A couple of months ago I sketched out a playful new teacosy - inspired by my dear friend Heather, who makes beautiful, happy, colourful felt which reflects her sunny personality.
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| I was picturing it in my mind.. all lovely bright colours |
I started felting :) first off.. a coffee pot cosy.
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Gathering my materials.. the green fibre and red prefelt pieces
came from Heather when she came to stay and play last year :) |
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| Layers of white English fibre.. followed by layers of green merino |
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| with spikes in the corners.. |
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| 'drawing' the design.. using fibre, prefelt and pencil roving |
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| part way through.. |
I've used white English wool fibre for the inside (first 4 layers) followed by 2 layers of colourful merino. I like the way the white creeps through to slightly soften the colours.. just a little.. Worked well so it's thoroughly felted (as always), the English wool fibre when felted has a bouncy texture, great for insulating a pot :)
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Finished coffee pot cosy - fits a 6 cup French Press
(it actually fits my tall slender teapot well too :) |
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Then I made a matching tea pot cosy..
the spikes are like curly horns on this one :) |
5 comments:
Hello Deborah, I have always enjoyed your blog.. And I love all your creation and I think you are very kind and generous with teaching us how you create some of your wonderful felt projects... Thanks
By any change have you ever wet felted a simple small morning glory??? Thanks for your input.. Much appreciated.. Judy
Cute! I love the horns :)
Oh, how I LOVE this, Deborah!!!!
(and to think I inspired you a little...aw shucks!) :)
Heather I'm looking forward to our next play days :) we had such fun xx
Terry, my hubby reckons I should make some horned beastie cosies :) x
Judy, I haven't felted a morning glory.. but would make them like the ones with the stem in my tutorials.. I think it would be easy to adapt to a morning glory. To make smaller I just break the fibre tufts to the length I want while laying out. Glad you enjoy my ramblings :) x
The cosies turned out beautifully - love the spikes!
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