Wet Felting

This cute little clutch was my first wet felting project. Wet felting is very different from needle felting. Instead of matting fibers with a barbed needle, wet felting interlocks and compacts wool fibers by using warm water, soap and rubbing motions. It's a lot easier than needle felting, especially when making large pieces of flat fabric. I stitched the clutch together with embroidery floss, made a heart-shaped cutout in the fabric (which I patched with blue felt), and needle felted on the little owl. It is held closed with a clear sewn-on snap. I found the unfinished edges of the felt to be very interesting, and I left them on for decoration instead of cutting them off. More experimentation to come...