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Corinne's favorite beret got ruined the other day, so this week she is going to show us how-to make a felt beret using the ancient technique of wet felting! Perfect for the colder months and would make a fantastic gift for someone this holiday season. Terri's Felting Lessons Website a Video to Us!
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This is me, making felt. One does this for about an hour and voila, a fabulous piece of hand made felt. I've planned another wet felting workshop, and this one will be held in Escondido (California) on Saturday, January 9th from 9:30-12:30 and cost $85, which includes plenty of wool roving for a piece about 18x18& ...
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... Magical Fairy-Tale Puppets for the Snow Fairies. Today we wet felted little mice. We are sewing thin pink felt tails ... out of modeling beeswax so that my students could get a sense of the shape. Then the felting began! I used a variegated grey, black, and white roving. I ... was to lay loose strips of dry wool over the still-wet ball in all directions, wrapping it completely. Then hold the ball ...
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... and property was tragic.
Yesterday I made this piece of wet felting. First time I had made a piece on my own and I enjoyed the ... silks to add some extra color. I can see that I need to stock up on felting supplies as this is quite addictive. My kitties were most intrigued at their mama ... a bird I was making for a friend's birthday. Used some wet felting as the base and lots of delicious crystals. ...
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Wet Felting class was a success. Look at all this beautiful felt these beautiful ladies made!
They didn't understand why we were in my garage, until the hot water was poured and the soap was applied. It's a messy process, but very clean.
Hmm. Now I feel like I should offer a tutorial. Why don't I link to this, instead?
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... bit faster and contrasting color thread might be fun but I just spent about 30min needle felting these on . They are very short fibers, so are a bit
resistant to attaching . I can see a ... trees or for necklace beads . Someone suggested freezing the the spiral log while wet to see if we can get thinner slices and I hope to try that soon .
Here is another choker that I did make a fiber closure for . ...
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