This is My First Real Wet Felting Success!

I made this heart pocket using the wet felting technique wrapped around patterns. I made the patterns from some card stock covered in plastic wrap. I am pretty happy with the way it came out. Now I just have to figure out what to do with it. I think it might work nicely on a Steampunk style coat.

 This picture is of the back of the heart showing the small pocket on the back.

Here is the first piece I felted. It is the base of the heart and the pocket. I am wet felting it with warm water and dish soap. I agitate the wool fibers with bubble wrap because the texture of the bubble wrap allows the wool to tangle well and the soapy warm water can move under it between the bubbles.

 After I felted the base I made patterns for the superior vena cava, aorta and pulmunary artery from some card stock.

 Here they are after being felted. I cut the molds out of them and then refelted them closed to get rid of the messy ends.

~I needle felted the brown defining lines onto the heart when I was unsatisfied with the definition of all the parts after they were needle felted and then wet felted together. After adding the brown I wet felted it yet again just to make sure everything would hold together strong.