March hare

Hello,
I've been incredibly busy this month and am about to start an exciting new venture which I will tell you about soon.
In the mean time I thought I would share my new March hare with you.

Lots of lovely texture on this one. To see more photos pop along to my etsy shop.

felt painting of a hare completed!

As promised here is a photograph of the completed hare felt

I did use the needle felting machine to help in the process. After I 'tacked' the fibres down by hand needle felting I used the needle felting machine to really bind everything together securely. I was also able to include some scrim for a few grasses in the background. I wish I'd used more because they look really effective. Then I wet felted. The only problem I had was having to work quite hard at getting rid of the little holes the machine makes. It was easier than usual to wet felt though and saved my back a bit. The other benefit was that the fibres stayed put when I sloshed the soapy water on.

Here is a close up where you can see the embroidered flowers more clearly.