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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Farewell 2012
Well this hasnt been the best year for us with lots of things happened that i do not want repeated for next year. I didnt think i’d accomplished much of anything this year due to illness, floods, ripping our house … Continue reading
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looking back at 2012
Back in January I picked a worked for the year, Breath. I think I managed to do that more or less. Stopping to think about what I want to do. I tried some new felting things and learned to use a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Year End Round Up
Tagged felting, free motion machine stitching, needle felting, nuno felt, silk, stitching, wet felting, wool, year end
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2012 Review
It’s hard to believe it’s almost a year since we posted about our plans for 2012! Looking back over what I’d hoped to achieve I didn’t expect to have done many of them, as the year panned out a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Year End Round Up
Tagged Banana fibre, bird house, bird pod, felt, review, silk paper, Suffolk, wet felt
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Year End Roundup 2012
Time passes so quickly, doesn’t it? It’s hard to believe another year is almost over. It’s fun to review what I have been able to accomplish in the last year and see if I followed my intentions for the year. … Continue reading
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Last Show of the Year Done.
I am not sure how it got to be this late in the year but the calender doesn’t lie. I have finished my last show of the year. I had a bigger booth than usual it was 10×20. Usually I … Continue reading
Posted in Fairs and Shows, Needle Felting, Nuno Felting, Sheep Farming, Uncategorized, Wet Felting, Wool
Tagged booth design, display, felting, lambs
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Around the Web
I hope you are all staying sane in the madness around the holidays. Here are a few fun things I’ve found around the web this week. I hope you enjoy them. The list is a bit short as I’ve been … Continue reading
Yarny Vessel
A few years ago, I wanted to make a felted vessel for my girlfriend, I had an image in my mind of how I wanted it to be, and I wanted it to be ‘perfect’, so it took a few … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Needle Felting, Wet Felting
Tagged felt vessel, needlefelting, sculptural, spinning, vessels, wet felting, wool, yarn
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Alternative Holiday Sales
There are many retail shows based around the holiday season that artists can enter to sell their work. I have noticed some ideas lately for trying out different types of venues or making your own venue to sell during the … Continue reading
Polymer Clay
Does anyone use Polymer Clay in their felting or fibre arts? I know I’ve mentioned using Fimo buttons a few times, but I don’t think I’ve mentioned that I make my own. I first tried Fimo about 20 years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Mixed Media
Tagged buttons, felting, fimo, fimo buttons, handmade, mosaic, pearl ex, polymer clay, sculpey
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Felt Applique
Last week I went back to my class at the Gail Harker Creative Studies Center. For the first part of class, we worked on applique methods. We’re going to make little books out of our samples. All the samples … Continue reading
