corn poppies wool painted - a meadow landscape wool painted on a wet felted bag with a vintage style metal frame

Looks like a real beauty...

... but believe me, was like a beast ...

The beautiful metal frame in gold - vintage style - with a maching chain. 

As promised, more metal frames in my craft work.

However, using this kind of sewn-in frame for the first time - I had to figure out how to put it all together: 

the bag, the frame and on top of that, the bright red lining inside the bag. 

It was a challenge but was worth the effort. Sewing by hand - with a sky blue tread - I tried and tried until I was happy with the result.

The silk lining matches the poppies in color - you might like it or not, but you can't say it is boring. Little details like that lining make a big difference - imagine - you open this bag and that bright redness just makes your day.

Because of all that trouble, it caused, I think the bag will have a special power, sort of a magic spell - it'll add some extra selfconfidence.

In the middle of winter with loads of snow everywhere, that snow we didn't have for Christmas - I suddenly wished to have just a bit of spring in January.

I don't believe that nobody cares about the back of the bag. 

I like when something is going on there even if it is just a single poppy blown by the wind to the other side.

I painted this picture with colors from sky blue, all shades of green to bright poppy red, laying down carefully every little bit of merino wool and silk to create the landscape. 

I wet felted it on a resist to get a seamless bag. 

These are the before and after photos. 

The bag was wet felted only, no neddle felting involved, no improvements were necessary.

Because I like it just the way it is.

The bag isn't too big - only 24 cm high, 27 cm wide at the bottom and 20 cm by the frame. 

A beautiful little thing for special occassions, perfect to make you feel like a woman.