Colourful Cobweb Felt-In January 2019

From left to right, samples of Gail's cobweb scarves, rolling technique, 

Gail demonstrating teasing the felt to create cobweb effect

Saturday the 19th January saw us start the New Year with our own Gail Cooke leading the Felt In on the cobweb technique, to over 24 members.  Gail had lots of scarves and wrap samples to show us.  She demonstrated, using a length of roving and the importance of teasing out the wool to achieve the cobweb effect. Everyone set about making their samples which after laying and teasing was wetted and the rolling commenced- 40 rolls each way- turning continually until all the fibres were holding and meshed together. Then the bubble wrap under the sample was pulled in both directions until the cobweb effect was completed.  This was great learning experience for everyone and many thanks to Gail for all her hard work.

Felt-In Saturday January 19th

A beautiful cobweb wrap made by Gail

The January felt-in will be taken by Gail who will be showing us how to make cobweb felt. In the afternoon we have an extended felt-in. Elaine will be showing you how to make a simple lampshade sleeve to cover a basic IKEA lampshade.

What to bring;

AM Felt-in

• Usual felting gear
• 100's fleece (don't worry if you don't have any as we will be selling it at the sales table on the day)

PM Extended Felt-in

• Usual felting gear
• Gauze, or loose weave cotton 57cm x 47cm
• White (lets the light shine through shade), pale and dark colours of fibres, 100s if possible
• Notebooks to record the method

P.S Remember to bring along your unique creations to show & tell

 

January Workshop Reminder

Happy New Year felting friends. Here we are in 2019 and ready for many more workshops and felt-ins. Just a reminder that we have our improving skills workshop with Jayne and Ann on Saturday 26th January. This is a fantastic opportunity to improve your skills before attending more advanced felting workshops.

Application forms are available in an email sent from Jayne Burgess on 21/12/18. 

Please remember cheques will not be cashed until after the workshop date.

  

To secure your place forward the application form and cheque to Pleasaunce as detailed on the application form.

Places on the workshops are allocated on a first come basis, so don't delay post today!

See you all soon. I will post details soon for our January felt in on Saturday 19th January.

Mandy

New Year Improving Skills Workshop

The Improving Skills Workshop with Ann and Jayne in January. This is a great opportunity to learn or improve on techniques to make your felting experience even more fun!

Application forms are available in an email sent from Jayne Burgess on 21/12/18. 

Please remember cheques will not be cashed until after the workshop date.  Places on the workshops are allocated on a first come basis, so don't delay! 

To secure your place forward the application form and cheque to Pleasaunce as detailed on the application form.  

Felters Festive Fun

The Christmas felt-in commenced with our usual show and tell. Sandy showed her lovely needle felted robin, Christmas trees and snowman. Hazel brought along her twinkling tree decorations from the November felt-in and had transformed one into a beautiful angel with feather wings. All the decoration will look fantastic adorning their Christmas trees. Our new member Cecilia created beautiful small bags with delicate patterns.

Sandy and Hazels show and tell creations

Cecilia showing her beautiful felted handbags

In sparkly festive attire, the panel gave great advice on UFO's (unfinished felted objects). Bronwyn had a delicate length of edged silk she wants to make into a scarf . The panel advised that a single length of fine wool along the centre would bunch up the silk to create a ruffled edge. 
Sarah came with a felted waistcoat from a few years ago. She had cut a piece out to make a flower but Tina rescued the item and tried it on before Sarah's scissors came out again!

The panel, Ann, Gail,Sarah and Elaine advising our members 

Ann also brought along a felted piece of clothing from a past workshop. Gail and Sarah gave advice and even though it suited Ann more turned inside out. Dympna stepped in and offered to re model the item for Ann. Ann also had a colourful silk/felt scarf. She asked for advice on how to felt down the areas of silk that hadn't taken to the fleece. Suggestions included, fine cut fleece along the edges of silk as demonstrated at the Wendy Bailye workshop, free embroidery stitching on a sewing machine and hand embroidered running stiches used in Japanese Bora stitching.

Tina modelling Sarah's felted jacket

Sandy had started to make a needle-felted Kingfisher and wasn't sure how to attach the wings. Dorothy our expert needle-felter agreed that making an armature and felting over it was the best way to shape a bird with outstretched wings. 
Here's a link to a felt artist using armatures for needle-felted animals.
Tina showed her gorgeous felted scarf. All she needs to do is felt the scarf a little more as the fleece fibres were a little loose and not fully felted.
Thank you to our panel Ann, Gail, Sarah and Elaine for their guidance on how to finish items.

We ended the felt-in with a delicious lunch supplied by the committee. A splendid display of tasty food was enjoyed by all.
Keep an eye out for our up and coming workshops in the new year. We have an Improving skills workshop with Jayne and Ann the wonderful Jeanette Sendler visiting from Scotland.

See you in the new year on Saturday January 19th. Gail will be demonstrating cobweb felting and we will have a free felt in the afternoon for personal projects.
Mandy ❅❆

Christmas Felt-in 15th December

Christmas Bring and Buy, UFO Panel & Lunch
A busy felt-in is upon us this weekend. Have you looked through your felting gear, surplus stash, used magazines and books and unfinished felted items?

Remember to bring along your UFO's (unfinished felted objects) to the Saturday felt-in. A selected panel of experienced feltermakers will give advice on how to complete or add to your unfinished items.
You will also have a chance to sell any unwanted felting items at the bring and buy sales table (remember to name and price each item for sale).
To end the day we will relax and have a Christmas buffet lunch together.
Looking forward to seeing you all for some Christmas cheer.

Mandy
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Show & Tell November

We always love to see what our Feltmakers North members are inspired to make in their own time or finish from previous felt-ins. And here are the fantastic show & tell items from November.

Sandy showing her beautiful bag created at a Mandy Nash workshop. Bronwyn's gorgeous rings with beads made at a workshop she attended in Hungary during the summer and Jayne's sumptuous nuno scarf created using dyed silk and fleece from Tree Top Colours in Australia.
Remember to bring along your UFO's (unfinished felted objects) to our December felt-in. A selected panel of experienced feltmakers will give you advice on how to complete or add to your unfinished items to display at our January show & tell.