Embellished with Felting & Embroidery...Begin Felting Motif • Select roving colors and placement...

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Market Tote: Embellished with Felting & Embroidery Designed by Eloise Wagers

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Market Tote: Embellished with

Felting & Embroidery

Designed by Eloise Wagers

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Canvas Tote BagTracing Paper “Clover Chacopy” (Art. No 434)Water or Air Erasable Markers *Water Erasable used on the project (Art. No 515) *Optional:EraserPen(Art.No518)Gold Eye Embroidery Needles-3-9 (Art. No 235)NeedleFeltingTool(Art.No.8900)PenStyleNeedleFeltingTool(Art.No.8901)NeedleFeltingMat(Small)(Art.No8910) *Optional:ClawandMatCleaner(Art.No8919) usedforblendingwoolrovingcolorstogetherNaturalWoolRovingsinvariouscolors(Art.No.7920-7939)AdjustableRingThimble(Art.No610)Embroidery FlossFruitMotifsScissors

Materials Needed:

Transfer Design to Tote •Startwithrightsideoftotefabricfacing•Selecttracingpapercolortoshowonfabric...testoncorner• Place color side of tracing paper to right side of tote •Putahardsurfaceunderfabric:i.e.cardboard,magazineorbooketc. if needed•Selectdesignmotifandplaceonwrongsideoftracingpaperandcenter•Securewithpinsorclipstopreventshifting•Tracedesignlinesslowlywithballpointpenwithsomepressure•Ifnotdarkenoughafterremoval;usewaterorairerasablepentoretracelinesforbettervisibility

Prepare Area for Motif Placement• Area should be clean and free of lint•Iftoteisheavyfabricandtaut,noembroideryhoopisneededbut,ifjustsoftfabric,anembroideryhoopcanbeused

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Begin Felting Motif • Select roving colors and placement•Takeasmallportionofroving(colorscanbeblendedtogether)androllbetweenpalmstomakeasmallball•PlacetheNeedleFeltingMatundertheareayouareworking•Thebrush-likematenablessmoothpunchingwithlittleresistanceandprevents punching too hard and break/bend needles•Thematallowsthefibersoftherovingtobecomewellmeshedintothetote fabric•OntherightsideplacetherovingovertheareayouwanttofeltandusetheNeedleFeltingToolstocatchthewoolrovingfibersandpushthemintothebottomofthefabric• Add more small pieces as needed to get desired uniform thickness and shape•Punchseveraltimesuntilthewoolrovingfibersstaypermanentlywithoutusingglue.Thetoolcomeswithaclearlockcoverforsafetyandstorage•ThePenStyleNeedleFeltingToolcanbeusedtopunchrovingintosmallareasandtomoreclearlydefineanarea(I,2,or3needlesandbeselected)Also,usetheclearcoverprovidedforsafetywhenusing

Begin Embroidery StitchingDecideonwhere,colorofthread,thicknessandstitchtobeused•UseembroideryneedlesNo.3-9withlargeeyes•Pulloutapprox.18-20inchlengthofflossfromhankandcut•Pulloutonestrandatatimetopreventtangles•Moststitchesarebestusingtwostrands…threestrandsforathicker look•Useonestrandandastemstitchforoutliningaroundthefelting• An embroidery thread-er is helpful in thread-ingmultiplethreadsthrough the needle eye• Knot end of thread to secure before andafterstitchingonwrongside• Embroidery stitchingcanalso be used over felted areas for emphasis

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FRuit Motifs

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Embroidery Stitches

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Embroidery StitchesFrench Knot Blanket/Buttonhole St Chain Stitch

Lazy Daisy StitchFern Stitch

Stem Stitch

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Fern Stitch

Fishbone Stitch

Roumanian Stitch

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