At Karla's Bird Song Event, Lisa of Tarnished and Tattered showed us a fun easy weaving technique to make a nature pouch. The really fun part of the technique is its versatility- you can make a nature pouch, like this one- with feathers, hardware, rust and a grapevine handle...
...or you can use satin, gold lame, maribou and a little bling to make it into an evening purse.
Another technique Lisa showed us was using a heat gun on the purse. Some of the fibers fuse together, some curl up and some get a nice burnt look. I covered my purse with hat netting and used the heat gun to fuse it to the purse.
Another fun project is using the weaving technique with fuzzy and fancy fibers to make a bracelet. I added sparkly buttons to mine.
A little cautionary tale about a fabric bracelet- I don't wear jewelry very much, and I don't light many candles- but I happened to do both yesterday. I blew out the candle, which caused a lot of smoke, so I decided to pinch the smouldering wick. A spark flew out and came very close to landing on the bracelet. For a second I had an image of the bracelet going up in flames while on my wrist.
When Lisa suggested burning your weavings, I don't think that's what she meant.
