Name: Wet Felt - abstract art samples for stitching
Price: 60 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brackley

Join us to make a wet felted bird, you can choose to make it as realistic or fantastic as you wish. &nbsp;Karen Lane will be teaching us to make a bird in just one day - you can choose from a seated or standing style - if standing the legs will require some homework but full instructions and support will be provided. &nbsp;Karen is Mixed Media Textile Artist with a passion for Feltmaking.&nbsp; She discovered the art of Feltmaking in 2014 and immediately fell in love with the very physical and tactile process of transforming loose soft fibres into a unique piece of seamless felt. &nbsp;Karen is a member of the International Feltmakers Association and runs workshops in Feltmaking and Textile Art both here in the UK and in France.&nbsp;We will provide all materials. &nbsp;Over the day&nbsp;we will be wet felting around resists using Carded Corriedale. Templates will be provided so you will need to decide the style ahead of time. &nbsp;We will discuss ways in which these can be adapted to make a variety of different types of birds. &nbsp;There&rsquo;s also scope for further embellishing your work with hand embroidery if that&rsquo;s something you would like to do.We will provide drinks and cake through the day to keep your felt making stamina up - just bring any felt making equipment you own (we have plenty you can use too) a couple of hand towels &nbsp;and a packed lunch.&nbsp;

Join us to make a wet felted bird, you can choose to make it as realistic or fantastic as you wish. Karen Lane will be teaching us to make a bird in just one day - you can choose from a seated or standing style - if standing the legs will require some homework but full instructions and support will be provided. 
Karen is Mixed Media Textile Artist with a passion for Feltmaking. She discovered the art of Feltmaking in 2014 and immediately fell in love with the very physical and tactile process of transforming loose soft fibres into a unique piece of seamless felt. 
Karen is a member of the International Feltmakers Association and runs workshops in Feltmaking and Textile Art both here in the UK and in France. 
We will provide all materials. Over the day we will be wet felting around resists using Carded Corriedale. Templates will be provided so you will need to decide the style ahead of time. We will discuss ways in which these can be adapted to make a variety of different types of birds. There’s also scope for further embellishing your work with hand embroidery if that’s something you would like to do.
We will provide drinks and cake through the day to keep your felt making stamina up - just bring any felt making equipment you own (we have plenty you can use too) a couple of hand towels and a packed lunch. 

Stitching Kitchen

Wool Sculpture

Felting

Join us for a fun day of felt making creating seated or standing birds with Karen Lane.  

Wet Felt Birds with Karen Lane

General Admission

Welcome to the fascinating alchemy that is wet felting.&nbsp; Starting with wool fibres in a wide range of colours we will create a piece of felt &ndash; which could be a picture or completely abstract. &nbsp;The finished fabric will be suitable to stitch into or just hang on the wall. &nbsp;
During the workshop you will learn all the skills you need to be a successful felter.&nbsp; You will choose the fibres, layer them in the right way and then wet the wool and encourage it to knit together.&nbsp; Once the initial wool tangling has been achieved it is then onto the felting proper, it does take a bit of energy on your part but is worth the effort.&nbsp;
You will take home a finished item at the end of the session and I will keep you motivated with tea and cake!&nbsp;
If you want to continue at home, I always have plenty of wool roving and felting tools in stock.
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&nbsp;What&#39;s included -&nbsp;All materials, tutition, tea and cake
What to bring - Just yourself!

Welcome to the fascinating alchemy that is wet felting. Starting with wool fibres in a wide range of colours we will create a piece of felt – which could be a picture or completely abstract. The finished fabric will be suitable to stitch into or just hang on the wall. 
During the workshop you will learn all the skills you need to be a successful felter. You will choose the fibres, layer them in the right way and then wet the wool and encourage it to knit together. Once the initial wool tangling has been achieved it is then onto the felting proper, it does take a bit of energy on your part but is worth the effort. 
You will take home a finished item at the end of the session and I will keep you motivated with tea and cake! 
If you want to continue at home, I always have plenty of wool roving and felting tools in stock.



 What's included - All materials, tutition, tea and cake
What to bring - Just yourself!

Arts & Crafts

Welcome to the fascinating alchemy that is wet felting.  Starting with wool fibres in a wide range of colours we will create a piece of felt which could be a picture or abstract


Intro to wet felting - felt picture making

General admission

Spend a couple of hours learning to make a protective glasses case at Stitching Kitchen using the wet felting method.

Starting with a range of beautiful merino wool roving and other additions you can select some fluff in your desired colours to create your glasses case. &nbsp;With just water and a little soap we transform the wool fibres into a sturdy protective case for your glasses or sun glasses, this also makes a perfect gift.As always full support and tuition is available from Hannah, tea, coffee and cake is on hand to keep you motivated.

Spend a couple of hours learning to make a protective glasses case at Stitching Kitchen using the wet felting method.

Starting with a range of beautiful merino wool roving and other additions you can select some fluff in your desired colours to create your glasses case. With just water and a little soap we transform the wool fibres into a sturdy protective case for your glasses or sun glasses, this also makes a perfect gift.
As always full support and tuition is available from Hannah, tea, coffee and cake is on hand to keep you motivated.

Wet felting workshop, create a glasses case from merino wool in 2 hours with Hannah at Stitching Kitchen. 

Wet Felt a Glasses case

Join us for a day of fun felting at Stitching Kitchen. &nbsp;Using Merino Wool Fibers you can create you own felt bowl. &nbsp;We will cover different layout and decorative options during the day. &nbsp;You will learn how to create a seamless join so that the bowl is created as one piece of non-woven textile. &nbsp;We can also use multiple resists to create interesting surfaces. &nbsp;
What&#39;s included&nbsp;- All materials, tutition, fun, tea and cake
What to bring&nbsp;- a couple of towels for rolling the felt and keeping your hands dry. &nbsp;A packed lunch, we will stop for a rest at the half way point. &nbsp; I stock all the tools and wool roving you will need to continue at home, &nbsp;you may want to bring your purse.&nbsp;

Join us for a day of fun felting at Stitching Kitchen. Using Merino Wool Fibers you can create you own felt bowl. We will cover different layout and decorative options during the day. You will learn how to create a seamless join so that the bowl is created as one piece of non-woven textile. We can also use multiple resists to create interesting surfaces. 
What's included - All materials, tutition, fun, tea and cake
What to bring - a couple of towels for rolling the felt and keeping your hands dry. A packed lunch, we will stop for a rest at the half way point. I stock all the tools and wool roving you will need to continue at home, you may want to bring your purse. 

Join us at Stitching Kitchen for a day of Wet Felting Fun - you will create your own unique bowl from merino wool fibres.  

Wet Felt Bowl - Wet Felting around a resist

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Whether you have dabbled with Wet Felting before or not this is a great way to include this fantastic craft in your home. You can create a unique lampshade to decorate your home and learn two new skills - Feltmaking and Lampshade making! The lampshades can be used either to hang from a pendant or to top a lamp. 
 
Day One: Using a range of wools in their unseen form with additional fibres such as silk, linen and banana you will design and make a piece of felt fabric. You will learn how to lay the wool and other fibres and apply wet felting techniques to bond the fibres together. At the end of this first half day session you will have a piece of flat fabric which you will go on to make your lampshade with.
 
Day Two: Using the felt fabric prepared in the first session you will make your lampshade. You will have a short while to needle felt or stitch any additional details into your design. Then we will learn how to cut your felt fabric to size, adhere a fire resistant backing and shade rings, to construct your lampshade. This session will give you a basic understanding of how to make a drum lampshade. 
 
This workshop takes place over two part days, please look carefully at the timings for each day.
 
What's included - All materials, tuition, tea and cake
What to bring - your inspiration perhaps a photo or just your colour palette of the room for the lampshade. If you have any interesting fabrics or fibres to include in the piece feel free to bring them along.

Create a unique piece of felt art which is also a lampshade over two part days at Stitching Kitchen

Wet Felt Lampshade Workshop - 2 Part Days

Join us at Stitching Kitchen to discover the magic of dry needle felting, turning wool roving or fluff into a three dimensional creature or bird of your choice. &nbsp;Bring along a reference photo to help create your masterpiece. Whether you are a complete newbie or would like guidance to improve your needle felting skills &ndash; &nbsp;Hannah is on hand to guide you on the path to successful needle felting!&nbsp;
 
During the session you will develop skills and confidence so you leave equipped with all the knowledge, tips and techniques you need to carry on your own needle felting adventure.
 
This workshop is suitable for beginners and deliberately limited in numbers to ensure you get lots of one to one attention. 
What&#39;s included -&nbsp;All materials, tutition, tea and cake
What to bring -&nbsp;reference pictures of the animal or bird you wish to make

Join us at Stitching Kitchen to discover the magic of dry needle felting, turning wool roving or fluff into a three dimensional creature or bird of your choice. Bring along a reference photo to help create your masterpiece. Whether you are a complete newbie or would like guidance to improve your needle felting skills – Hannah is on hand to guide you on the path to successful needle felting! 


During the session you will develop skills and confidence so you leave equipped with all the knowledge, tips and techniques you need to carry on your own needle felting adventure.


This workshop is suitable for beginners and deliberately limited in numbers to ensure you get lots of one to one attention.


What's included - All materials, tutition, tea and cake
What to bring - reference pictures of the animal or bird you wish to make

Create a bird or animal in this needle felting wool sculpture workshop.  Learn a new skills, make friends and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere in the creative space at Stitching Kitchen

Needle felting a bird or animal

Join us for a day of wet felting at Stitching Kitchen. &nbsp;Using Merino Wool Fibers and a range of other prefect, fibres and open weave fabrics you can create a series of felt samples which can then be used for stitching. &nbsp;&nbsp;We will lay out fibres in colours which will form the initial prefelt. &nbsp;We will select colours using colour theory to create a cohesive pallet for your felt samples. &nbsp;Once the initial prefelt is formed we will then cut into shapes and add various textures, colours and fibres to give the abstract felt pieces interest. &nbsp;You may need to complete some of final felting stages are a later date or at home. &nbsp;Once the tiles are fully felted and dry you can decorate them with stitch, paint. &nbsp;We will spend the last part of the day discussing ideas for decoration and also uses for the samples and how to potentially mount or display them. &nbsp;&nbsp;
What&#39;s included&nbsp;- All materials, tutition, fun, tea and cake
What to bring&nbsp;- a couple of towels for rolling the felt and keeping your hands dry. &nbsp;A packed lunch, we will stop for a rest at the half way point. &nbsp; I stock all the tools and wool roving you will need to continue at home, &nbsp;you may want to bring your purse.&nbsp;

Join us for a day of wet felting at Stitching Kitchen. Using Merino Wool Fibers and a range of other prefect, fibres and open weave fabrics you can create a series of felt samples which can then be used for stitching. 
We will lay out fibres in colours which will form the initial prefelt. We will select colours using colour theory to create a cohesive pallet for your felt samples. Once the initial prefelt is formed we will then cut into shapes and add various textures, colours and fibres to give the abstract felt pieces interest. 
You may need to complete some of final felting stages are a later date or at home. Once the tiles are fully felted and dry you can decorate them with stitch, paint. We will spend the last part of the day discussing ideas for decoration and also uses for the samples and how to potentially mount or display them. 
What's included - All materials, tutition, fun, tea and cake
What to bring - a couple of towels for rolling the felt and keeping your hands dry. A packed lunch, we will stop for a rest at the half way point. I stock all the tools and wool roving you will need to continue at home, you may want to bring your purse. 

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Join us at Stitching Kitchen for a full day of Wet Felting  - you will create series of felt samples from merino wool fibres.  

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