Vintage Coin Purse

This small coin purse was decorated with natural fibers and a vintage button. I made it and it sold immediately at the Midwest Fiber and Folk Festival in Crystal Lake, IL. I was sad to see it go since I had kept that button since childhood, but...that's the way the fibers fall, as I say. Net year, my goal will be to have a booth and teach at Midwest. It's a great show!!

Sublime Purse

Cinnamon FeatherFelter

Here is the newest baby in the family, a cinnamon-colored FeatherFelter. This machine is a one-of-a-kind. It only felts, it is not set up to be converted back and forth between sewing and felting, thus making it less expensive and more affordable. Notice the drilled out center of the stitch plate. It is enlarged so that the six needles can penetrate the fibers as you felt. This stitch plate is custom made so that the multiple needles can do the felting for you.

See www.ritablocksom.com for photos of other Featherweights that have been custom painted.

Orange Sherbet Purse

This is my felted version of orange sherbet. It is created on a prefelt of 60% alpaca and 40% wool and is embellished with beads and buttons and features a braided yarn handle. It is a small purse to be sure, but there is no minimizing its effect.

Pink Spiral Purse

This is a pink purse I made and embellished with spirals made of 5" stacks of prefelt. It is also built on a pink prefelt base and features commercial handles which are available at local craft shops.

I have a pattern available on my website and webstore for this fun purse.

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Teal Base

Teal Wet Felted Bag

This wet felted bag features ribbon beads around the top and free motion quilting with metallic thread.

Purple Holes

Experimenting with creating holes...

Yellow Flower Garden

This yellow flower garden was created on a yellow prefelt of alpaca and wool. The flowers were created with cookie cutters. The stems are made of wool yarn.

Green Silk on Pink

More creative play as I see what the relationship is between the alpaca/wool blend and silk. More and more I am fascinated with the interplay between these fibers.

I eventually finished this sample into a small purse with commercial lime green and sparkle handles.