Coin Purses

I used some of my last nuno felt pieces to make coin purses. This first one was from a kind of 'nuno-collage' made from pieces of silk scarf pieced together:

 This is the back:

I usually add an extra piece of felt inside the purses, so there are two sections. Sometimes, if the piece of felt I'm using is big enough, I add two pieces to make 3 sections like I did with this one:

 This was a kind of paisley print, but the rippling reminds me of splashes in water, this is how it looks closed:

I made the felt I used for this next piece a long time ago. If I make nuno sample pieces, I try to make them large enough to be turned into something, and pieces for coin purses are a good size. I couldn't find the right button for this one, so it didn't get finished for a long time. I love the fabric, it is from a viscose scarf:

 The fabric I used on this piece was the plaid border of a scarf, it looks a bit 'hairy' because I used a blend containing silk for the felt, and the silk really migrated through:

Sticking with the plaid theme, I made another plaid inspired piece of felt and used it to make a felt book cover:

 This is the other side:

Finished Purses

Happy New Year!

In my last blog post, I was stitching together some felt purses and finished almost all of them. The first two were made from a piece of woven nuno felt I made earlier last year:

This is the first purse, Front:

And the back with the flap opened:

This is the front of the second purse:

And the back of it:

You might remember a sunflower nuno piece I made a while ago:

This became a coin purse too. This is the front:

This is how the back looks when the flap is opened:

And if there's not much sunlight, you can always open it up and look inside ;)

The flowery purse I was sewing from a piece of fabric I made for Beyone Nuno got finished:

Back:

Inside:

But the bluey/white/turquoise one didn't. I did find the perfect button for it though! This is one of my favourite pieces from last year, inspired by plaid:

If you need some inspiration to get you back into felting, Ruth has posted the first quarterly challenge on the felting and Fiber Studio today: http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2016/01/02/first-quarter-challenge-2016/