Ends & Picks » wall hanging http://www.endsandpicks.com Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:08:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 A Wedding Wall-Hanging http://www.endsandpicks.com/2010/03/21/a-wedding-wall-hanging/ http://www.endsandpicks.com/2010/03/21/a-wedding-wall-hanging/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:30:33 +0000 Melissa http://www.endsandpicks.com/?p=1086 My friend Kevin is getting married in May and since he loved my table-runner-turned-wall-hanging when he was here last September, I decided to make one for him and his lovely bride, April, as a wedding gift.

Since Kevin had to carry it back with him to Shanghai, I opted to go a slightly smaller route than before so he wouldn’t have to buy a new suitcase to bring it back!

Finished, it measures about 12″x18″ and consists of a Merino and Corriedale felted base with a thin layer of silk hankies on top to get that wonderful nubbly texture with a little sheen.

I added felted crochet flowers, hand-made beads, embroidery and silk throwsters waste to finish it off.

Congratulations Kevin & April!!  I hope you enjoy it!

]]> http://www.endsandpicks.com/2010/03/21/a-wedding-wall-hanging/feed/ 0 When a table runner becomes a wall hanging… http://www.endsandpicks.com/2009/06/27/when-a-table-runner-becomes-a-wall-hanging/ http://www.endsandpicks.com/2009/06/27/when-a-table-runner-becomes-a-wall-hanging/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:45:34 +0000 Melissa http://www.endsandpicks.com/?p=786 A few weeks back I took another fabulous class at The Fiber Studio on making felted table runners (oh crap, Pam just posted the summer class schedule…brb).  As I was laying out my first layer of merino and trying to figure out how I would ever be able to keep a felted table runner kitty hair-free, a thought came to me – what about that giant blank wall hanging out over my newly repositioned couch? Voilà! My runner had just turned into a wall hanging.

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I used eight colors of merino, two silk hankies and over seven hours of hard labor (which required at least 4 Advils) to make this guy, but he was totally worth it!

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Once home, I decided to add a little more textural interest by sewing on some fabric beads I had made a few years back.  I didn’t want the beads to take away from the overall feel of the piece, so I tried to position them to blend in as much as possible with the background colors.

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I absolutely love the way it turned out.  Finally my living room has a bit more color!

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