Category Archives: resists

Felted Case

Posted on December 15, 2018 by

This week, I made a case for my best friend’s birthday. I made it all in one piece using a resist. I laid out a piece of silk on the resist first so that the back inside had a nice … Continue reading →

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Finished Slippers and Something New

Posted on December 13, 2018 by

I had planed to do a post about The Holiday Card I sent to Ruth  but it hasn’t arrived at her house yet so I don’t want to spoil the surprise. Instead plan B. As promised  some pictures of the … Continue reading →

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Felted slipper class

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

This last Saturday I taught a slipper class to 6 lovely ladies. I gave them a choice of templates, so there were different types of slippers being made at the same time. We used the one that looks like bunny … Continue reading →

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Next Steps Putting Together the Bags.

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

Last time I showed you the parts of the bags ready to be put together.   https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2018/06/04/making-some-more-little-bags/ Now I will show you how I do it. First I wet one side. I use the resist to press the wool down and … Continue reading →

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Making Some More Little Bags

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

I haven’t had much time to felt and today I finally got some time to start some new little bags. The last time I made little bags I forgot to add the spikes that end up as the closures so … Continue reading →

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Techniques for Intermediate Felters Class-The Afternoon

Posted on March 24, 2018 by

Last time I talked about the first half of the class, class-the-morning  In the afternoon they did one large sample of many things. They used foam tubes and lots of inclusions. There were two resists sticking up and spikes They added some silk … Continue reading →

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Techniques for Intermediate Felters Class- the morning.

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

On Saturday I was teaching Techniques for Intermediate Felters.  It is a sample class. First we talked about how felt shrinks and then  did ruffled edges. As an aside it was Jan’s ( top right) birthday and the class was one … Continue reading →

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