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Online Felting Fantasy Fish Class with Galina Titova in October

Online Felting Fantasy Fish Class with Galina Titova in October

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We are excited to announce a new online class with Galina Titova of Gone Felting, Felting Fantasy Fish beginning October 4, 2016. You can read more about the class and sign up here.

Fish 1

Galina creates wonderful felted fish and is now going to share her methods with 15 students. Sign up quickly so you don’t miss out on getting one of the 15 spaces available. Learn to make felted fantasy fish in this three week online class. Each week you will learn to create a different fish and move from a simple design up to more advanced fish with different surface design techniques. Every week Galina will provide more examples of fish with the same elements used in different ways to create various effects.

red fish

The class is for intermediate felt makers who are comfortable creating felt pods or vessels over a flat resist. The cost for the 3 week course is $60.00 US. Sign up for Felting Fantasy Fish here. 

Fish 2

We will also be giving away one class spot for free. To enter to win, share this post on social media such as Facebook, Instagram or your own blog and receive one entry per social media share. Leave a comment below with where you shared the post. You must leave a comment here to be entered to win. The drawing will be held on September 25th  and the winner announced here on September 26th. Good Luck!

Don’t forget that we have other online classes available for sign up including Print, Stencil, Play with Thickened Dye on Felt and Wet Felting for Beginners.

Announcing New Online Class and a Giveaway!

Announcing New Online Class and a Giveaway!

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My new online class Print, Stencil and Play with Thickened Dye on Felt is finally ready! It is the third module of Embellishing Felt with Surface Design Techniques – A Mixed Media Approach. The cost for the 4 week course is $45.00 (US). The first offering of the course is September 16, 2016. To register for the course, please fill out the contact us form here.

PSP Front Page

Do you love to experiment and play? This class is going to be a lot of fun as you learn how to make thickened dyes and a variety of ways to apply thickened dye to felt or silk. You’ll learn how to make stamps, stencils and various mark making techniques.

waterlily

For more information about the course, check out the class page here. 

Finished Stenciled Fish on Felt

Now for exciting news! I am giving away one free class slot for this class. To enter to win, share this post on social media such as Facebook, Instagram or your own blog and receive one entry per social media share. Leave a comment below with where you shared the post. You must leave a comment here to be entered to win. The drawing will be held on September 9th and the winner announced here on September 10th. Good Luck!

And remember, our Wet Felting for Beginners online class is always available. So if you’re just starting to felt and want to learn the basics, go here and sign up. 

Last Chance and Stitching on Printed Felt

Last Chance and Stitching on Printed Felt

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Felted Concertina Hat by Teri Berry

It’s your last chance to sign up for Teri Berry’s Felted Concertina Hat online class today. There are only a couple of spots left, so first come, first served. It’s going to be a really great class so if you’ve always wanted to know how to make a concertina type hat, you should sign up now. Registration will close tonight and the class starts on August 11th. Click here for more information. 

Water Lily

I have been busy creating my next online class Print, Stencil, and Play with Thickened Dye on Felt. It will be ready soon and I’ll be announcing the dates of the class and opening the registration by the end of August. (Keep an eye out here or send me a note on our contact us form if you’re interested in taking the class.) So I have lots of samples and in my “spare” time I have been stitching on them to give that finishing touch.

Close Up of Stitching

The water lily is getting highlights added with hand stitch. The outline stitch is stem stitch and the little bitty stitches are seed stitches.

Here’s some felt that was screen printed several times and then I stenciled the falling leaf design with green screen printing ink. The ink was a bit too dark (on the left) so I added a bit lighter green with colored pencil and veins with a gel pen. I also did a bit of free motion stitching on the machine around the edges of the leaves. They show up a little better now.

Close Up of Leaves

So don’t be shy about using other forms of art media to add to your felt. Just give it a try to see what happens!

 

 

 

 

Making some progress and free give away reminder

Making some progress and free give away reminder

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I want to remind everyone you only have a few days left to enter the free draw for a spot in Terri’s Concertina Hat Class. The last day to enter is July 28. Just follow the link. https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2016/07/16/online-felted-concertina-hat-class-with-teri-berry-in-august/

I finished my triangle scarf this week.

The wool side

finished orange and purple shawl wool side finished orange and purple shawl wool side close

The silk side

finished orange and purple shawl silk side finished orange and purple shawl silk side close

There wasn’t that much shrinkage as it is very cobwebby on the wool side.

I finished the prefelt for the building on a Picture I am working on.

prefelt for picture.

I cut some circles to make little earbud pouches.  Sorry I can’t right now remember who had this great idea to use scrap piece for felt for this. I want to keep my square credit card reader in one.

circles for pouches

I made 2 pieces specially to cut up.

felt for cutting1 felt for cutting1 close angle felt for cutting 2 felt for cutting 2 close angle

I love the way the silk throwsters waist seems to hover on the felt even though it is well attached. The blue one isn’t firm enough so I will rewet it and full it some more.

I also started 2 more. I laid the wool out first. The first one I used on large piece of silk  on top . I added the roving so you could see the colour. I wanted something a little more “masculine”.

peice for cutting dry

The other one I want more texture from the silk so I had to wet the back ground so the silk would stay where and how I put it. I then added some synthetic yarn and put tiny amounts of wool to bridge it and hold it down.  I really like how it looks so I think I will make a scarf in the same design. It is very dark in the picture because it is wet.

peice for cutting 2 wet peice for cutting 2 close angle wet

So that’s been my week in felt.  I hope you have been able to play with some fibers too. Don’t forget to enter the draw for a free hat class.

Online Felted Concertina Hat Class with Teri Berry in August

Online Felted Concertina Hat Class with Teri Berry in August

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We are excited to announce that we have a new online class available by Teri Berry.  Here’s what Teri has to say about her class. This four-week, hat making course will initially guide you through the different options for hat blocks (from DIY to the extravagant!) and choosing one to fit. Although this module is technically week 1, I will send it out on receipt of payment so you have as much time as possible to make or buy a hat block if you don’t already have one.

Week 2 will focus on making a stylish or quirky concertina hat and will include guidance on how to create a resist for your head size, how to add a felted “pig tail”, creating a brim and forming sharp folds that remain in place. I will also describe how I blend colours and make the “silk stripes” used on some of my hats.

In week 3 we will make a super-cute snail hat. This tutorial is a must for anyone who hates rolling! I will provide my template for you to enlarge to your hat size (I will provide a useful technique that can be used to enlarge items of clothing that you would like to make in felt but need to allow for the shrinkage). I will then go on to explain how to make the eyes on stalks and securely attach them to the hat as well as well as how to create the shell and shape snail’s foot to form a brim for your hat.

Week 4 will be an opportunity to catch up or make another hat, I will provide examples of other hats and their template designs that used the concertina method which you are welcome to copy or, if you prefer, I am very happy to help you design your own hat using this method. The possibilities are almost endless!

For further information about this wonderful hat making course click here.

If you share a link to this post on your Facebook, Twitter or blog and leave a comment here indicating where you shared it, you will be entered into a prize draw for a free place in this class. If you have already paid for a place and win, your payment will be refunded. The cut off date for entries into the drawing is July 28th. The winner will be announced here on August 1st. If all 30 class places have been filled by July 28th, the winner will be chosen from those who have already paid and shared the post on social media. Good luck!

For those of you that are beginning felt makers, remember that our introduction felting class is always available here.

 

Odds & Ends

Odds & Ends

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I’ve got several announcements today. The first is that our shop here on The Felting and Fiber Studio is open for business. There are tutorials and e-books by Zed and I. My book, The Complete Photo Guide to Felting, is also available but it doesn’t make much sense to ship it overseas as it costs as much for shipping as it does for the book. I will be adding more tutorials as I get them completed. These are the original projects that were meant to go in the book but were not included. So I have more that will be on nuno felting and wet felting.

In case you don’t read my personal blog, this is another entry I made for Ann’s 2nd quarter scrap challenge. It is inspired by my recent trip to Hawaii.

The second announcement is that I have started working on my next online class which will be stenciling, stamping and playing with thickened dye on felt. I plan on having the class ready to go in the fall. I have been carving some sample stamps. This is the first one. I developed this stamp from a photograph I took behind our house several years ago.

And here is a second one that I used the idea from one of my sketches. I developed this design from a set of curtains.

Original Leaf Sketch

This is the original sketch of the design.

aa wet felting FOR BEGINNERS 3 PART COURSE

The last announcement is to remind everyone that our Wet Felting for Beginners Online course is always available now. If you’re just finding us, this is a great class to learn wet felting. You can sign up here.

Oh and Happy Friday the 13th!

 

2nd Quarter Challenge and Last Chance to Sign up for Next Online Class

2nd Quarter Challenge and Last Chance to Sign up for Next Online Class

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I seem to be a little stuck on landscapes lately. When I first read Ann’s 2nd Quarter Challenge I immediately thought I could do a stitched strip landscape. I have seen these in a variety of formats either with fabric or paper. So I decided I wanted to do one with felt scraps. I have lots of strips of felt that were cut off the edges of things and most I can’t even remember what half of the projects were to begin with.

Scrap Challenge Scraps

I got out all my scraps and sorted them into color piles. Some of these scraps were screen printing scraps and others from a variety of projects. The table these are laying on is 6 feet long to give you an idea of how many scraps I have.

Scrap Challenge Backing

I cut a piece of thin interfacing for a background. Some of my felt scraps were pretty thick so I didn’t want anything thick for the background as it wouldn’t fit under the sewing machine easily. Luckily, I cut this larger than 5″ x 7″ because it worked out that the landscape will fit in a 5″ x 7″ matt which is a standard size here in the US. I then started auditioning different scraps to make a landscape.

Scrap Challenge Layout

This is the layout that I came up with. The bottom brownish green felt is really thick and I was a bit worried it wouldn’t work but decided to just try it anyways. The sky and the felt right under the mountains were screen printed scraps.

Scrap Challenge Stitching Middle Layer

I started by stitching the screen printed scraps that were towards the middle of the landscape. I didn’t tack anything down but just stuck it under the sewing machine and free motion stitched the pieces down. I cut off the ends hanging over each edge as I went along.

Scrap Challenge Top Half Stitched

Here it is after stitching down the sky and then the mountains. I didn’t try to add much detail with the stitching, I really stitched just enough to hold the pieces down.

Scrap Challenge Adding Foreground

On the orange piece closer to the foreground, I did add a little bit of stitched detail representing grasses.

Scrap Challenge Finished Machine Stitching

Here’s what it looked like after I finished the machine stitching. I put it under a matt to cover the rough edges. It seemed like it needed a bit more in the foreground.

Scrap Challenge - Add Hand Stitching?

Here in Montana in the spring, we have a plant called Beargrass. I decided to add a stalk of Beargrass to the foreground. This shows the cut up pieces of white felt being auditioned.

Scrap Challenge Complete

I hand stitched a stem and leaves and then stitched each small piece of white felt down by hand with white thread. And this is the finished landscape. The pile of scraps I started with hasn’t shrunk in the least so I’m sure I could make another 8-10 landscapes with the rest of the scraps and still have some to spare. I do have some other unfinished projects that I might also work on with this challenge. Maybe I can do one for each month of the challenge. I will post my results if I do more.

Module 1 of Embellishing Felt with Surface Design Techniques - A Mixed Media Approach, Online Course by Ruth Lane

Don’t forget that today is the last day to sign up for my online class Nuno Felting with Paper Fabric Lamination that begins on Friday, April 29th. You can sign up here.  It’s going to be a fun class so I hope you’ll join me.

 

Module 1 of Embellishing Felt with Surface Design Techniques - A Mixed Media Approach, Online Course by Ruth Lane
Nuno Felting with Paper Fabric Lamination Online Class Begins April 29th

Nuno Felting with Paper Fabric Lamination Online Class Begins April 29th

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I am offering my online class Nuno Felting with Paper Fabric Lamination beginning April 29th.

Module 1 of Embellishing Felt with Surface Design Techniques - A Mixed Media Approach, Online Course by Ruth Lane

The class is 4 weeks plus an extra two weeks of instructor support. You can sign up for the class and see all the pertinent information here.  The fee for the class is $45 which includes weekly PDF’s and videos.

Stitching on Nuno Felt

You can use stencils or silk screens to make paper fabric laminated pieces to be added into felting with the nuno felting process. I like to add stitching to my finished pieces. The piece above has had machine stitching added.

hand stitched cracked paint nuno web

This is one of the samples that I made in the class videos. I cut it into pieces and added hand stitching to this piece.

Nuno Felted Paper Fabric Lamination Post Card

This is a Christmas post card that I made using this technique and sent off in our annual Christmas exchange on the forum a couple of years ago. If you’d like to learn this technique, sign up for the class now.

aa wet felting FOR BEGINNERS 3 PART COURSE

For those of you just joining us, don’t forget that the Wet Felting for Beginners course is available at any time. Just sign up and you’ll get unlimited access to this course.

 

 

 

Experimental Screen Printing Online Class

Experimental Screen Printing Online Class

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I am excited to announce that the second module of Embellishing Felt with Surface Design Techniques – A Mixed Media Approach is scheduled for January 22, 2015. The second module is Experimental Screen Printing.

Samples of Screen Printed Felt

All of the felt in the photo above is a screen printed sample that I made during my preparations for the class. In this class you will learn how to make your own screen and print board, learn how to thicken dye and steam the felt after screen printing and numerous screen printing techniques. For more information about the class and to sign up, please see the class information page.

I love to experiment with different techniques and I will show you how to screen print but also encourage you to experiment with combining various techniques. You will learn how to create printed felt or silk that is uniquely your own. I will show you how screen printing is easy to do and how you can use items from around the house to create wonderful printed surfaces.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to leave me a comment. I hope you’ll consider joining me for the course as it is going to be a lot of fun. To sign up for the course, please fill out the contact form on the class page here.

Remember, the course will begin on Friday, January 22, 2016. There will be four weeks of course material and then an extra 2 weeks to access all the course materials and videos. I will be available throughout the full six weeks to answer questions and provide tutor support. The cost of the course is $45 US.

If you have someone who still is looking for a good idea for a Christmas present for you, wouldn’t this make a nice present? Just have them put your relevant information in the contact form and I will bill them for your class and send you an e-mail notifying you of the gift.

I would appreciate it if you would share this on social media to spread the word. Thanks!

Wet Felting For Beginners Online Workshop

Wet Felting For Beginners Online Workshop

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Our next “Wet Felting for Beginners” online workshop will start on Friday June 19th. It’s a 3 week course developed to give absolute beginners a good foundation on which to develop their wet felting skills. Not only are there the expected ‘How to Felt’ instructions, but there are also simple exercises designed to show what happens when wool felts under different conditions so you can control the outcome. There is also lots of info on using different types of wool and animal fibres, tips for inexpensive tools, alternate techniques etc. For more info on the course, have a look here: http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/classes/wet-felting-for-beginners/ There is all the information you need, including what ‘equipment’ and supplies you’ll need and there’s also a link to a simplified supplies list.

wet felting FOR BEGINNERS flyer JUNE 2015 SMALLIf you’d like to sign up for the course, please use the Contact form at the bottom of the Class information page. Don’t forget to include your PayPal email address in the specified field. Once payment is received, you will receive an email with all the information you’ll need.

Our first class was really successful, if you’d like to read testimonials from some of the students, please have a look on our main Online Classes information page: http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/classes/  You can also have a look at some of the work produced by students on the gallery page: http://feltingandfiberstudio.com/classes/wet-felting-for-beginners/wet-felting-for-beginners-student-gallery/

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.