underatopazsky posted: " I've made a couple of pieces of upcycled jewellery recently that both have felt as a basis. The first is using the second of the two offcuts of hand made felt I was given by my lovely neighbour Lisa at the Artisan Market at The Collection back in June. I" Under A Topaz Sky
I've made a couple of pieces of upcycled jewellery recently that both have felt as a basis. The first is using the second of the two offcuts of hand made felt I was given by my lovely neighbour Lisa at the Artisan Market at The Collection back in June. I've already made the top one into a round found object mandala brooch which sold at Arttopia back in the summer.
I decided to make a barrette with the bottom one and cut it into a random curvy shape.
Next, auditioning found objects to decorate it...
...before I settled on a border of chunky vintage chain with a pressed brass motif, a larger clockwork cog and some unusual spiral wire wrapped chain links. I stitched everything down using simple straight stitches in a variegated mercerised cotton which echoes the pinks and purples in the felt.
I attached a barrette fixing to a piece of commercial felt for the backing and stitched the two layers together with a simple beaded blanket stitch and iridescent pinky-red/gold seed beads.
The second piece is a brooch and started off as a wet felted flower hair ornament which belonged to my little one when she was a lot younger. It doesn't quite fit with the moody goth look she's sporting at the moment and the felt itself was quite delicate so it had been pulled out of shape and was wearing very thin in places. I ironed it flat and having just processed some odd beads and a ring that all had a bit of a cogs and gears thing going on, had a bit of a play.
Next I stitched the pieces down with variegated turquoise and rust coloured thread.
And then cut the felt into the shape I wanted for the brooch, echoing the shape formed by the 'cogs'.
Last step was to attach the felt and brooch back with beaded blanket stitch using some of my favourite iridescent turquoise seed beads. Not only is it a sturdy stitched edging but when you're joining two pieces of fabric the beads sit nicely in the join and hide the edges.
Lastly, a thread chicken update on the Brantwood wallpaper motif. I made it: that is all I have left of the red!
I knew I had a little bit of wiggle room as I could have unpicked the red bar at the bottom of the leaves that's supposed to be black, but I'm relieved it didn't come to that. Next stage is the black (in fact a very dark grey called Night Smoke) stars.
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