WOOL IS SUCH A WONDERFUL FABRIC TO WORK WITH BECAUSE it doesn't ravel if it has been felted, it has body to it that enables it to except all kinds of torture from the needle allowing you to embellish it to your hearts content, and when you applique it on top of lets say cotton it stands out as a picture of it's own.
The idea for this piece came from the scriptures that talk about the lamb of God. Capturing the image of Christ praying and looking toward the sky is why the rams head is stretched upward and his body stands stretched upward. To give added color and interest to the piece there are wool pennies surrounding the ram. To give depth to the piece and to finish out the piece there is a antique red needle punch frame surrounding the wool applique. The piece really looks nice framed on a wood plate that came from Hawaii.
This is the finished appliqued ram. It looks great with the pennies surrounding the ram. They give color and interest to the ram. To add a little more interest and to frame out the image, the ram has been sew down to weavers cloth for needle punching.
Turn the piece to the back of the weavers cloth. This will be the guide line for where to punch needle close to the wool piece. Measure out 1/2 inch from these lines all the way around. That will be your frame measurements.
This picture is the first round of needle punch outlining the wool appliqued ram. From here I have marked 1/2 inch out from the red line to punch out the frame.
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