Step by step
Following my resolution to take things more slowly , I have been gradually developing a piece , felting it and then letting it dry before felting some more. This gives more opportunities for adjustments along the way . My starting point , was a collection of prefelts , all covered in silk organza, one piece of which had been stitched. Here is the back , showing the prefelts pinned together , at the back , so the pins can be removed. After the first felting. Looking quite good , apart from end of stitching which needs to to threaded to the back and the edges that need a bit of straightening. A little more felting and thinking about bottom edge. Should it be straight? To add constrast I now removed some parts of the silk. Well I think its felted now , I just have to decide what to do with the…