Thanks for your input Lyn.
As far as pet hair is concerned I know of people who have successfully used that when knitting or crocheting.
Belly button lint... hey that's just dirt.
But dryer lint is fibrous, depending on what you put in the dryer.
When the washing machine steam option is used the felted fabric is washed and spun then finished off by steaming it at very high temperature. Then placed in the dryer, to steam dry there, for further shrinking and making it dry cleanable or washable.
I think I will try it out and see what happens.
My idea is to trace an open work design onto the fabric to be felted, let's say pant leg of Jeans.
The design could be several big flowers, the outline, some inner lines and the stamens. It would have to be a design that I could either transfer to the embroidery machine or one that is already in the machine.
The following would be my method.
Trace two velum sheets by a printout of the actual size of the design. Use one to trace the design onto the fabric, the other one used after after felting by machine is done.
You would have to allow for shrinkage, so I would felt the design larger than the embroidery printout.
Glue spray lightly the felted fabric to the jeans. Glue spray lightly the top sheet of the two sheets of washaway in the hoop Place the hoop onto the machine. Tack or pin the felt/jeans to the washaway in the hoop and place a piece of tearaway under the hoop.
Locate the center of the design with the aid of the second design vellum printout, remove vellum, place a *snowman or paper dot over the center. Locate the center with the aid of the *snowman or white dot, with the embroidery machine.
Remove *paper.
Lay a piece of washway or Solvy over everything, and embroider the same design over the Solvy and felted fabric onto the jeans.
Remove hoop. Tear away the tearaway, tear away the washaway, and sponge off the rest of the washaway. Sew up Jean pant leg.
That's my idea. seems like it should work.
Roslyn Zencker
Scottsdale, AZ
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