A detailed master-class on felting a stylish bag made of wool with a photo and step-by-step instruction

December 27, 2017 handmadebase

Master class on felting a stylish wool bagReading this article will give you the opportunity to master the art of working with felt, and as a result, add a stylish and original bag to your wardrobe. Moreover, such a bag is made with your own hands, which makes it even more unique. To make a felted bag, you will need: three hundred grams of beige wool and one hundred grams of brown wool, soap, a fairly thick film to create a template, water, bubble wrap, a mesh or a grinder, pointed scissors, a rolling pin.So, let's get started.First, we need to create a pattern, taking into account our ideas about the shape and features of the future bag, add four centimeters along the entire perimeter and transfer our drawing to the base of a thick film (you can use a backing for laminate).This is how we will make our template.In our case, the template is thirty-two centimeters high and thirty-seven centimeters wide. Next, you should lay out the film on the table, with our template on top, and then start laying it out. Despite the fact that we are doing our work with a carding machine, and not with a combed tape, we need to lay it out using the same principle: we should lay the pinched off small pieces in layers (vertical and horizontal) so that we can control the uniformity of the laying out.Then we lay out the layer vertically.The wool should be laid out, going one centimeter beyond the template vertically. After that, you need to lay out a layer horizontally. The wool should be laid out, going one centimeter beyond the template horizontally. The laying out of 2 layers is completed. Next, you need to evenly pour the resulting material with a soap solution.Cover with film, pressing firmly with your hands and trying to carefully distribute the water. You can try using a rolling pin. But you need to make sure that the wool does not move.To ensure a strong bond between the wool,use a sanding machine. You need to work pointwise, in no case should you drive to the entire film. We do it like this: put the machine on one point on the film, count to ten, lift the machine and move it to another place. In this way you should do it, capturing the entire surface of our bag.A net can be used as an analogue of a machine.In this case, you need to remove the film, cover the layout with a net, press it firmly, soap it and carefully rub it in a circle (from the outer parts to the middle). This should also be done as carefully as possible, increasing the pressure over time. This is what the surface of the workpiece looks like. Note that the allowances remain untreated with a net. Carefully turn the future product over. Then wrap the remaining allowances according to the template. Then you need to tightly pull the wool to the template and carefully smooth it out so that there are no seals or creases left.Next we proceed to laying out the wool along thisparts of our template. You need to lay out the same 2 layers, but without allowances. Next, you need to evenly pour the resulting material with a soap solution. Cover with a film, pressing tightly with your hands and trying to carefully distribute the water. You can try using a rolling pin. But you need to make sure that the wool does not move. To ensure a strong adhesion of the wool, use a grinding machine. You need to work pointwise, in no case should you drive it to the entire film. We do it like this: put the machine on one point on the film, count to ten, lift the machine and move it to another place. In this way, you should do it, capturing the entire surface of our bag. Or we work with the same mesh. Carefully turn the future product over. Then wrap the left allowances according to the template. Then you need to tightly pull the wool to the template and carefully smooth it out so that there are no seals and creases. Then continue to create the next 2 layers. Pay special attention to the fact that one side of the bag should be laid out without allowances, and the other - with them. Each layer should look even, especially the final one. If you ask how many layers need to be laid out in total, there is no clear answer to this question. Therefore, we advise you to focus on the amount of wool that you took to create the product, and not on the number of layers. After laying out, the bag blank looks approximately like this:Next, you need to cover the workpiece with a net and soak itexcess moisture (try using a rag or towel). Do this until water starts to come out when you press. Then take a piece of soap and rub it thoroughly across the surface of the future product. The wool must be rubbed in using circular movements. Pay special attention to the edges, and increase the pressure over time. To decorate our bag, you need to create individual pieces from felted prefelt with scissors.Then thoroughly wash the surface of the workpiece andlay out the decorative details as your creative imagination desires. Cover the surface with film and carefully process it with a machine. As a result, the elements will be connected as firmly as possible to the surface of the bag itself.And only after you are convinced of its strengthattaching the decor to the bag, you should move on to the felting process itself. To do this, you need to roll the future bag in the form of a vertical roll and roll it on the front and back sides two hundred times on each. And then roll horizontally in the same way. Now we see that the wool has become a little denser, which means that you can take out the template. Using scissors, carefully cut the blank, and then completely cut the cavity of our product. Wither the template. And again continue to felt the bag. Carefully smooth out the side parts of the bag, straighten them with your hands. Then you should move on to felting the cut (the future "entrance" to the bag). One hand carefully holds the blank, and with the second hand, dressed in a glove, rub the two edges (with horizontal movements). After that, already using stronger pressure, rub the bag from both sides and edges. Next, you need to felt the product from the inside. Using a gloved hand, rub the surface of our bag in the interior space of the product.Our next step is to roll the bag.with straightening after each such movement. When you notice that the felt has already felted, acquired an even and dense appearance, and the bag has become the size you need, then you can stop. Otherwise, it is worth repeating all the steps again.Rinse the bag, straightening it out and thusgive it the right shape for you. Iron it with steam and let it dry. While the bag is drying, you can make a handle for it, insert a lock, and decorate the lining. After the bag has dried, you need to finally decorate it: embroider leaves with silk threads of the shade you like and sew on all sorts of decorative things. Insert a lock. Or attach a button for fastening.Attach a handle to the sides, and to make it even stronger, you can embroider the attachment points with beautiful patterns.Sew the lining into the bag and it's ready.Wear it with pleasure.

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