My Rose Garden Tote is now complete. After one more rearranging of the pieces, and the addition of a few more flowers it was on to the final assembly. An hour or so of stitching while lying on the floor in front of the bag so as not to disturb the placement was all it took to end up with this:
Now it was on to the felting! Two wash cycles which included a pair of ragged jeans, some old gym shoes for extra agitation, and two days of drying resulted in this:
She is beautiful, yes? Wow, I am really impressed with myself right now. This tote turned out far, far better than I could have imagined it would be. I love it. The felting process shrunk the bag down to 16 inches tall and 15 inches wide, a most perfect size. All that worrying for nothing!
Thanks again to everyone for their kind comments and advice, especially Crochetbug. To do this, I relied heavily on her blog posts and notes of her adventure creating this bag. A special thanks to you, madame. Now I think I shall go see about finding another project to felt. Enjoy the day, everyone!
Now it was on to the felting! Two wash cycles which included a pair of ragged jeans, some old gym shoes for extra agitation, and two days of drying resulted in this:
She is beautiful, yes? Wow, I am really impressed with myself right now. This tote turned out far, far better than I could have imagined it would be. I love it. The felting process shrunk the bag down to 16 inches tall and 15 inches wide, a most perfect size. All that worrying for nothing!
Thanks again to everyone for their kind comments and advice, especially Crochetbug. To do this, I relied heavily on her blog posts and notes of her adventure creating this bag. A special thanks to you, madame. Now I think I shall go see about finding another project to felt. Enjoy the day, everyone!