Adding Texture

Here's a case of 'losing my marbles'. And nuno felting with a bit of silk gauze I had snow dyed earlier this year when we actually got some snow. Both sides are attractive and the wool and silk roving adhered nicely.

For this one I tried adding some velvet devore strips, silk scraps and sari threads to the wool and silk roving, but I ended up covering the goodies too thickly for them to show much - oops!

And dry felting on some embroidered tulle first, followed by wet felting.

The more I experiment, the more I see how sewing and the various types of felting and materials could work together.

Another Dip in the Dye Bath

I've been doing some further dye experimentation - the top photo has large marbles wrapped inside the linen piece I dyed yesterday and was taken before I dipped the part with the marbles back into a dye bath. The second photo is a scrap of silk velvet that I've discharged to test drawn lines, sequin waste, a wood block, and a door stencil. And the pink and white linen is my first Sekka shibori attempt - folded into triangles and just two corners dipped. I have numerous other samples in the dye baths right now and hope to post results later tonight once they are batched and rinsed.