Showing posts with label bluebells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bluebells. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Felt art - first attempt

Well, I'm not sure if you could call it 'art' yet!!

Armed with my new book 'Beginner's Guide to Feltmaking' (by Shirley Ascher and Jane Bateman), I have attempted my first felt picture - it's a bluebell wood, in case you can't tell! I did a small sheet of grey/brown/black pre-felt first and cut that into strips for the trees and then created my pciture. I think it needs more definition and the blue and purple colours should've been mixed a bit more, but overall I was pleased. It was fun to do!

My wonderful assistant
Design laid out, ready to felt
The finished picture - just needs a bit of pressing to get it flat
Close-ups of the felt

Monday, 10 May 2010

Bluebell woods

Yesterday we had a lovely walk to our local woods to admire the bluebells. The hillside is covered with a carpet of blue - a sight that sold the area to us when we visited for the first time a year ago. Lovely to be able to glimpse it from our window now!