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   dayenu | Sep 28, 2007 07:14pm | #1

   and here is a blue one- each is hand dyed and hand felted wool with hand dyed locks and hand beading inside.

    

    

   
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   moira | Sep 29, 2007 01:06am | #2

   These look lovely - beautiful colours - and as if they were fun to make - but what are 'geodes'?? This is a new word in my vocab!

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   dayenu | Sep 29, 2007 03:46am | #3

   a geode is a rock that when split open  reveals an orbit of crystals. from the outside they are drab lumps and inside is a secret... hence my felted/beaded version.

   I am exploring felt as a medium. and this week I started a weaving class.

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   solosmocker | Sep 29, 2007 07:52pm | #4

   I love these. Your secret treasures are so cool. Are they fastened to the wool or is this a receptacle of some sort? What is the size? Thanks. solo

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   dayenu | Sep 30, 2007 12:22am | #5

   these fit in one hand. I am working on making then about 6-8 inches diameter and finding a way to install a light inside them. I think as a grouping they would be quite nice.  Thanks.

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   stitchintime | Sep 30, 2007 12:33pm | #6

   If you made them smaller, you could attach some sort of pin to the back and use them as decorative lapel pins or decorate a felt beret with them.

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   dayenu | Sep 30, 2007 07:34pm | #7

   if they were smaller i couldn't fill them with the beads. for lapel decorations I use felted flowers or small medallions that are flat and beaded extensively. I also make small pins with punch needle ( igolochkoy) silk thread on silk noile. Plus the drab outer part is shellaced witha mixture of floor polish and white glue to make it feel like a geode when you pick it up. rough and crusty.

   but they would make excellent tree ornaments so I am making a whole bunch to send to friends.

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   stitchintime | Sep 30, 2007 08:30pm | #8

   "for lapel decorations I use felted flowers or small medallions that are flat and beaded extensively."

   That's what I thought they were from the pictures. My mistake. But we are thinking along the same lines. They are very pretty.