Felt making

My mum was visiting me last week and on Saturday she showed me how to make felt!

It was so much fun.

First we laid down the first layer of felt…

Felt making

…then more and more layers until it was quite thick, with the nicest bits on top.

Felt making

Mum showing me how to dampen the felt with a scrunched up plastic bag.

Felt making

Applying more water! We didn’t have all of the proper equipment to hand so had to cheat a little.

Felt making

Then it was working the felt with the bubble wrap; by hand and with a rolling pin. 100 times one way then 100 times the other way, then the same on the other side.

Felt making

Here is the almost finished piece of felt being ‘shocked’ in hot then cold water in the sink. Afterwards I squeezed water out then scrunched it up and threw it in the sink as hard as I could several times. That was fun!

Felt making

After that it was done! I made two pieces of felt and was really pleased with the results for my first try:

I made this felt!

The colours don’t come out very well in this photo, but I was pleased with the results.

I will definitely be doing this again!

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Posted on 21 June 2011 in Craft

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