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herbe_d: Step:1 Make bubble wrap stencils + plan for shrinkage
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herbe_d: Step:2 Get inspired by Hundertwasser!
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herbe_d: Step:3 Make a pre-felt with wool and silk
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herbe_d: Step:4 felt slightly and cut out design
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herbe_d: Step:5 Lay out more wool, build up the body of the bag
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herbe_d: Step:6 Leave salvage! it needs a frame of wool to felt around the stencil
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herbe_d: Step:7 lay down the pre-felt how you like
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herbe_d: Step:8 Felt with a curtain so the design does not move
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herbe_d: Step:9 turn over and design the other side
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herbe_d: Step:10 Have fun playing and arranging the design
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herbe_d: Step:11 felt it slightly with the curtain to get the outer fibers started
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herbe_d: Step:12 Keep on using soapy water and aggitation to felt
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herbe_d: Step:13 I like to steam my work before I do the fulling-rock-n-rolling phase
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herbe_d: Step:14 when it is finished take out stencils and fit the belt in
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herbe_d: Step:15 Opsy, it needed more felting, it was too soft!
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herbe_d: Stony Belt Bag finished from the top
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herbe_d: Stony Belt Bag finished from the outside
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herbe_d: Stony Belt Bag finished from the inside