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New Felt Making Course

Sample showing fabrics and soft felt cirlces

 Felt Making Course

I am so excited to announce a new course starting on Thursday evenings at The Mansion in Totnes, for 8 evenings.

To book visit www.devon.gov.uk/adultlearning or phone MyDevon on 0845 155 1014 or you could pop into The Mansion in Fore Street in Totnes.

The vital information is Course Code: TT1004FS

Start Date  Thursday 27 September 6.30 - 9 pm


The fun bit!

You will find out how to source resources and process if necessary - for example you may have some lovely sheep with gorgeous soft fleece but not have a clue how to make this ready for felting.  You will need to find out how to do this safely.

Using the wet felting method, you will make samples finding out how to add in other fibres - silk, camel, soya, bamboo or yarns and threads or fabrics such as gauze or chiffon.

Carding and blending fleece to create colours and textures.

Knowing how to design with felt so that your hat fits!

You will record your work in a sketchbook.

Fabric in Felt Sandwich Cut and Stiched

Hand Stiched Felt Sample

'Nuno' Felt Sample

 Hope to see you there!

Busy Creating

Slowly getting the hang of getting photos up onto the blog.  Managed to do it all wrong earlier in the week - the technophobe-dinosaur is slowly learning new tricks.  Here are pix from felt-making workshops - this first one was from last summer but put up here for Theresa who came along on Wednesday to the workshop at Newton Abbot.

Flower Felt Corsages

We wrapped sponge shapes with fleece, and then wet felted them to make 3D felt.  Different sizes, shapes and fibres used.

Felt pots, bowls and a purse

Sheila brought along a picture of a landscape which she interpreted in felt - she made soft felt first, which she cut into strips, and wove these placing them on a white background.  This workshop was at Growers Organics in Yealmpton where they are using a specially kitted out polytunnel for crafty workshops - they've also got a composting loo, chickens, veggie garden, and organic plants.

Woven landscape

Here is a picture of silk paper made by Alison at another of the workshops in Newton Abbot, at the new Passmore Edwards Centre (its amazing - worth visiting just to admire a newly refurbished public building with a large collection of information about railways and trains.

Silk paper is so easy to make, and then it can be used in other projects - stitching, book making, felt-making.....

Alison's silk paper - hope you don't mind me using the pics, I forgot to take any!