Manhattan girl - a wool painted bag with a city landscape

Manhattan,

There is a huge picture hanging on one of my walls for years, 

my other half and I - bold and beautiful - and the Manhattan skyline in the background - taken of the New Jersey side of the Hudson, 

a skyline so much different that the one on the bag - wouldn't dare to use it felting today.

It's a very important picture, an unforgetable experience, wonderful memories, 

a great place to travel with my next pictorial bag.

Another bag with the city landscape. Handmade, wet felted, dry felted.

It took a lot of work to lay out the picture. After the process of wet felting, I used the needle to finish the buildings and to dry felt the girl with the curly blonde hair. The merino wool, silk, bamboo and linen mostly in all shades of blue - from the colors of the sky to the deepest tones of the river. 

If you remember, I've already presented this exact picture in one of my posts. 

It took me a while to finish the bag. 

For a reason.

And here is the trouble maker - the metal frame, simple in it's form - seems innocent and easy to be used. But don't let it fool you. I made so many attempts to attache it to the bag, I almost gave up.

Good thing, I'm stubborn enough to finally find my own way with it because I really like the bag. Colors of merino wool match my casual wardrobe and the bag is great for my every day errands.

It is my personal bag, I wear it almost every day

but I kind of dedicate the idea of it to all my readers from the USA who actually make the second largest group of people following my blog, right after the Polish one.