Felted book cover

This week I have only been able to make one felt project, a tea party inspired piece of flat felt which is now on it’s way to the USA for an Alice in Wonderland Flickr swap. It was great to be felting again and create even such a small piece, tea cup and saucer [...]

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Please bear with me through internet problems!

Sorry about the lack of posts over the last few days, I seem to be having internet problems coupled with almost no time to investigate the cause!  For some reason my gmail is up the creek so I am having problems with comments and this morning I had problems accessing WordPress.  Anyway, if you want [...]

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Finishing the nuno felt tunic and Art@work

Thanks so much to all my inspirational ’fibre friends’ who left comments on the blog and Flickr, as well as those of you who emailed me directly with advice and inspiration about finishing the sides of my nuno felted tunic. It is truly amazing to think how small the world is when you ask a question one [...]

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Why didn’t I use a resist for my nuno felted tunic?

Usually I love making anything with a resist but for the nuno felted tunic I decided to work with one of Lizzie Houghton’s designs and stitch up the sides at the prefelt stage.  By doing this I would be able to create a 3 dimensional tunic with invisible seams without having to fiddle with cutting [...]

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Pictures of nuno felt tunic in progress and great news re. Sculpture in context

Here are a couple of images of my nuno felt tunic in progress.  I laid out the Filzrausch wool very finely on a base of light cotton fabric making sure to keep the brightly coloured circles and stripes large enough to be visable in the felted article.
Unfortunately the images don’t do the felt justice as [...]

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Experimenting with nuno felting

Felting time is very precious at the moment as almost every waking hour is spent helping Alan in his local election campaign.  This morning he had an appointment to officially register with the returning officer so I was thrilled to get started on a nuno felt sleveless tunic that I have been planning ever since [...]

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Brilliant new felting book, wonderful swap package and new Clasheen swap news!!

Wow, I got some GREAT packages in the post last night!!  Check out Lizzie Houghton’s new book ‘Felting Fashion’, it is brilliant but especially if you are interested in creating wonderful nuno felt wearables!
I first read about this book approximately a month ago (it was pre-publication at that stage) and then members of Feltmakers Ireland who [...]

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Fantastic felting workshop taught, crippled with my back!

Yesterday I tutored the felting workshop at the 3rd ‘Pick up your needles’ day at the Arts Centre in Tinahely, Co. Wicklow and we had another fantastic and creative time.  Several of the participants were returning felters and it is great to see them as they progress and learn new skills, yesterday they were working with resists and [...]

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Where to buy the hollow punches that I use on my felt

This is just a quick post to clarify details of the hollow punches that I use to cut out my thick felt beads.  The punches are often sold for use with leather and a good place to check out if you are looking to buy one is eBay, here is the link for our neck [...]

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Felting mouse, punched felt beads and a nuno felt wrap

Before I write about the felting I did over the long weekend just let me answer a question that a lot of you have been asking via email.  The ridged wooden object pictured beside the washboard in my last post is called a ‘felting mouse’.  This is a wonderful hand held tool which I bought [...]

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