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Designed , hooked and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Rug hooking and needle felting

Hand dyed wool fabric and hand dyed wool roving on linen

Pillow

15″ x 15″

Finally my Christmas pillow is done, it was so much fun to make it, using my Swedish heritage Christmas themes, and now it is on my bed, it does not matter if it is not Christmas. I love it!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

4″ x 6″

Flowers, another theme I like to make, inventing colors and shapes!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Mounted on a 4″ hoop

It is fun to felt directly on a hoop, it gives less space to work in. The blue bird is enjoying his red worm, welcome Spring!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

Framed

9″ x 11″

As usual another beach, this time it says “At the beach life is much nicer…” I think so! I will be at the Gathered Gallery in Bellevue, KY

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

5″ x 5″

Mounted on a canvas

This little fellow is for a baby who is going to be born in the spring, and I thought a lion was a good character for him. Hope he enjoys it when he grows up! It was so much fun to make another as I made one for the circus piece!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

5″ x 5″

Mounted on a canvas

This little bird was fun to make for a four year old little girl, very girly!

It is mounted on a thick canvas, it gives it dimension!

Designed , felted and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting and rug hooking

Hand dyed wool roving, on felted wool and wool strips on linen

12″ x 12″

Framed

This is part of a project of an exhibition that my friend Teresa Nieberding is doing in 2020. It was fun to start doing it way before, and maybe it is not complete yet, who knows!

Designed and hooked by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Rug hooking

Hand dyed wool strips , sari silk strips on linen

Mounted on corks

5.5″ x 7.5″

Making trivets is relaxing, and the designs come along little by little. The heart was meant for Valentines Day!

Designed and felted by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Needle felting

Hand dyed wool roving on wool fabric

7″ x 7″

Framed

I do enjoy making water scenes and also the rocks in there. I think it came out quite good!

Designed and woven by Gun-Marie Nalsen 2019

Tapestry

Hand dyed and commercial wool on a cotton warp

9″ x 9″

Framed

This piece was also hand woven on my Hockett Loom, trying to make lines, it is ok!