Update photos on Sheep Wannabees quilt
My Sheep Wannabees is getting more and more ornate. The more I work on it, the heavier it gets! The wools and the fibers and the embroidery all add to the interest. I have been accepted to teach a class on needle felting and hand embroidery at Road to CA, January 23, 2011. I hope to have this quilt in the show so there is a lot more work ahead. Felting is an easy technique. A tool holding three or more needles is used to push the wool fiber into the wool fabric to make a design. Since I specialize in applique, I am making fused appliques on the backgrounds before I felt. It just makes sense to me. The edge of the appliques are easier to see than a drawn line outlining where I want to felt. The felting in the background is done free form, with no plan. Then the embroidery is added on top of the felted grass/ground that the animals are walking on. The embroidery helps to hold the felting in place. The blocks are add...