Tag Archives: needlefelting

Starry Night Done

I swung into action last week working on my project for a Postmark’d Art trade and posted about it here.  The process for me is always one of adding, viewing on the wall, and adding.  It began to look more … Continue reading

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Work in Progress: Starry Night

Today is the 159th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. Happy birthday Vincent! The words to Don McLean’s hit song Vincent has been swirling around in my head for several days now and, unlike other times when I’ve found it … Continue reading

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Inspired Gifting

It’s always nice to know that you have inspired someone to action through your own actions. Well. . . almost always.  Just before coming to my home for Christmas dinner, my friend Shari discovered her lint trap was full of … Continue reading

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Lint Landscape

The Lint Landscape is done! And I’m quite pleased with it. It seems to have a nice structure, movement and a bit of whimsy. Whodathunk that a mundane weekly task like laundry could lead to the creation of art? I’ll … Continue reading

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Distracted by Dryer Lint

I cleaned out my lint trap the other day and couldn’t throw it out. You see, I usually toss the lint so frequently that I don’t have much to toss. Thanks to my recent slovenliness in this area, I had … Continue reading

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More Needlefelting

Yum! I am loving the hand of these needlefelted pieces. Here is the second half of the crewel-embroidered snippet I found. The cording on the edge was tied around a Christmas gift last year. It’s so fun to repurpose things … Continue reading

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Needlefelting

I’ve turned half of the crewel-embroidered fabric I needlefelted into a postcard. The fabric included a metallic thread stitched around much of the individual motifs, however, after needlefelting the metallic thread was cut too much to leave hanging here and … Continue reading

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Needlefelting

The needlefelting machine has been idle for simply too long. Time to dig out the wool roving and do something with it! And look what I found while pulling out the roving. It’s an embroidered snippet (about 6″ x 8″) … Continue reading

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