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Hi, you are right. I don't leave the soap in. I'm going to re do this video and make that clearer. Thankyou very much.l reaiiy appreciate you bringing this to my attention.

Thank you very much . It is lovely to hear from you. I really appreciate your kind feedback. Christine

Thank you very much. I am so glad that you liked the video. You brought joy to my Australian winter morning. Merci beaucoup for your kindness.

Thank you! 😊 I really appreciate your comment. Have a lovely day!

Thank you for watching! Interesting question. How much of the silk or cheese cloth will be seen in the final work? And you could use both. The open ness.. of the cheese cloth makes it easier to felt through than most silk but the silk will look better. So it depends on what will be seen. Also the cheese cloth is less likely to be attacked by mothy things than silk. As your project is a wall hanging. It mainly needs to be strong in the right places but you have the capacity to back/line it or some of it with a fine cotton afterwards. It really all depends on the effect you want. You may have so much more flexibility with a wall hanging. Also depends how long it needs to last. Yours may need to be very very strong. Or you might be looking for transparency and lightness. I feel like I havent helped much here. Finally the key difference is the openness of the fabric which varies so much. Silk can look great but be dense so hard for the wool to migrate through. The experts would say... seeing as you are looking at doing quite a lot of work here, you should first try some little samples of different fabrics and effects to see what will work best for your project. All my very best wishes to you and thanks again for getting in touch. Christine

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Yes I agree with you completely. Feltmaking works really well with children. Thankyou very much for watching. It was lovely to hear from you today. Today is mother's day in Australia.

Wonderful!

Yes, absolutely. thank you very much for watching and for your questions. I am just doing a few follow up videos which I hope are also useful for you. Yes it can be much simpler to use batts as they have already been evenly carded if you purchased them as batts. Now as for how much ...I used the roving in the title picture and that was sufficient for two layers covering a piece of A3 paper. If you can get so that you pull out wisps of wool at a time you can always add more if the wool is not covering properly. It depends on whether you want a piece that is thin and flexible or something that could be strong enough for a bag. I will do another one soon and include the weight of the wool roving I used. Thanks again. I am in Perth Western Australia where we are longing for some rain. Best wishes and thanks again.

Wonderful! Thank you so much for watching. Yes I remember those too. Thank you too for taking time to comment.

Thank you so much! Yes it's a winner and makes your soap last so much longer. Thank you very much for watching. I really appreciate it.

Hi I've been thinking about this and I dont believe there is any problem. Sometimes I have used a quite bulky knit alongside a fine, thin knit. Because the squares are not very big and the final product is kept in place/alignment by the little knots, there is no problem. I wouldnt worry about the stretchiness but you could do the tshirt squares as a double, one behind the other. On thinking about my disaster one in the beginning, which is actually still being used... the mistake I made was to sew long columns of velvet between squares and then top stiched it. You'll see that I hand stitch the final binding and that is why. I dont like the look of the machine stitching. But...that is just a personal choice. So.. short answer is go ahead and mix it up should be absolutely fine. I will try to make a sample myself today. Thank you very much for getting in touch. Great to hear from you

Thanks, I'm a beginner to quilting and am looking forward to completing one that isn't as fussy as those that have triangles and overly co.plicates design.

Yes. That is wonderful . I am sure that you will enjoy the ease of this method. Thank you so much for commenting. Best wishes Christine

Hi , How did you go with your quilt? Maybe you are like me and a bit time poor. Best wishes

Oh, I got sidetracked and put it aside. Eek! I began upcycling sweatshirts and completely left the quilt to the side. I'm nit sure when I will begin the quilt. But I'll remember you and ask questions if I get confused. Thanks for responding.

Thank you for commenting... so much.. If you have a look at the video with the dog in front... you will see more info about possible pattern/numbering combinations. This means that, as you say, it is possible to be really efficient with using old textiles. The only think I would be careful of , is mixing stretch and non stretch. In the beginning, a long time ago, I tried inserting columns of velvet between the knits...aghhhh. That looked awful. Mixing knits of different thicknesses is no problem at all.. just not knits and non knits. You can get away with one or two. I am just super-thrilled to get your feedback and enthusiasm. Yes these quilts are a winner. Best wishes to you and yours.

@TheWeekendArtist thanks for the comment of stretch vs non stretch. I was thinking of using Pellon Ultra Lightweight Fusible Interfacing stabilizer behind t-shirts let me know what you think 🤔

I am so pleased. Thank you for watching. Feltmaking is very doable. Do get in touch again with any questions you might have. Best wishes.

Thank you . I am so glad that you liked it.I especially appreciate you commenting. Best wishes

Hi Thank you for the question. Good question. When you are starting the project it isnt a bad idea to have the smooth side of the bubble wrap against the wool. When you notice the wool is beginning to attach itself to itself...change to having the bubbles against the wool. The bubble wrap definitely speeds up the process. It is pretty much a 'try it and see' in terms of what to do. It also depends on the lightness and flexibility of the plastic bubble wrap. The really lightweight bubble wrap is possibly best but if you have a multilayered piece of strong felt already then the heavier bubble wrap could probably work really well.

Perfect, thanks.

You're very welcome!

Thank you Nursa. Lovely to get your positive feedback. I really appreciate that.

Thank you very much. Yes it is pretty great So glad you like the video.

Thank you so much for commenting. And... very glad you liked it.

👌 Bello 💐 🇵🇪 Desde Perú.

Thank you! Cheers! I hope you so . You will love it.

I hope you do make your own. It's easy and you can shape it your own way.

Hi, Thank you for watching and your intriguing comment. I'm not sure that I understand. On the other hand... there are a huge amount of possibilities . So far I have just chosen to keep all the squares the same size and also tried to have this notion of a no pattern pattern which means that I get more mileage from using recycled knits. Also if I need to 'make do' with some knits, yes I would definitely cut them up so that the area of the squares match the others. I would love to hear more from you. As you have probably guessed I am not someone skilled in making patchwork. This all began when my friends didnt want to throw out some very worn but precious silk/wool knits so I made them a blanket. Thanks again Suzanne.

Yes, I have just looked at the cutting out section again. Phew, Yes of course you are right. and Thank you so much for that good advice.

@@TheWeekendArtist I have zero experience with quilting, but I make these trinket boxes. I line the boxes with felt material and so have to cut from the felt. So imagine a piece of paper, you fold in down the middle and cut on the middle line, giving you two squares. Whereas if you drew two squares with a space between each other in the middle, you would have to cut the edge of both the squares, as they would not be ‘sharing the midline. It’s just a thought cutting can be hard on the hands sometimes 😋. I absolutely love what you have done and the idea behind it too, up cycling the old sweater. Very creative!! 🤍🩵🤍🩵

Thankyou so much for your kind comment. I hope to share a lot more of her ideas for wonderful felt making.

😽🌹🌹🌹Please accept my spring greetings on your first autumn day! And congratulations on the upcoming International Women's Day on March 8th!

Thank you so much. Enjoy the lovely spring. Our autumn is very gentle and a relief after the hot weather.

Thank you so much for watching. I would take a few hours to make these, but not all at once. You can speed up the process by putting the flower parcel in the washing machine. So glad you liked it. The flowers do look amazing and I notice that the big flower is back in trend.

Thank you so much! You've made my day!

Yes, It certainly could.

Thank you for your question. No I havent tried that. But... the effect would be very interesting, the wool wont felt onto the beads but will felt around them on the right side of the fabric... If you lay down the wool on the 'wrong side' of the fabric the wool will definitely felt through. I would love to see a sample of that... could look absolutely marvellous.

@@TheWeekendArtist Thanks. I bought some used sarees off of Ebay. They are so pretty I was hesitant to cut them. This morning I cut off a chunk. I am getting prepared to wet felt it.

Yes. Thank you.. I should have included that. I will definitely try. So far I have been trying to keep it really soft looking.... Thank you for this excellent advice ...so helpful for everyone...

Have fun! and thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate that.

Do a little test sample. It might depend on the make up of the shampoo. Let me know how your test goes!. I'll try it too.

Yes, absolutely. really lightweight cottons are great. Some people use cheese cloth that is light and very open weave. Also muslin and Lawn cottons are good. if you can breathe through it and see through it, the fabric will work for nuno becuse the wool fibre scales can pierce through and lock in to the fabric. Best is natural fabric. while it is possible to use artificial fibre fabric, it can mean a lot more effort and work to get the wool to attach. Thank youfor your question and especially thankyou for watching!

Even better with lightweight cotton , especially open weave like a medical gauze or very thin voile . If you can see through it, breathe through it, it is a good candidate for nuno felting. Beware of synthetics which can be very dense even when thin.

Yes you can but I do recommend doing a test piece first as a trial. And... I would also hand wash it gently . Also thoroughly mix the paint and the water /conditioner mix. Play around with it. btw I have also used this technique to paint over lettering on a t shirt. Thanks for watching!!

Thanks!

Yes, I just thought I would start simple.

Thank you so much 😊 You have inspired me to get back to this today. I really appreciate you taking time to comment.

So glad you liked it. I am going to do some bigger nuno projects real soon. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much. Have a wonderful holiday time for you and yours. I am sure that you will enjoy this project. Just be warned everyone is going to want you to make them one of these. Enjoy.

Glad I could help! Let me know how it works out and I would be happy to answer any queries you might have.

Hi . I am so glad you liked it. hope you get to make one for yourself. Thank you very much for getting in touch

Thank you so much . I really appreciate you commenting. Have a wonderful day.

You talked about under felting and then doing more. How do you know when to stop? And how do you keep the shrink even? I'm at the very beginning of my felting journey. I'm making a pair of slippers and I'm loving creating textile out of wool I found on a fence 😂.

wow, that was a timely question... I am just in the process of making a video for beginning felters. In this video I will answer your question with the benefit of images which will hopefully make it all clearer. I would love your feedback if you get to watch it. hopefully I will be able to finish editing this week. Really good questions and yes all of these things are possible.

@@TheWeekendArtist ❤️❤️❤️ I've got my notifications on! Thank you do much for sharing your experience. It's so helpful. Happy felting!

hi, I have just published a 25 minute video on making a piece of felt. I hope this is really useful for you. thank you again for watching and for getting in touch. I really appreciate that.