Preparing for Chapter 10 inlay appliqué on bonded felted background

The instructions for this say that bonding the felt process strengthens the felt and allowing for extra decoration. I decided to make 2 pieces of bonded felt ready to stitch into later.

Sample 1.

As I only had cream felt to hand I needed to add lots of colour to get rid of the cream. Snippets of scrap scrim, silk and machine threads were bonded onto the felt. Organza was bonded on top of the piece and fabric paint applied. The whole piece was blasted with a hot air gun. (In a well ventilated space), a little treasure gold was the applied.

Sample 2.

                                

Strips of fabric bonded onto the felt, silver crystal organza applied to the top. I was going to leave this piece like that but the colours appeared too muted so out came the heat gun again to bring the piece back to life again. Finally fabric paints were applied. These pieces maybe too highly decorated to show the stitching off very well but it was worth experimenting  until I get some felt in more suitable colours.