Filling up my etsy shop

Slowly, I am adding more work to my etsy shop
Here are some photos:

Reef Fantasy

"Reef Fantasy" is the third work for the Go Tropo exhibition "Destination Paradise". Tomorrow night is the opening night.

Here I am again

Two months have passed without even posting a word or a picture on my blog. Well life happens. We moved house, we were involved in the 10th Australasian Permaculture Convergence and all this took my focus off somewhere else.
I have been making some stuff though in between all the rest.
Here are a few of my new pieces:

Peach and White Felt Art Shawl

"Frangipane" Nuno Felt shawl ( sold)

"Four Leaf Clover" Felt Art Shawl

Gold Textured Nuno Felt Scarf

Underwater Movement

Staying in the water theme (we are in the wet season in Far North Queensland), here is another new felt art work, "Underwater Movement", a totally intuitive creation.
I used many different textile techniques in here: felting, crochet, embroidery, sculpting, fabric manipulation... and the freeform, free everything spirit.

Read more about it here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40345319

Water and Fire - Felt Art Poncho

This Water and Fire Felt Art Poncho tells a story. Water and Fire, two of the four basic elements, interact and create lots of sparks and splutter. To express this, I used organic merino wool, silk threads, silk fabric and wool yarn, dyed with natural dyes.

Have a look at the beautiful play of the orange red, purple, brown and green.

The movement of the flames is enhanced by hand and machine embroidery.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=40200471

And another jacket: Desert Walk

A stunning jacket in nuno felt, made with organic merino wool and silk, both dyed with natural dyes.
This "desert walk" jacket, in browns and purple, reflects the energy and texture of the sand in the desert.
It is lightweight, so the kind to wear on cooler summer evenings.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38760512

Flower Field Felt Art Poncho

My new work listed this week on etsy: Flower Field Felt Art Poncho.
Handmade by me in nuno felt:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=38535709

November special: sales on several felt art vests

I decided to have a big sale in my etsy shop to prepare for the Christmas season. I have 6 felt art vests on sale until the end of November.
Here they are:




Unique felt art vest:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26544482








Moonlight - Felt art vest:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8036436









Pink Sunset - Felt art vest:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26595058







Violet felt vest:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8036488








Palm Tree felt art vest:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8819685








Orange and brown vest:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17254974

Batwings - Purple Felt Art Shawl, Skirt and Top all in one.

I haven't been posting for a while and it is time to show a new piece: batwings.


Batwings can be used as a shawl, a skirt or a top.

This piece is made from hand felted organic merino wool pieces and nuno felted pieces embellished with fluffy cotton ribbon. Everything is dyed with natural dyes.

Awesome and it lends itself to many different occasions.

For more images and to buy this item go to my etsy shop.

Just Ducky - April Challenge of the EtsyFast Street Team

This yellow dream patches felt art top is my April challenge “just ducky” for the etsyfast team (etsy fibre arts street team). This is one of the many teams on etsy.

Patches of this and patches of that, and never the same.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8413150

This is what it is: knitting, felting, crochet, sewing and needlework, all in one. I love mixing up different textile techniques and materials and combining them in one piece.

It takes a lot of time to find the right place for each piece, making sure that it matches all the surrounding pieces.

It is gorgeous, worn over a singlet and with your favourite skirt.

I used certified organic merino wool, silk, cotton and some wool yarn and everything is dyed with mango leaves, except the yarn.

If you like to find more items in the challenge search for etsyfast team april challenge on etsy.com.

Butterfly Flight - Felt Art Shawl

Butterfly flight in my etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23480730

This felt art shawl in purples is my latest addition to my etsy shop.
I have carefully pieced different nuno felt fabrics together. This made me think of a graceful butterfly in flight.
All the wool is organic merino wool and the wool and the fabrics are dyed with natural dyes.

Reverse Circles-Felt Art Shawl

For this shawl I attached pieces of handmade felt by crocheting them together. The crochet is very open.

This wonderful shawl would give you an interesting addition to your outfit.

Have a look in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=23332694

Blue green coral scarf

A stunning scarf, in felted crochet work. It is produced in fine Australian organic merino wool, dyed with natural dyes.
It can be worn in different ways, depending on your mood and temperature.

Decorating, as well as giving warmth, this scarf is a nice addition to your outfit.

check out this scarf in my etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17834115

Coral, a textile mixture,

In this wall hanging “coral” I experimented with different textile techniques, ( as usual) to express the feel and the look of the coral.

I started with dyeing the wool with fiber reactive dyes and than felted the main image, fishes, starfish and some of the coral included. I did use a bit of needle felting to secure some of the pieces in place and the rest was done with wet felting.

I wanted to add some more coral, so I tried some crochet until I was satisfied with the texture.

Quilting was a good way to give the whole piece a bit of relief. When I was happy with the result, I did sew the crochet pieces onto the rest.

I than hang up the whole panel onto a beautiful piece drift wood.

This wall hanging would look lovely in your beach home.

See more detailed pictures of coral, a felt wall hanging in my etsy shop.

What is Felt - an overview

Maybe you have already asked yourself the question “what is felt” after seeing my work and work from other felt artists. Felt is the oldest fabric known in history, before weaving and knitting was initiated. Felt is non-woven.

The felting technique originates from Central Asia, where nomads felted wool and other animal hair into tents (yurts), clothing, rugs... It is still practiced in these areas.

Felt and felt making are gaining popularity all over the world now and the possibilities are endless, the results often a surprise.

I would like to give a short overview of the different felting techniques and I will post some tutorials soon, so that you can give it a try if you haven't already.

There are different techniques in feltmaking.

Wet Felting:

To make wet felt, layers of wool are spread out onto a plastic piece of bubble wrap, wet with hot soapy water and agitated until they hold together as a fabric. What happens here is that the wool fibers have scales, opening up with hot water and soap and through friction they will hook into each other. This is called felting.

I used wet felting to make this kangooroo rug

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Dry Felting or Needle Felting

Another form of felt making is the dry felting, also called needle felting, where special felting needles are used to felt the wool together. The needles, which have hooks, are moved up and down into the wool. This created the friction and the fibers hook into one another, which makes them felt together. Needle felting creates a much more softer and fluffier felt than wet felting. You can however make harder items by using courser wool and felt it really long.

In this wall panels "clefts" I used both wet felting and needle felting.

Nuno Felting

Nuno felt is made using one of the 2 techniques above and instead of using only wool, a sheer fabric is used in between the wool layers. With nuno felting it is possible to make a much more thinner felt, because the fabric holds the wool together. You can cover the fabric everywhere so that you don't see the fabric anymore, or you can add bits of wool here and there and it is possible to create wonderful textures with this. It is a big favorite of mine.

Check out this purple nuno felted scarf in my etsy shop.

Come and check out soon for tutorials about feltmaking or follow my blog.

Three beautiful felt art pieces found a new owner.

This 3 pieces, Maroon Silky Poncho, Green Royal Shawl and Romantic Neckpiece in old pinks and reds, will leave tomorrow on a journey to meet their new owner in Turkey.
I loved making them and am happy that someone is going to enjoy wearing them.

Lizet's fiber art

Here you can find all the posts about my own work:




Three beautiful shawls are gone








Cherry Red - Felt Art Shawl








Forest Floor - Felt Art Shawl








Batwings - Purple Felt Art Shawl, Skirt and Top all in one.









Going green for mothers day







My first sale on Artfire.








Just ducky - April challenge of the EtsyFast Street Team








Butterfly flight - Felt art shawl








Reverse Circles - Felt art shawl








Snow Crystals - Felt art shawl is gone.









Eco Fashion in the spotlight








Blue green coral scarf.










Coral, a textile mixture.









More sales.








Three beautiful pieces found a new owner.








Handy handbag gone.







New shawls.








Silence.











Seasonal dilemma.











Etsy shop going again.









My dawanda shop.










A glimps of my felt art wearables.