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Tag: Wool

  • Autumn Felt Making

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    This autumn, we are offering a chance for you to learn (or re-learn!) about the process of making felt fabric from loose wool roving. In this one-afternoon class (about 2 hours) each student will learn the process of felt-making, and produce their own colourful, soft merino wool scarf. Afternoon classes are being offered Sunday October…

  • Puppet Eves

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    At Fleurbain, we are excited to offer a two-evening workshop, in which participants will create a formed puppet out of wet felt. The workshop takes place over two?áTuesday eves in April. The puppet will be a simple “mitten” style, formed seamlessly over a form. The first night?ástudents will learn the?áfeltmaking basics, and create this formed…

  • Merino Felt Scarf workshop

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    In time for winter, for holiday giving, and for the relaxation of craft… here is an opportunity to learn about feltmaking, while making a beautiful creation of your own that is a unique piece of usable fashion. In this workshop, students will learn the technique of making felt fabric from loose wool roving. They will…

  • felt in time for fall

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    We are happy to announce the next fall?áfelt-making workshop:?áMake your own felt wool scarf! Felt is an amazing material. Real felt is made from wool or other animal fibres. It is compressed, agitated, boiled, and manipulated until it becomes a single piece of fabric. Felt was developed in every culture where herding animals were kept,…

  • another four weeks of felt

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    Wanted to get in on Four Weeks of Felt (aka I Love Felt) last time? Well, here is your opportunity! In Four Weeks of Felt, students will learn how to make felt in the wet-felting process. We will make: * a flat project (the ever-popular scarf!) * a simple form that can be crafted into…

  • one-shot workshop: felt scarf

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    One evening,?áTuesday December 6,?á6:30-8:30pm $50, everything included! Felt is an amazing material. Real felt is made from wool or other animal fibres. It is compressed, agitated, boiled, and manipulated until it becomes a single piece of fabric. Felt was developed in every culture where herding animals were kept, and used not only for clothing but…

  • nesting bowls in felt – DIY

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    Felt bowls are cute, no?ádoubt about it. Little fuzzy?ádisplay bowls that can fit into one another, that’s even?ácuter! I decided to make some nesting bowls today, and documented the process to share with you. If you know how to make felt already, and are looking for a craft that will provide you with two or…

  • Sushi Rolled Felt Beads

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    As I mentioned the other week, I am in the midst of?áteaching a course on felt-making. To make the class interesting and varied,?áI’m including?áa range of options for forming loose wool into felt objects. This last week my students and?áI?áformed little “sushi rolls” out of wool. The beads that one makes in this technique end…

  • A Teaching Benefit

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    One?áof the benefits of teaching to fully engaged students?áis the challenges that they?ápresent to?áyou. I am teaching a weekly course on felt-making; the first class for this new group was last week. All of the students were keen to learn, to do, to make. Outside of the enthusiasm that they brought to the class, they…

  • Wet-Felting Book + a tip for a fast, easy craft to do in the meantime!

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    A few months?áago I taught felt-making and other craft techniques to a large group of students. The project was massive, and very rewarding for me to see what the kids could do. While working there I received a pretty neat book as a gift. If you are really motivated to learn a new craft right…