making a felted picture or hanging

This one of the ways I make a felted picture.

I cut all the houses out of prefelt which I had previously made.I then needle felted the doors and windows onto the houses.

 I laid out three layers of white wool as a base.White is best as it acts as a light base darker wools can migrate through.I then started to lay out the road.

 Then the sky with loose fibres then the hills in prefelt.

 The houses and trees were next after some gentle rubbing to keep things in place it was rolled until felted

When rinsed and dried I hand and machine sew the details in  

felted wall hanging

It has been such miserable weather, constant rain.I really need to get out and do some gardening, but the ground is waterlogged and as we have clay soil not easy to deal with.
So I had more time for felting so another wall hanging of quirky houses in a hilly landscape.

I needle felted the windows and doors before wet felting and it was hand embroidered once it was dry.I really like the colours in the sky and was pleased with the end result.

I had to hand sew the backing and sleeve as my machine decided to play up and has had to go for repair.

I also tried my hand at a large flower brooch it is about 10 inches across.Not sure that I would want one that big but they seem popular.Mauve is supposedly this years colour so it seemed to be a good colour to start with.My camera turns anything mauve to more of a blue hue but this photo is quite a good colour match