little black purse with a red poppy - wet felted, handmade craftwork

For Valentine's Day ...

... a little black purse with a bright red poppy - wet felted as a whole piece, bag and the flower all together. No sewing, exept for few tiny beads in opal black.

The purse is 25 cm high and 20 to 26 cm wide, seamless, wet felted only, made of fine merino wool in black and two shades of red.

The metal frame is sewn in by hand, looking kind of vintage - color of "old silver" with a fine pattern and a matching chain. Adds lots of elegance to the look.

I was looking for a way to wet felt a bag with a tridimentional flower without a need to sew it together. 

This is one of the results I came up with, every time trying to do it differently. 

And one of many, many possible methods to do it.

 I believe that because I have no idea, how other "felters" do it. None whatsoever. I've never seen any tutorials about it. I've already told you I'm a selflerner.Which only shows, that there isn't one and only right way of felting and there are no limits - experience, experiment, imagination, passion, ideas... and anything is possible.