I am happy to say that the transformation of my old sewing machine into an embellisher/felter is complete, and I'm relieved to say that it works quite well. Here's the attachment holding the 6 felting needles, screwed onto the bar that formerly held the sewing needle.
The machine's "guts" have been removed and replaced with a piece of firm foam rubber.
This is my first attempt with the embellisher. I started with a piece of felt and added silk velvet, a piece of scrap scrim I had dyed for another project, sheer blue fabric, and a piece of dark blue chiffon headscarf my mom picked up for me at the charity thrift store she volunteers at. I trapped a bit of embossed paper between the top layer and the rest of the piece, embellished around, not through.
I moved on to pinks and reds, this time using felt, hand dyed silk habotai, pink wool roving, angelina, and a top layer of red chiffon scarf. I will make these pieces into postcards, I think.
For some reason my family was hungry at dinnertime, so I had to stop playing and produce food. This is a baked pasta in basically a mornay sauce, recipe
here. The recipe calls for ham, but if you are vegetarian inclined or don't eat pork I think it would taste perfectly fine without it. I did add a topping of seasoned bread crumbs mixed with cheese. I'm one of those recipe tinkerers.
And finally, since I didn't post a photo of my kitties on cat blogging Friday, here is Tiger sleeping off the effects of his unmentionable surgery. He and his brothers all seem to have forgiven us!
The machine's "guts" have been removed and replaced with a piece of firm foam rubber.
This is my first attempt with the embellisher. I started with a piece of felt and added silk velvet, a piece of scrap scrim I had dyed for another project, sheer blue fabric, and a piece of dark blue chiffon headscarf my mom picked up for me at the charity thrift store she volunteers at. I trapped a bit of embossed paper between the top layer and the rest of the piece, embellished around, not through.
I moved on to pinks and reds, this time using felt, hand dyed silk habotai, pink wool roving, angelina, and a top layer of red chiffon scarf. I will make these pieces into postcards, I think.
For some reason my family was hungry at dinnertime, so I had to stop playing and produce food. This is a baked pasta in basically a mornay sauce, recipe here. The recipe calls for ham, but if you are vegetarian inclined or don't eat pork I think it would taste perfectly fine without it. I did add a topping of seasoned bread crumbs mixed with cheese. I'm one of those recipe tinkerers.
And finally, since I didn't post a photo of my kitties on cat blogging Friday, here is Tiger sleeping off the effects of his unmentionable surgery. He and his brothers all seem to have forgiven us!
1 comment:
Housework and cooking really get in the way of art sometimes!! Mornay looks good, I make one similar but add tuna or salmon. Love your postcards and great idea with the felting machine.
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