>Felt White House

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I just finished putting together the felt foundation for my beaded White House! It's not all stitched together yet, but at least most of the architectural elements are there:

Felt foundation for beaded White House. 17" x 6". Fiber art in progress.

Many people use Lacy's Stiff Stuff for beading, but I use plain old felt. I have tried Lacy's before, and while I don't mind it, but I only use it for small projects. I don't like it for my large relief paintings because it is very expensive, my needle does not pass through it as easily as it does felt, and it isn't very easy to manipulate. As you can see by the photo above, felt just seems to take its own shape naturally. Now all I have to do is add seed beads! :D