Needlefelt Challenge

This is the first time I have taken up a challenge set online. It is from M Embellish, and the subject is 'Sandwich'.

I started by making a sandwich of needle felted
wool with an inner of bought felt (hope that is legal!?) on my embellisher.

Then I cut the sandwich into thin slices.





I laid the slices sideways.








I made a red piece of felt on the embellisher.
I lightly hand needle felted the strips into place, to hold them when using the machine. I wanted a few gaps to let the red show through. Then I used the embellisher on it.













I cut it to size, about 2 by 3 inches. I added a few beads.

I'm quite pleased with it, for a first go. I think it has come out with more definition than it would have if I had simply used pieces of roving on a background. The beads could have been a bit more zingy and there could have been a few more red areas showing through. It is an open sandwich and 'normal' sandwich in one! It will probably appear as a card in due course.