July 2020
Toss n Tell – July 18th
We have double demos this month! Shrinkage Rates Vs Percentages with Soosie Jobson and Felt Flowers with Sara Quail
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August 2020
SOLD OUT!!! Circular Scarves with Sara Quail
In this one-day workshop, we will make a light and airy cobweb scarf in a circular format. Different ways of creating a cobweb effect will be explored, using extra fine merino wool roving and other fibres. Emphasis will be on good felting and fulling techniques to create a fine thin felt and creating the loop successfully. Fabulous for general use, this versatile scarf can be worn in a number of ways. A great travel accessory or gift idea. While economical…
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Needle Felting
This session will teach the basics of needle felting and how it can be used to make a 3D figure such as an animal or doll, or to add designs onto a prefelt prior to wet felting. Jean and Sue will introduce the equipment in the needle felter’s tool kit and how to use it. Samples ‘made in this session will include a needle felted design on piece of flat prefelt, and making a needle felted eyeball. After this session…
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September 2020
Wrap – Elevation & Plan – Techniques in reversible design with Soosie Jobson
In this workshop participants will use the Elevation & Plan approach to create a cohesive design on a reversible garment that has elegant drape. We will use a resist shape that can be used to produce multiple styles and, when combined with our inspired designs, participants will create a piece of wearable art. Reversible garments have extra considerations in both design and construction. From a design perspective there are 2 surfaces to adorn which gives double the opportunity for embellishment…
Find out more »Layering up prefelts and differential shrinkage
Join Jean and Sue to learn how multiple layers of prefelt at different stages of the felting process can be used to form three dimensional shapes. A light prefelt will only have shrunk a little bit, whilst a firm prefelt will have shrunk quite a lot. When prefelts at different stages are felted together the differential shrinkages create a three-dimensional form. Techniques will be shown to attach prefelts that are at different stages of the felting process. One…
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