Saturday 10 February 2007

Needlefelt Challenge - Purple

This is my piece for this weeks Needlefelt Challenge. Purple was the theme. I used silk tops and silk mawata caps to get teh swirls of colour. I also wanted to try threads on the embellisher and used some mixed purple threads from the Stef Francis range.

I am also a member of the the textile challenges group and this month it is melted felt. I took the heat gun to my finished piece and it melted beautifully. My time is short this week and so getting two challenges from one piece was a real bonus.

7 comments:

Tonniece said...

oooooooohhhh, this is so cool Carol, I love it. So you just heat it and it melts.....hummmm, I think I'll leave things like that to you, I might burn down my house.

Nellie's Needles said...

That is so rich and complex looking. Wonderful! What is the scale (size) of it?

Unknown said...

Ooh yum yum, its gorgeous

Carol said...

Thank you ladies, glad you like it.

Nellie, it is 9" x 9".

Dianne said...

I really love this sample - done in my favourite colours!!

Dianne said...

Wohoo I really like this one love the burning and great use for the silk tops and caps lovely color too.

Linda’s Textiles said...

The combination of the swirls & burning works really well, Great colour too.