Thanks Ruth. Reading Teri’s book resist tutorial on the feltingandfibrestudio was inspirational! Its kept its shape well but I was wondering about using Shellac to stiffen a piece like this. I’ve seen several Feltmakers mention it, is it something you’ve used before?
I haven’t used shellac before but I know we talked about this on the forum several times. If you go to the forum, just search on stiffening felt or even shellac. Hope that helps.
Thanks Marilyn. I figured the ribs needed to be thicker than the main body so added strips of prefelt. It’s worked out chunkier than intended but it’s a lesson learnt! I will look forward to seeing your experiments.
How adorable! it is sooo cute Karen, I love the yellow spines too – they are a great addition!
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Thanks Teri, and thanks again for sharing the technique in the first place.
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Beautiful – and lovely colours!
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Thank you, I’ve developed a bit of a liking for grey and yellow.
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Great seed pod Karen! Love your sketch too 🙂
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Thanks Ruth. Reading Teri’s book resist tutorial on the feltingandfibrestudio was inspirational! Its kept its shape well but I was wondering about using Shellac to stiffen a piece like this. I’ve seen several Feltmakers mention it, is it something you’ve used before?
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I haven’t used shellac before but I know we talked about this on the forum several times. If you go to the forum, just search on stiffening felt or even shellac. Hope that helps.
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Thanks Ruth, I’ll take a look.
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I love it! I’ve been experimenting, too. I really like your use of dual colors to accentuate the ribbing.
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Thanks Marilyn. I figured the ribs needed to be thicker than the main body so added strips of prefelt. It’s worked out chunkier than intended but it’s a lesson learnt! I will look forward to seeing your experiments.
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