Felting Fridays

Well 2013 is here, and this has meant a new job for me. One of the really good things about my new job is that I will not work on Fridays. What a luxury to be able to do this. All this week , whilst trying to concentrate on my new job I have been dreaming about Friday 11th January 2013. My first felting Friday.

So what shall I do. Well I am going to start the day with a walk , it is particularly grey and miserable here in the Netherlands at the moment , and working I never see the light of day. So first a walk down to the polder, to get some air and get my creative thoughts flowing.

Then I am going to make a felted bag. Last year a made a prototype. I wanted , two good strong handles , so I incorporated cords. I wanted a spacey bag with some pockets and I wanted it zipped. I also wanted it to have a flat bottom so it would stand up.

 

Here it is hanging up, it does stand but the handles droop.

Mostly I am happy with my prototype, but I want to find an alternative way of attaching the cords securely.

 

 

This is a view inside the bag of how it is done now , which works , but is a bit clumsy. I am not sure how to improve this , maybe take the cords right to the base of the bag and secure under the removal base.

The base works well, using the principle of the large supermarket shopping bags you can buy here and even recycling part of oneq

I am not so happy with the zip. I think I should sew it in by hand to make it more invisibly attached and I also think during the felting process I need to make a more definitive top of the side of the bag by forcing the felt together with some stitches.

Finally I will make two pockets in the new bag.

I have some recycled sari silk that it going to from part of the decoration of the and I think I will make a black bag with purple insides and handles.

What I good day making this is going to be.

 

 

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