Category Archives: Wet Felting

Felted Flowers

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

It has been busy around here as we are starting at a new Farmers’ market this weekend and we have been getting ready. This was difficult because they hadn’t sent us any thing about being accepted until a few days … Continue reading →

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Mixed Media Piece From Felt Scraps

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Last year I was talking about sorting my felt and fibre scraps into categories. I sorted my felt offcuts by size ranging from long and wide to short and narrow. This photo shows them. I was trying to work out … Continue reading →

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Preparing to Teach

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

If you teach classes, you already know how much work it is to prepare for a class. But for those of you who haven’t tried your hand at teaching, I thought you might be interested in the preparations that go … Continue reading →

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Classes at the Conference

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

This last weekend I was teaching at the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners biannual conference. Here are pictures of the Nuno felting class. There where only 3 people in this class. It was a preconference class. The full conference started that evening with … Continue reading →

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Sewing and Experimenting

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

I’ve been trying to continue with the things I learned during Ruth’s challenge for getting 5 minutes of fibre time into each day. I don’t always manage that and often end up with one or two days where I have … Continue reading →

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Coppery Bronze Felt

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

I hadn’t handmade any new felt for a few months until this week. I knew I’d have a spare couple of days for doing layouts and felting, so I went through my supplies and got a few things together. I … Continue reading →

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Synthetic Fibres and Fabrics

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

A couple of felt pieces I chose to make into things for etsy recently were both made using nylon fibres. This first piece has crimped nylon fibre which I dyed myself, blended with merino tops. The felt had a really … Continue reading →

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Making Things

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

I mentioned recently that I had a look through my box of felt pieces to make things with. I think I put as many pieces back as I kept out (I think anyone who makes felt knows how hard it … Continue reading →

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Latest Projects

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

I decided to take the plunge and open an Etsy shop. Don’t worry, that doesn’t mean I’m going to start making sticks with feathers and crystals stuck to them or adding ironic moustaches to all my notebooks   Lyn was … Continue reading →

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Bird Houses are Moving Along

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

Bird houses are moving along. After I cut the holes I rolled them a little I put them in to some pantyhose tops for a trip through the dryer to get some of the fulling done.  They have balloons inside … Continue reading →

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