With several bins of felted wool and bamboo/rayon felt my attention is now directed to utilizing some these pricey fabrics.
I decided to concentrate on the smallest pieces to begin with by combining cohesive colors. After playing with placement for longer than it should have taken....it became apparent common sizing and shapes would work best.
#1. A simplistic Modern layout was the result.
#2. Next the pieces were accurately placed and held in position with 505 Glue Stick, rather than cutting a fusible product for each piece. Note the use of painter's tape to aid in measuring and help in guiding stitched lines.
#3. I had the perfect variegated thread but it was only a sample spool.....concerned about running out I chose to stitch over the felt pieces first....just in case. (Sorry for the poor photo)
#4. I continued filling in across all the empty spaces by stitching a center line. Then I went back and did two lines on either side of that. As feared it became clear there wasn't enough thread to finish. The hunt was on for another thread to complement the initial one. To my surprise, I had an almost full spool of a Sulky Rayon variegated thread that was nearly identical. This thread was thinner but because now it would be used to fill in the rest of the unstitched areas it blended perfectly.
FYI - By evenly spreading out the stitching of my #1 thread, my plan B (in case I ran too low to finish the entire piece) was to use either a transparent thread or another compatible lighter solid color. I hadn't even looked at my stash of variegated threads for back up until it became necessary. DAH....
Basically I was playing chicken with thread!!
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