Monday, 30 March 2015
Felt Bag Workshop
Just wanted to share some photos from a felt bag-making session yesterday with Vickie, a local lady who was keen to learn felt-making. She was a great student and made a fantastic shoulder bag - here are some before and after pics!
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'Pine Needles' Nuno Felting
I spent an enjoyable (but hard work!) 2 days last week on a fantastic feltmaking course with Leiko Uchiyama as part of the
International Feltmakers Association annual get-together at The Friars,
Aylesbury. We used her 'pine needles' technique to make nuno-felted
wraps and scarves. It took about a day and a half to lay out the fleece (or 'pine needles' as Leiko calls it) in an intricate design, then half a day to do the wet-felting. It was great to learn a new technique - it always amazes me how much variety there is in
felting. Here are a few photos of my work in progress and my finished
scarf.
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Sunday, 25 January 2015
January Jewellery Workshop
Just spent an enjoyable day making felt beads with 3 talented ladies. We wet-felted beads in a variety of colours and sizes, then threaded them on cord to make necklaces and bracelets. Here are the attendees modelling their jewellery sets at the end of the day - well done to all!