I recently had a chance to participate in a secret stash challenge through Spin Artiste.
Here is my submission:
“When I first signed up for Secret Stash, I was super excited. Then, that excitement turned to slight feelings of pure terror! What in the world have I gotten myself into I thought?!
Needless to say, when I saw my stash package I was excited once again! Believe it or not, I had just been tossing about an idea of using neutrals for a project — what perfect timing for this challenge. I knew once I saw the locks, what I wanted to make. I decided to incorporate my two favorite fiber arts, wet felting and spinning, into this project.
I
added the base wool for my bag to this project and used part of the
fiber from the batts in the kit to add texture and color to the bag
body. The locks were wet felted so that they would hang on the front
flap once the bag was cut from the resist. I wanted the entire bag to be
seamless, that included the bag handle, so when I removed the resist I
actually cut an inside flap smaller (this became a pocket) than the
outside flap, the extra felt from that flap became my handle and did not
require me to sew one on after the fact.
Once
the bag body was complete, I then had to decide how to incorporate hand
spun that I made using the rest of the fiber batts and locks. I decided
to couch down a rope of hand spun (using the yarn provided) along the
top of the locks on the front of the bag. The extra hand spun was
fashioned into a tassel that was added to the bag handle. On the smaller
inside flap, I used more of the yarn to blanket stitch it to the body
of the bag and then crocheted a simple chain stitch edge onto the
blanket stitch. I cut a small area out of this section and it now is the
perfect place to stash my cell phone. I had such a great time during
this challenge, and loved the limited supplies. I think it forced me to
think outside of the box and made me realize, sometimes less is much,
much more! I hope this all made sense! I had a blast! Thanks for this
fun opportunity!”
