was nothing of that kind in the store. But likely I had some… Read More »The story of one purse