Tuesday, June 17, 2014

April Inspiration

We are BACK!  After a fairly brief hiatus due to life happenings M and I are getting back on track.

I got this amazing box of packages in the mail - 4 packages in one.  I feel like a kid opening at Christmas, only I am only allowed 1 per day!  I figure I will open 1, do that months, then go to the next.  By mid July I should be all caught up.


 For April I opened the very neat package - and found blue fabrics and off white roving.



My first thought - what is roving?

So I looked it up.  It is most often used in hand felting to add dimension, new colors, or texture to a felting project.

Well how interesting.  Hand felting is something I have wanted to learn.  However, i don't think I want to actually FELT for this project.  But, i am looking around and finding some seriously interesting textural possibilities.  And apparently roving takes various dyes like a champ.  I am already wondering about sharpies and alcohol.

It came rolled into a ball, but when I unrolled it I find it peels apart like string cheese.  I also have some Ritt Dye around, this could get interesting...

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