Showing posts with label wool felting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wool felting. Show all posts

The Valley Gals Are At It Again!!!

Once a month, several of us artsy gals taking turns meeting at each others' houses and do some creating!

The hostess picks the activity, whether it be an area of her own expertise, or a new talent we would like to add to our artsy resumes!!!

So far, we have tackled wool felting, card making, upcycled china pedestals, hypertufas, and crazy quilting.

Meeting at Bobbi's house today, we were creating autumn themed centerpieces.

It is fun to create, commiserate, share life stories, laugh, and just be together- with lunch afterwards, of course!!!! So much talent, creativity, wisdom, and life experience around a small table..........

From left-Vicki, Bobbi (hostess this month) and Julie



Bobbi, Julie, and Susan setting up


Judy, unpacking her supplies

Decisions, decisions, Susan- will this look good?

Hard at work

Judy's finished piece

Mine's done- for my daughter's new apartment


Vicki decided to add everyone's photo to her phone list, so our lovely faces will pop up when we call her- now, I just need her cell phone number!!!! Ooops!





Everyone's working hard - except for the photographer (me) and Vicki, trying to get Bobbi's photo just right for her cell phone!!!



Julie, mulling over her gorgeous creation in a vintage box



Back side of Julie's and no, she was NOT quite done!!!!



Susan's - the art of placing a ribbon takes careful thought


Judy's is done - TA-DA!!!!

Even the box of supplies looks festively autumnal just as it is!!


Vicki's unique piece of wood, unearthed  by her artistic cowboy son, and dug out of storage, just for the occasion, is gorgeous in person



Delicious eclairs and strawberries followed and equally yummy lunch.

Somehow, I managed to miss photographing Bobbi's masterpiece centerpiece- SORRY!!


                                                Another fun get together!!!

Next month, will be at my house, where I will teach the "fine art" of making chocolate, long stemmed roses!

Wool Felter Extraordinaire!

Jody Lunsford, of Roanoke, Va - made it to the Martha Stewart Show today.

She creates AMAZING wool felted creatures, and did a demo on the MS show.

Jody also presented Martha with life like replicas of her precious French bulldogs.
Makes me want to dig out the felting needle...................................


UPDATE! She won the MS contest for creativity - received a BMW!!! Nice!!!


(this photo is from the Roanoke newspaper article- hope they don't mind me sharing!)

The Mailman Cometh and Treasures in a Trashbag!!!



I love when the mailbox is full - and I had a package in my mailbox yesterday!!! That always makes me happy!!!

I won a prize at Linda's Fiber Fabrications - it was a beautiful length of wool roving from her beautiful alpacas!!! So, now I will be playing with wool!!! Linda has made some wonderful needle felted pincushions, and I have been roaming the internet looking for tutorials on how to proceed. I think I have it - but only doing it for real will tell if I really do "have" it!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Linda!!!!! And a special thank you to the sweet alpacas who donated the fiber!!!!

In my searching, I came across this amazing website - this woman creates totally realistic wool felted animals! Check this out

Another great how-to site on machine felting is www.fiberella.com

When I went to the farmers' market this morning, the llama farmer was there - we have been missing each other - one week I am there and he is not, and vice versa!! Some how we got on the subject of wool a couple of weeks back, and he mentioned that he would be glad to give me some from his llamas. And, boy, did he come thru today!!!! A huge black trash bag - filled to the brim with all colors of llama fiber!! Woohoo!!! And, he said if I wanted more, he'd be glad to bring me some more - I AM in trouble now................!!!

Tomorrow will be play with wool day!!! I have nothing else to do- (except garden and the usual animal husbandry!!:>) )I am going to get out my new felting needles, and my vintage carding combs, and see what I can do with all this wool!!! After all, I will definitely need something to show next Saturday at the farmers market!!!