Category Archives: sculptural felt

Do Animals Have Emotions?

Posted on August 30, 2019 by

This may seem like a rather philosophical title for a textile blog but please bear with me, I wanted to share a new direction and body of work with you. These thoughts and ideas have been slowly percolating through the … Continue reading →

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Another prefelt seedpod

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

This is a guest post by Kim Winter of Flextiles. A few weeks ago, Ruth posted about how the shape of a seedpod she made using prefelt was influenced by differential shrinkage. I thought I would try out this technique … Continue reading →

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I’ve got rainbows on my mind

Posted on November 23, 2018 by

First of all, happy Thanksgiving to everyone reading this in the US! I hope you had a nice celebration. Today I’m sharing some rainbow-y fibre I created, plus a “throwback” item that I hope you’ll like. Being an indie dyer … Continue reading →

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Chico the needle felted dog

Posted on July 10, 2018 by

Hello, Leonor here. My guest post for today is going to be a simple “show and tell” as the weather here in London is too warm for complicated thoughts! Some of you might be aware that I am a fibre … Continue reading →

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Jan’s 3rd Quarter 2017 Challenge Part 2

Posted on January 27, 2018 by

Part 2 of Jan’s post:  Part 2 create the base and start the octopus Layout the background. I had a bag of mystery white wool and some super wash merino, combining them together, I started my base layer. Then I … Continue reading →

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Jan’s 3rd Quarter 2017 Challenge Part 1

Posted on January 25, 2018 by

My friend Jan really got into the 3rd quarter challenge. She worked on it most of the summer and fall. If you have read other posts by Jan you know she is a great story teller. So, I had to … Continue reading →

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Throwback Post – Texture

Posted on January 13, 2018 by

We were talking about doing some ‘throwback’ posts this year, and while I was giving the site a bit of a tidy-up and adding a new 3D page over the New Year, I came across this one of mine from … Continue reading →

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