Needle Felted Paper Mache Bowl
Written and Designed by
Janet M. Davies
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For this bowl I hand needle felted
carded wool. Then laid of a layer of the felted wool over the inside of
a small paper mache bowl I had made. I used a small amount of glue to
hold the felt to the paper mache so it would not slip.
Then I hand stitched through mache and
wool; Chain stitch and put beads between each chain. Then I stitched
beads on randomly. Then I curled pieces of copper wire and
stitched
them in place.
Then placed a layer of the wool felt
over the outside of the bowl. Rolled the two edges of wool felt together
and needle felted them together. Then sewed wire and beads on outside. |
Microwave Paper Mache
1. Use newspaper and
wallpaper paste to mache with.
2. Place a small glass bowl upside
down and place cling-film plastic over bowl.
3. Place about 4 layers of paper
mache over the bowl and plastic.
4. Microwave on medium for 30
seconds at a time until the paper and paste is dried. Allow to cool for
30 seconds on bench between 30 second blasts in the microwave.
5. Allow to cool down and decorate
to your hearts content.
NOTE:
1. Careful as paper can burn if left to long or it gets to hot.
2. Remember the paste will have air bubbles in it; so it is important to
cool between blasts in the microwave, so the bubbles do not expand and
burst.
The instructions in JMD Designs
retail pattern packs are a lot more
detailed than what is given here in this tutorial above.
The designs/patterns on this
page may be used for free,
for your personal non profit use only. They are not to be put in other
websites. You may link to this page using a URL or website address though.
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