Name: Make your own Lampshade.
Price: 40 GBP
Availability: InStock

Brackley

<p id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">Whether you have dabbled with Wet Felting before or not this is a great way to include this fantastic craft in your home. &nbsp;You can create a unique lampshade to decorate your home and learn two new skills - Feltmaking and Lampshade making! &nbsp;The lampshades can be used either to hang from a pendant or to top a lamp.&nbsp;<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">&nbsp;<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">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.<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">&nbsp;<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">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. &nbsp;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.&nbsp;<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">&nbsp;<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">This workshop takes place over two part days, please look carefully at the timings for each day.<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">&nbsp;<p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77); box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(78, 77, 77);">What&#39;s included -&nbsp;All materials, tuition, tea and cake<p style='margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box;' fr-original-style='margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);'>What to bring -&nbsp;your inspiration perhaps a photo or just your colour palette of the room for the lampshade. &nbsp;If you have any interesting fabrics or fibres to include in the piece feel free to bring them along.

Description
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. 




What you will learn/achieve
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.
You will use Stitching KItchen's fully equipped studio.
Please note that this workshop is held in our light and spacious first floor studio at Stitching Kitchen, which is accessible by stairs.   




About your tutor
Hannah is the owner of Stitching Kitchen. She has a wealth of experience in all aspects of sewing and embroidery and loves to share her skills.





If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch.




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A wonderful way to upcycle old fabrics and create your very own Christmas wreath at the same time. You will be using the Shaggy Rag Rug technique to create your own rag rug wreath. 
Join us to learn one of the basic rag rugging techniques and to cut your strips to make the most of your scrap fabric. This old English tradition is the ultimate in up-cycling, using rags, fabric strips and clips of old clothes to create a festive wreath to adorn your home.
What's included - You will be provided with the hessian and a supporting back board and a rag rug hook to take away. Full instruction and help on hand from Hannah together with a cuppa and cake to keep you fuelled up and ready to create! You can dip into the Stitching Kitchen Stash to create the fabric strips but feel free to bring any Christmas coloured old clothes to add to your wreath.
What to bring - if you wish you can bring along fabrics to include in your project. I stock the spring tool which you might want to upgrade to and a range other craft kits and equipment, you may want to bring your purse. 

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Everything is included in this workshop including Ringtons teas, and coffee. We may even have some absolutely delicious Ringtons bisqueets, if we haven't already eaten them.... They are, Oh so scrumptious.

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