Category Archives: Tutorials

Ice Dyeing – A Quick How To

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

My local fiber art group did some ice dyeing yesterday and I thought you might like to try it. It’s a simple process, doesn’t take long and gets great results.   The supplies needed are ice, cotton or silk fabrics, … Continue reading →

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Giveaway—Beyond Nuno PDF e-book

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

As a big Thank You for all the support I’ve had since I started felting and blogging, I’m giving away a copy of my new PDF e-book called Beyond Nuno. It’s all about using different fabrics in wet felting, why … Continue reading →

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Batch Editing Photos

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

One thing that a lot of us who share photos on the internet have in common, is that we can spend hours editing them. Almost every time I do a blog post, I have around 5 or 6 photos that … Continue reading →

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Changing the Design of a Nuno Felt Shrug

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

In the spring I made some shrug jackets using a pattern I saw in a book about making simple garments with your weaving. I don’t weave but I can felt a rectangle instead of weaving it.  You would think that I … Continue reading →

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Hat Making Class

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

I thought a hat making class last saturday. We had a great time and everyone had a wonderful hat at the end. I forgot to take pictures till the end. After a year of blogging you would think I would … Continue reading →

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Making Felted Soap

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

I have a show coming up soon and I am almost out of felted soap. They are always popular at Christmas time. Here you can see some of my bins of small amounts of different colours, the pieces of nylon … Continue reading →

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Felt Bubbles

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

A while back I went to a felting friends for a few days fun.  She showed me how to make bubbles and cut them  open to great effect. Here are the pictures of what I did. First of course I laid out some wool to felt. … Continue reading →

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Dyeing Some Waste

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Dyeing some waste.  Throwsters waste that is and I suppose it must have been trash at some point or they wouldn’t call it that. Throwing is was they call reeling silk for thread and this is the left over little bits.  I … Continue reading →

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Felted Cat Cave, A Quick How To

Posted on July 19, 2012 by

I have been wanted to make a cat cave for sometime now. I decided it needed to be bright. I picked some Blue Faced Leicester  wool so it would be strong and dyed it chartreuse. Then I picked some purple and … Continue reading →

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Handmade Greetings Cards Using Felt

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

I was talking about making things from spare felt recently. I never throw any pieces of felt away, however ugly or small. Even the tiniest slivers cut from the edges of felt get saved up for re-using, usually between the … Continue reading →

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