In the March/April issue of Cloth Paper Scissors, artist Colleen Ansbaugh shows readers how to create a colorfully embellished felted landscape. Working on a small scale like this offers opportunity to try new technique without a huge investment in time and materials. Given this was our Recycling issue, Colleen used scraps of fabrics, ribbons, and yarn, along with embroidery threads and beads. |
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Though Colleen created small pieces, her techniques can be used on a variety of projects. Colleen suggests trying sandwiching some fibers between water-soluble fabric, felting the fiber sandwich, and then washing the water-soluble fabric away. According to Colleen, " The beauty of using this technique is two fold. First, the finished piece can have spaces or holes in it on purpose, (imagining such things as leaves on the trees letting the sun shine through), and second, the felted piece can easily be added to another piece as embellishment or to finish a scene." |
Colleen's article is just one of the many inspiring articles in the March/April issue. Be sure to check out the whole issue!
If you've ventured in to felting, do you prefer hand needle felting or machine felting? Leave me a comment.