loooong ago ... and a new felting exchange start

November was rushing by

and the last month of the year is nearly upon us !

Time flies ...

That was what I thought 

when I received, a few weeks ago

an invitation for a reunion.

This photograph,

of a looooong time ago,

was put on FB ...

and it started the search for others who were in that class

in 1971 !

Some of the children of those days

which are adults of 50 now

still live here in this village

(like I still do ...

and that very young teacher was me)

Yesterday I met with a lot of those "little pupils" ...

I had a hard time recognizing some

and knew others right away !

(one of the "girls" even came all the way from Rome

where she has lived for 25 years)

IT  WAS  REALLY  FUN !

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I finished and send away the four extra felted jewels

that were on commission

The end of November also meant 

that I needed to hurry finishing  my piece for the new

felting exchange !!!

The theme was 

"fish"

and it had to be bigger than the postcard size

of the last two years :

20 x 20 cm !

The start with some prefelt and a cobweb bit

There were more prefelt bits  for the fish 

and on the back I put two more layers for strength.

In the end it turned out the prefelt for the sea horse

was absolutely too thick ...

But :

with the stitching finished ...

a bit fuzzy

but definitely a sea horse

(I think)

Tomorrow it will go in the mail !