Wet Felted Jacket In 2012 I attended Sandra Tredwell's felting workshop at the Australian Sewing Guild convention in Adelaide held at Immanuel Collage. Materials The felt is made from layers of wool and other fibres wet felted together to make a stable fabric. The base is a prefelt of wool fibres k nown as needlefelt or wool batt, it is crafted from 19-20 micron Merino wool, grown and made in Australia, I purchased it from Fibre Fusion. T o this black pre-felt I added overlays of dyed silk chiffon strips, silk velvet and shaped wool tops. The swirls of coloured wool tops are also from Fibre fusion. I pulled out a thickness of fibre from the hank and snapped it into a flat swirl. The grey leaves are made also from wool tops. When I went to Contexart Forum held in the Blue Mountains in April 2012 I bought a beautiful piece of black silk velvet with a large iris motif. I used the motif as a focal point for the back of the jacket. Around the edge of
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