Well, it's done, and I'm so totally happy with this piece of experimentation. When the girls over on 3CS asked us to try water colour crayons, etc., I decided that I'd finally found a way to use a beautiful piece of wool felt that a friend had sent me about two years ago. It's one of the lovely dyed pieces you can buy from Colourstreams here in Australia [www.colourstreams.com.au].
When I started working on this, all I could think of was a rainbow. So, I began colouring each section as if it was a 'square' rainbow. I wanted the corners to having flowing lines, because the dyeing on the felt was 'flowing'. It seemed to need 'something' so I found out some crystal shred/angelina fibre look-alike, which I spread sparsely over the surface of the painted area, then covered it with fine black tulle. After ironing, it just took on a life of it's own. It's hard to see how beautifully sparkly/blingey it is with the camera. The black stitching seemed the way to go, as black always brings out colour.
When I thought about the 'inside', I thought I'd need to anchor the felt with a big button, and therefore the stitching might show through to the outside, hence the need for the square red button [to hide said stitches]. However, I decided it was more prudent to fuse the black lining to the stitched outer, and just machine stitch the felt to the lining prior to fusing. Then I only needed to cover that stitching with a button, so no need to stitch through to the outside. I managed to buy a square red button, but it has become part of the stash now, and waiting for the next time................
