Going into my 6th day of work this week. Yesterday I was demonstrating a needlefelting machine at our guild's local quilt show!

This machine uses no thread! It has 5 needles inside the clear plastic guard. The needles force fibers from the top layer into the bottom or base layer. I used batting which was watercolored to give it a head start on being "ART". [above parts of spring, summer, fall and winter pieces]. Interesting yarns and threads are placed on top of the bacground and moving the piece freely, (there are no feed dogs) the needles quickly create a bond adhereing the embellishments to the background. Fun!

This is also a great tool for piecing small batting pieces into larger, quilt-sized ones! It can be sometimes be used to hem without thread too!!!!

Being at the quilt show was great fun! I saw many people I have known from the last 30 years. Former students and friends from other cities.

Today, I may finish a crib quilt I am making as well as work on a skirt from a cute Kwik Sew pattern.

Updates...

This is the bag after felting. I may still add a lining with pockets and a brass closure.


Meanwhile, I have worked on my altered book some more.



On this page, I added some eyes and cut an opening which shows the eyes from the next page! I like the way the redbrown color is picked up!




Here when you turn the page, are those watchful eyes...in art work by Samella Lewis and "Spirits Watching"
art work by David Driskell. (See how the opening works the "other way" to show those eyes!)



This romantic page with ink-stained cotton lace says, "Wake-up! It's later than you think!"
So far many of these images relate to the book title, "Daughter of Time"...

This is the purse/tote which I have knitted and am now felting......

It is from Shetland wool, knitted in a tube (130 stitches on size 10 circular needles) decreasing and changing colors as the knitting progresses. The garter stitch handle uses 2 strands at once and the extra 2nd color yarn is used as a chain stitch embellishment. I will post the felted photo later....the purse is still in the washing machine with blue jeans and a towel....next into the dryer and then we'll see....

Meanwhile....here are pages from a fun artist's day, doing altered books with my friend Lizzzie!!! Lizzzie's book was called "In the Middle of Somewhere".

Mine is called "Daughter of Time"....(some of these pages are complete and others will still grown ad develope as I come across suitable images!)

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