Feltmaking Workshop Dates 2011/12
I've been fascinated with feltmaking for quite some time and I hope that you'll come along to a felt workshop and catch the bug.
Booking: You can book online using the buttons below, or to pay by cheque contact me by email or on 07745 160090.
Saturday February 4th - Felt bags
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Bradley Village Hall, Lidget Road, Bradley BD20 9DS (get map)
Cost: £38.00
Make a seamless felt handbag with integral; handle and flap. No seams, no sewing. For those who've made a basic bag before we'll add internal and external pockets. Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 10
Wednesday February 29th - Introduction to needle felting
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Studio Day in Ilkley, W.Yorkshire
Cost: £38.00
Needle felting is a dry felting process which we'll be using to create a basic 3D figure. It's so much fun to see it come alive in your hands. Please note there are cats at the studio Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 4
Saturday March 3rd - Felt slippers
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Bradley Village Hall, Lidget Road, Bradley BD20 9DS (get map)
Cost: £38.00
Seamless felt slippers moulded to your own feet. Probably the best fitting slippers you'll ever own. Perfect for the winter. Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 10
Thursday March 22nd - Stitched in felt - book cover or picture
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Studio Day in Ilkley, W.Yorkshire
Cost: £38.00
Only one place left
A lovely workshop combining stitch and feltmaking. We'll stitch into fabric before we begin, again at the part way stage and again at the end. It creates a rich texture for the notebook cover which makes a fantastic present. Please note there are cats at the studio. Please note there are cats at the studio. Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 4
Saturday April 21st - Nuno felt scarves
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Bradley Village Hall, Lidget Road, Bradley BD20 9DS (get map)
Cost: £40.00
A nuno felting workshop creating stylish items for those balmy summer nights (we wish!) Nuno is the technique of bonding silk chiffon and other materials to wool fibres through the felting process. No stitching involved. Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 8
Friday May 11th - Low relief and texture
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Studio Day in Ilkley, W.Yorkshire
Cost: £38.00
A day learning different skills where you'll use pre-felts and cutting techniques to create a piece of low relief felt with added texture. Raising your feltwork to give added depth. Please note there are cats at the studio. Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 4
Saturday May 19th - Felt rug
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Bradley Village Hall, Lidget Road, Bradley BD20 9DS (get map)
Cost: £40.00
Learn and use traditional felt rug making techniques to create a small but perfectly formed contemporary rug for your home. Making a small rug enables us to complete this workshop in one day. Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 8
Thursday June 14th - Felt jewellery
Time: 10am-4pm Venue: Studio Day in Ilkley, W.Yorkshire
Cost: £38.00
Learn to make felt beads using wet and dry felting techniques. We'll also cover felt rolls, pendants and bracelets. Please note there are cats at the studio Cost includes all materials, use of equipment, tea, coffee and homemade cakes.
Maximum participants: 4
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"Just wanted to say I really loved the flower making workshop yesterday, you are so generous with your knowledge and light hearted about it all it was a really pleasurable day."
Mich (flower workshop)
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"Thank you so much for the brilliant British wool workshop. I really enjoyed learning about all the different wools available.You made the workshop fun and informative - so thank you very much. In fact I enjoyed it so much I've booked a couple more workshops with you"
Carol (British wool workshop)
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"thank you so much for the relaxed and very enjoyable workshop. Yesterday was very inspiring. I shall definitely be booking more. "
Jean (nuno scarf workshop)
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"thank you very much for such a lovely day on Friday being introduced to mixed-media felting. Your patience and even distribution of your time amongst the four of us was so appreciated that I want to do more"
Liz (mixed media workshop)
