Red textile collage,fabrics, lace, slow stitching, felt - ' Life and Love'.

I love showing my work on this blog but I do wonder if anyone ever looks at it as I never seem to get any messages. If you do come to read my blog here PLEASE could you let me know even if it is just I DO. Much appreciated.

 I've called this piece - 'Life and love' as the colour red is known to bring good luck, happiness and prosperity at any time of the year not just at Christmas.

My life revolves around textiles and felt of which I sell via the internet. I would much rather prepare fabrics and lace for sale or make beautiful felt pieces than sit at the computer. BUT alas it has to be done. SO now you know what I am doing all day today.

This piece is now up for sale at my 

ETSY SHOP

Just joined nuMonday and opened my Feltissimo shop.

Well with one thing and another, this year so far has been rather traumatic. Mum went down hill rapidly since Christmas with lots of falls, numerous A&E admissions and the final stages of vascular dementia. She had to be moved from her care home to a nursing home, it was heartbreaking. My mother died in April and as the only child and executor of her will I've had a lot to sort out. Everything has now been sorted out and I've been able to get myself together by starting to felt again.

I'm going to try to spend more time adding more items to nuMONDAY. I've been hanging on to most of my felt work because I had visions of standing at craft fairs in the future. Whether that willl happen I don't know but in the meantime I need some creations on so that other people can enjoy them.

YOU CAN FIND MY SHOP HERE.

I will be adding more items during the next week.

The following image is of a felted and embroidered brooch. It is from a garden inspired collection.

 I will be posting regularly now so do pop by and perhaps comment s I wil love to make this blog more open. Till next time ......... Sandie

Felt brooch, fibre art brooch, wacky house shaped No. 7

Now in my etsy shop

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I have made this felt wacky house brooch and embroidered it with tiny pink flowers. Machine stitching with silver coloured thread outlines the house, windows and door.

I've stiffened the back of the brooch with a decovil light fabric and added a pretty pink 1960's vintage fabric with a pin.

I always send my brooches in a box and place this in a plastic mailing bag so that the brooch is kept dry during transit.

Christmas making for Christmas shopping

Well it's time to think about buying Christmas presents again. I'm starting to list lots of items in my etsy shop. Small items made from handmade felt and silk. Pretty brooches, pieces to hang around the house and even some to hang on your
special tree. 

 

You can find them all at www.etsy.com/shop/Feltissimo.

 

I've just put this felt embroidered brooch on to etsy this morning.

 

 

 

 

Felt and silk brooch in the shape of a boot. Christmas gift

A felt and silk brooch that I have made in the shape of a boot.

Now in my etsy shop 

 When making the felt my the wet felt method I covered the merino wool with pure silk. This has given the brooch a wonderful tactile smoothness. To get a spotted pattern on the boot I needle felted afterwards which has left tiny spots over the surface where the underlying wool shows.

The hand embroidery adds further detail and I used vintage silk threads to work stem stitch and french knots.

 Brooches need to be handled quite a lot, so in order to make the brooch firm, I have sandwiched a layer of Decovil light iron interfacing between the felt front and the vintage fabric back to which I added a secure pin.

 This pretty felt brooch will make a wonderful addition to a jumper, cardigan, dress or blouse. It would also look great on a bag.

The customer will receive the felt brooch packaged securely in a box. I will then place the box in a plastic postage bag to keep dry.

Feltissimo has many years experience of shipping items. I pride myself in ensuring that all items arrive at their destination in good condition.

Lilac garden felt brooch by Feltissimo

Click here to find this brooch in my shop

 

 

My inspiration for for this pretty felt brooch was a country garden.

I make all of my felt by hand, using Merino wool fibres. By using the wet felting method, I get the the wool fibres to entangle together to create a firm felt fabric. The machine stitching I have used on the felt brooch has raised some areas creating small flower beds which I filled with embroidery. A variety of stitches were used using vintage recycled silk threads. Further texture was added by using 1930’s rococco ribbon flowers. I also added on this brooch two other lilac vintage flowers, to make this felt brooch unique. 

Unique felt brooch with 1930s rococco ribbon trim. Yellow garden by Feltissimo

Now in my Feltissimo etsy shop

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My inspiration for for this pretty felt brooch was a country garden.

I make all of my felt by hand, using Merino wool fibres. By using the wet felting method, I get the the wool fibres to entangle together to create a firm felt fabric. The machine stitching I have used on the felt brooch has raised some areas creating small flower beds which I filled with embroidery. A variety of stitches were used using vintage recycled silk threads. Further texture was added by using 1930’s rococco ribbon flowers to make this felt brooch unique. 

Measurements - approx. 8.5cms/3.34" deep x 8.5cms/3.34" wide at the widest points.

This pretty felt brooch will make a wonderful addition to a jumper, cardigan, dress or blouse. It would also look great on a bag.

 The customer will receive the felt brooch packaged securely in a box. I will then place the box in a plastic postage bag to keep dry. Feltissimo has many years experience of shipping items. I pride myself in ensuring that all items arrive at their destination in good condition.

Slowly beginning to add new brooches to my etsy site

I have been very busy over the Summer making lots of new items for my etsy page and a new website. Next week I'll be busy listing a whole selection of felted items from brooches, tags, hangers and larger art works. 

Below is a lovely garden brooch which is now on my

ETSY SITE 

pretty handmade felt brooch/pin made from three layers of merino wool fibres. Some of the areas are slightly raised and enhanced with machine stitching. Beautiful 1930's rococco ribbon flower embellishments have been added as well as hand embroidery using a variety of stitches with antique silk threads.

In order to make the brooch firm, a layer of Decovil 1 light iron on interfacing has been sandwiched between the pretty French vintage fabric back and the felted front. A secure pin has been sewn onto the back.

Measurements - approx. 8.5cms/3.34" deep x 8.5cms/3.34" wide at the widest points.

The brooch will be shipped in a cardboard box covered with a plastic bag to keep it dry.

An ideal gift item, that is if you can part with it.

Experience in shipping world wide.

Ideal to add to a jumper, cardigan, dress, blouse and looks great on a bag.

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Pretty felted needlecase made with vintage silks and embroidery

www.etsy.com/shop/Feltissimo

A pretty felted needlecase to keep all of your needles and pins handy.

 I've made the needlecase out of felt which I handmade using the wet felting method. The white merino wool has additions of Wensleydale curly wool locks and pure silk strands which can be seen clearly on image three.

The design on the front has been made by felting a variety of vintage and antique silk fabrics into the merino wool and then enhancing with machine stitching. French knot hand embroidery using antique silk threads gives even more texture.
The needlecase closes with a vintage pale green ribbon tie for easy access.

 Measures 12cms x 10cms (4.7" x 3.9" ) at the widest points when closed.

When open it is 24cms x 10cms (9.4" x 3.9")

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Another beautiful felted wall hanging - Florence no. 5

This is 'Florence no. 5'.

She has a dress of beautiful vintage lace  which has a collar of antique lace. She also wears a hat made from a lace flower. Her hair is now a beautiful shiny pink made from antique pure silk embroidery thread, embroidered in French knots. 

 Florence has been placed on a felted heart which was made on the embellisher machine using merino wool fibres in shades of pink and antique silk fabric in greens and white. The heart also has the addition of antique hat felt at the top of the heart.

The white background on which Florence is mounted has been made using white merino wool fibres which have been wet felted.

The reverse side has the addition of double sided bondaweb to adhere the felt to the pretty vintage French fabric. This makes the felt stronger and ideal for hanging.

A vintage brass ring has been sewn at the top for hanging on the wall. However if you prefer to frame it, this ring can easily be removed.

The heart measures approx. 10.5cms x 7.5cms  ( 4.1" x 2.8")
The outer white background measures approx.13cms x 9cms ( 5.1" x 3.5" )

Why not have a look at the other miniature wall hangings in the 'Florence' collection. you can buy them on my etsy shop

HERE

An ideal gift for Valentines Day or Mothering Sunday or to add to your collection.

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Miniature felted wall hanging - Florence no. 4

This is 'Florence no. 4'.

She has a beautiful hat made of vintage pink lace finished with a pink ribbon embroidered with antique pure silk threads. Florence has been placed on a felted heart which was made on the embellisher machine and has additions of pieces of pink silk and more vintage lace with a central French knot.

The white background on which Florence is mounted has been made using white merino wool fibres which have been wet felted.

The reverse side has the addition of double sided bondaweb to adhere the felt to the pretty vintage French fabric. This makes the felt stronger and ideal for hanging.

A vintage brass ring has been sewn at the top for hanging on the wall. However if you prefer to frame it, this ring can easily be removed.

The heart measures approx. 8cms x 9cms (3.2 " x 3.5")
The outer white background measures approx. 10cms x 11cms ( 3.9" x 4.3"

You can find this miniature wall hanging in my etsy shop

HERE

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Miniature felted wall hanging - Florence no. 2

This is 'Florence no. 2'.

She is dressed in blue with peach coloured antique silks used to embroider the design. Florence 2 has a beautiful headress made from vintage lace with her hair tumbling down beneath it made from light blue silk French knots. In her hand she holds an embroidered sprig of leaves.

 Florence 2 has been placed on a blue and pink felted heart which was made by the wet felting method. 

The white background on which Florence is mounted has been made using white merino wool fibres which have been wet felted.

The reverse side has the addition of double sided bondaweb to adhere the felt to the pretty vintage French fabric. This makes the felt stronger and ideal for hanging.

A vintage brass ring has been sewn at the top for hanging on the wall. However if you prefer to frame it, this ring can easily be removed.

The heart measures approx. 9cms x 6.5cms ( 3.5" x 2.6")
The outer white background measures approx.11cms x 9.9cms ( 4.3" x 3.9" )

Why not have a look at the other miniature wall hangings in the 'Florence' collection.  They can be found on

my etsy shop

Pretty felted brooch - falling leaves

http://www.etsy.com/shop/feltissimo

A pretty handmade felt brooch/pin made from merino wool fibres in various shades of red, orange and green with some white silk fibres added to give the effect of the wind. The leaves have been raised slightly by adding machine stitching. The small stems have been embroidered in chain stitch in matching colours and then the red background is covered in tiny french knots in vintage silk threads.

In order to make the brooch firm, a layer of Decovil 1 iron on interfacing has been sandwiched between the felt and the French vintage fabric backing .

A secure pin has been sewn onto the back.

The brooch comes attached to card and in a cello fronted bag. The postage bag is plastic so as it doesn't get damp in transit.

An ideal birthday or Christmas gift item, that is if you can part with it.

Experience in shipping world wide.

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Unique felted and embroidered brooch with 1930s rococo ribbon trim - Autumnal colours

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Feltissimo

A pretty handmade felt brooch/pin made from three layers of merino wool fibres in shades of blue, aubergine and green .The green areas are raised which have been enhanced with machine stitching. The lower green area has beautiful 1930's rococo ribbon embellishments. Embroidery in shades of yellow and pale blue make a wonderful textured effect.

In order to make the brooch firm, a layer of Decovil 1 iron on interfacing as been sandwiched between the back woolen fabric layer and the front. A secure pin has been sewn onto the back.

Measurements - approx. 9cms/3.5" deep x 7.5cms/3" wide.

 The brooch comes attached to card and in a cello fronted bag. The postage bag is plastic so as it doesn't get damp in transit.

An ideal gift item, that is if you can part with it.

Experience in shipping world wide.

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