By: Linda Lanese

Linda Lanese — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:38:43 +0000

Hi Linda,
I don’t have any experience using “water soluble stabilizer” – I just do it the old fashion way through the wet felting technique. I don’t think that you can realistically use the washing machine with a nuno felted piece because of the uncontrolled agitation involved with a machine, but I have no experience with “water soluble stabilizer”
which could make a difference. Nuno felting is really about layering
and controlled agitation (like most other traditional feltmaking).
You need to sandwich a fabric, like silk chiffon, between two layers or more of wool or another protein fiber, apply water/soap, and controlled agitation. Christine White’s book called “Uniquely Felt”
has very good instructions for nuno felting if I remember correctly.
Also, here’s an article that I found on using water soluble sheets
from Pat Sparks’ site:
http://members.peak.org/~spark/felt_made_with_watersoluble_paper.html

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:33:54 +0000

Hello, I have heard about nuno felting but have some questions about doing it myself. Have you heard about making nuno felting with water soluable stabilizer? I am doing it for a competition this sunday and was wondering, do I need to sandwich wool and lace and my mohair locks between two pieces of water soluable stabilizer or the other way around. Also, can I put the wool in between sheets of muslin and then basted and put in the washing machine? or what would you suggest? I prefer to use the washing machine if that is possible. Do you know of any hints you could give me to hopefully make a perfect piece for the first try? I am using it to make fabric for a sheer jacket, hopefully kind of lacy! Thank you!

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