Purple Rabid Fuzz

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I spent the other night doing a few crafty artistic things, including crafting the first of a series of special dreamcatchers. I 'documented' my progress from start to finish, so to speak, with pictures. I must say that I am very pleased with the results. Mom just loves it to death. She can't stop saying how unique it looks.

Uniqueness was my intention.




( The images don't do it the same justice seeing it in person does )


The beginning - I started out by wrapping the hoop with leather.

The fuzz begins - First layer of thread fabric, fuzzy.

Mega fuzz - This textured layer was a blend of feathery material and sparkly too.

Ribbon wrap - Harder to see in this image, I wrapped the colored ribbon on.

Texture closeup - I wrapped on many layers of various fabric types.

Webbing - The beginning of the web.

Webbing 2 - More progress on the web. You can see some of the rock chips I used.

The finished web - Many loops later, it's woven.

At this point, I had finished the main work on the hoop and webbing, and so it was time to add all the trimmings, so to speak. I used the various fabric materials I had wrapped the hoop with, to decorate it with dangles. I also used various natural stone chips.

Purple Fuzz - An overall look at the finished product. And a Gator Clip holding it up!

Closer - A better look at the details.

Fabric dangles and stone chips - Detailed view of the bottom portion.

More detail - Detailed look at the center/top portion.

Materials: Craft hoop, leather suede, hot glue gun, various fabric trim, craft wire, stone chips.

Stones used: Purple Amethyst, Red Garnet, Carnelian, Moonstone, Adventurine, Oriental Glass Beads


There you have it! It was lots of fun to make, and turned out a lot better than I had anticipated. Questions? Comments? Critique?