I have a demo to do at my local quilt shop at the end of the month and here are two samples I made on my Pfaff350....one is a tomato colored tote I bought on Joggles and the other is a wool scarf that I felted a design on and cut out around it....
I recently purchased an embellishing machine, its a Pfaff350 and I was asked by my local quilt shop to be their instructor ...well, I had to work up some samples and the more I used this machine the more potential I could see in it...I cant spend enough time on it...it is so simple to use, no thread, no attachments or tension...just sit down and use the 5 needles to felt fibers together ...this is my first sculpted project..its is two lilys and a pansy and a butterfly....
I joined two Embellisher groups, I figured since I have an embellising machine now that I need to find out all I can...the pictures are of 5 postcards I made for one group and 25 one inch charms I made for another....I am totally enjoying this machine , its so easy and there is so much you can do with it...I hope to be publishing more work as I learn and you can see how I improve....these are my first efforts.....
I need to update this blog so I am going to start with my past interests and that was folkart painting...about 15 years ago I started painting in that style and for ten years painted and sold my work,,I then moved on to oils and watercolor ..all of which I still love and do...I will post a couple of paintings that I still have...
several years ago I found the art of needle felting ...I love creating dimentional animals and figures useing wool and a barbed needle..like sculpting......While takeing a class at my local quilt shop I mentioned it and they quickly asked me if I wanted a job teaching felting on their new machine...Wow!! I could not believe it!!so I purchased a machine to practice at home...I will post a picture of my first project....This machine is exciting I can see so much potential in it....so off I go in a new direction....I am excited at all I can learn and teach others...