2010 Campbell Pottery Lily Festival

I entered my first juried show this summer. The above mentioned 2010 Lily Festival at Campbell Pottery. Every year, Bill Campbell raises acres of day lilies in many varieties and colors. A Lily Festival Art Show is held at the time when the Lilies are in their full glory, showing off their finery that our Gracious Lord has provided for them. How amazing it is to see this field of so many colors...Oranges, Rusts, Burgundy's so dark that they look almost Black, Purple, Lavender, Pinks, Coral, Yellow, Peach...ah, its a beautiful sight!



My entry for the festival of course, was felt. And, a handbag! I combined my two major knitting and felting/fulling loves into one. And even made a necklace style handle. The bag base was knitted with Louet Riverstone Bulky on a size 10.5 needle, single strand, and fulled. It is lined in coral duppioni silk and black wool. Of course, it has a zipper pocket! It is closed with a zipper facing. The bag features a six petal lily of four layers of merino wool roving: Two shades of pink, honey, and apricot. This layered wool was then wet felted into a "prefelt", then shaped into the petals and needlefelted, and wetfelted again. Further shaping of the petals was accomplished by more needlefelting when the lime green wool accent, beading of Swarovski Crystals and Japanese Delica beads were applied. The stamens were wired 12KT GF wire and Swarovski Crystal. The handle was a square weave of Onyx, Czech Glass and Swarovski Crystal.




My sister has placed an order for my next bag! To be inspired by Georgia O'Keefe's Poppies!