MORE Needle Felting With My Embellisher

I am working a series of small needle felted pieces.
These 12 are at various stages of completion. When I am finished there will be about 34 of them.
Each is being done on a fabric swatch and the colors flow through the spectrum.
The designs change as ideas flow in and out.
It is my goal that each will stand on their own as a small precious piece of art and that they will also make a cohesive statement when viewed together.

Mystic Spirit is another piece I needle felted. I painted a piece of silk noil. I laid various fibers on it and needle felted the layers together.
If is framed between 2 pieces of glass. When you hang it on the wall you see a little of your wall color between the art and the frame. The white circle is a reflection of the flash. I have not learned how to take photos of something behind glass without getting that glare.

Simple Elegance is another piece I framed between two pieces of glass. It is made from hand dyed fabric and is fused, machine appliqued and hand embroidered. Another spot from the flash.
A nice feature about framing work this way is that when you add your wall color as the back ground they are great on almost any color wall. This one is not needle felted but shows the same framing method.

SOLD
A Sacred Place is one of my larger framed works. It is needle felted. There is no quilting. This uses a variety of silks and other fibers. I am in love with the way silk takes color.

Monolith is another needle felted work. I created it with my hand dyed cottons. Again, there is no quilting and it is a larger framed work.

Needle Felting With An Embellisher Machine

So many people think you need to use wool with a needle felting machine. I am sharing some of the things I have done with mine.

I do use wool roving, but only in small amounts usually, to shade, accent or change the colors of the other fabrics I choose to use.

In addition to making quilts I also use my color and design skills in some other mediums.
This is a pillow I made with my Embellisher machine.
When I start a project with the Embellisher I have no idea where I am heading. I just pick up something for a base. Then I start adding bits and pieces of fabrics. Nothing is off limits when I use my Embellisher. It needle felts the layers together.
It looks like a sewing machine but you do NOT use thread.

This is a closeup of the design panel on the pillow. I used a lot of what I call cheapy sleazy slippery fabrics. I also used wisps of wool roving to blend things together an also to accent the design.

I finished this with a polymer clay bead I had made and some vintage beads. The beads were sewn on by hand. The only time I sew something on my hand is if there is no way it can be done on the sewing machine!
I really enjoy this carefree way of creating art.

When I went to a fiber art retreat I took my Embellisher machine with me.
At the retreat there was a large collection of fabric we could play with. Much of this was fabric I would never touch or look twice at. Sleazy shiny polyesters and nylons, ugly cottons and linens, sheers, reject hand dyed or painted fabrics, etc..
These were the perfect fabrics to experiment with. I truly was going from rags to riches.
By the time the retreat was over almost every one there wanted one. It is so much fun to work with.

This piece used some cut offs of silk fabrics I painted along with other fabrics. It also includes some wool roving.

This one uses commercial fabrics of varying weights and textures.

I used a lot of sheers and semi sheers on this piece. I also used the selvedge part of the pink fabric to provide another texture.
Nothing goes to waste, even the smallest scraps when you have this machine!

After layering a collage of different weights and types of fabric, including some metallics I added the silk textured yarn for an additional texture.

Metallics, sheers and wool roving are the basis for this piece.
An Embellisher is a machine with several barbed needles that "fasten" the various fibers together.
There are several different brands. They use NO thread.

Welcome To My World, Won't You Come On In - Needlefelting

I am working on 4 more pieces for this series. Each time I work on them something different starts to happen.
I go back and tweak them when I think I can improve them.

There is time yet to start one more tonight. I find this a very freeing way to work. I now have a large collection of sleazy cheapie fabrics that I would never have even considered buying. All of a sudden I am at the fabric store buying 1/4 yards of them.

I also use wool roving, yarn, ribbon. ravelings from the edge of these pieces and just about any other fiber that I think will work. Some of my favorites are silks and sheer fabrics.

Welcome To My World

It has been a while since I have had time to do any fabric or fiber work.

I have set up a studio area and I am working a series of small needle felted pieces.

These 12 are at various stages of completion. When I am finished there will be about 34 of them.

Each is being done on a fabric swatch and the colors flow through the spectrum.
The designs change as ideas flow in and out.
It is my goal that each will stand on their own as a small precious piece of art and that they will also make a cohesive statement when viewed together.

I am also doing a little reorganizing and purging while I work on these.

I've got another puzzle for you. Hope you enjoy it.

Rags to Riches

I have had so much fun playing with my Embellisher machine.
I am going to share some small pieces I made with it on this post.

When I went to a fiber art retreat I took my Embellisher machine with me.
At the retreat there was a large collection of fabric we could play with. Much of this was fabric I would never touch or look twice at. Sleazy shiny polyesters and nylons, ugly cottons and linens, sheers, reject hand dyed or painted fabrics, etc..
These were the perfect fabrics to experiment with. I truly was going from rags to riches.

By the time the retreat was over almost every one there wanted one. It is so much fun to work with.


This piece used some cut offs of silk fabrics I painted along with other fabrics. It also includes some wool roving.



This one uses commercial fabrics of varying weights and textures.



I used a lot of sheers and semi sheers on this piece. I also used the selvedge part of the pink fabric to provide another texture.
Nothing goes to waste, even the smallest scraps when you have this machine!



After layering a collage of different weights and types of fabric, including some metallics I added the silk textured yarn for an additional texture.



Metallics, sheers and wool roving are the basis for this piece.

An Embellisher is a machine with several barbed needles that "fasten" the various fibers together.
There are several different brands. They use NO thread.
I would suggest a google search to find out more, and then a trip to your local sewing machine dealer.

Changing Places

In addition to making quilts I also use my color and design skills in some other mediums.
This is a pillow I made with my Embellisher machine.
When I start a project with the Embellisher I have no idea where I am heading. I just pick up something for a base. Then I start adding bits and pieces of fabrics. Nothing is off limits when I use my Embellisher. It needle felts the layers together.
It looks like a sewing machine but you do NOT use thread.


This is a closeup of the design panel on the pillow. I used a lot of what I call cheapy sleazy slippery fabrics. I also used wisps of wool roving to blend things together an also to accent the design.

I finished this with a polymer clay bead I had made and some vintage beads. The beads were sewn on by hand. The only time I sew something on my hand is if there is no way it can be done on the sewing machine!
I rally enjoy this carefree way of creating art.
I have given you a realatively easy puzzle cut tonight.