FELTING FINDS!!

Over the last two months members of our guild have been busy felting away and feeding their creative juices.  Despite not being able to meet in person because of Lockdown, members have managed to share ideas, make beautiful pieces and contribute to our Community Outreach Project by making little felted squares and pieces for the children at Brookfield.

Our sharing of ideas and skills was enabled through using Zoom.  Our own Deborah and Sarah made videos demonstrating  particular techniques and incorporating these into small samples to be used as part of our project.

Deborah concentrated her video on adding bumps and holes to the little felt pieces.

Isn't this little octopus simply wonderful?  Deborah shared this as part of Show n Tell at the beginning of her video.  She was making it for her little granddaughter in America. 

No Sarah isn't singing just yet - the camera caught her midflow!

Sarah was showing us all how she made little pockets in felt which hopefully the children will be able to explore.

The videos were then shared with members and at the October and November Felt-ins via Zoom we discussed the techniques and shared some of our work with one another.  While it wasn't as good as the real thing, it has kept us all together and still making felt.

Each video lasted  about thirty minutes and was a great way for us to share things together.  Feltmakers North is very grateful for all the help given to the video making by Deborah's talented son Peter.

These lovely samples were made by an inspired Jane after watching Debbie's video!

And this was made by Cecelia - gorgeous shaped holes for enquiring little fingers. 

Here's a close-up

It's just great that members are beavering away making little pieces.  Soon we'll have enough to begin making up the lap blankets.

I'll just share some photos of other work members have been creating maybe in the hope of providing inspiration for some lovely Christmas gifts!

This image comes from Deirdre who's been experimenting incorporating silk etc into  slashes formed over a sphere. 

  Another of her images.  I love Deirdre's idea of using small scrap pieces of silk to create something very different - well done to her!

The little bags have been created by Deborah and below see her beautiful wrap created with wool threads - simply divine!

This wonderful array of felted pieces comes courtesy of our very own Norma who is becoming a very accomplished feltmaker!

Finally a fabulous collection of little squashes from a very talented Pleasaunce!

Thank you everyone for sharing and looking forward very much to our December Felt-in on the 12th.

Bye for now

Gail