Materials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, BeadsWidth: 2.4/3/3.6 inchesHeight: 3.15/4/4.85 inchesDepth: 3.3/4.1/4.9 inches
HandmadeRead the full descriptionMaterials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, BeadsWidth: 5.9/7.9/9.8 inchesHeight: 5.9/7.9/9.8 inchesDepth: 2.4 inches
Materials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, BeadsWidth: 2.4/3/3.6 inchesHeight: 3.15/4/4.85 inchesDepth: 3.3/4.1/4.9 inches
Materials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, Beads Width: 2.4/3/3.6 inches Height: 3.15/4/4.85 inches Depth: 3.3/4.1/4.9 inches
Materials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, BeadsWidth: 1/2/3 inchesHeight: 2.5/4/5.5 inchesDepth: 1/2/3 inches
Wet Felting for Beginners (step by step guide). Learn how to felt wool by hand with this basic wet felting tutorial
Loops is the one accessory you have been waiting for: Simple to knit, interesting to look at due to the use of your two favorite colors, and endless possibilities to wear! Fold it lengthwise and pull one end through one of the loops, and you will have a scarf that doesn’t come off. Put the loops on top of each other with a twist, and you will have a cozy pretty cowl. Put your arms through the loops, and you can wear it as a vest. Place the loops on top of each other and pull it over your head to wear it as an attractive capelet. “Loops” is made out of two skeins of a lovely alpaca yarn that will keep you warm and cozy. The knitting itself is simple and in one piece (no seaming), and instructional videos guide you through the provisional cast-on and joining parts.
Materials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, BeadsWidth: 2.8/3.7/4.7 inchesHeight: 5.1/6.7/7.7 inchesDepth: 3.1/4/4.8 inches
Because I love making my own backgrounds, I often browse the web looking for new and interesting background techniques. It was on one of the...
Materials: Felting, Fiber Arts, natural pure wool, needle felted fiber art technique, Felt, Wool, Merino Wool, Wool Coving, Wool Slivers, Carded Wool, BeadsWidth: 2.4/3/3.6 inchesHeight: 3.15/4/4.85 inchesDepth: 3.3/4.1/4.9 inches
Use these hand- generated cards to introduce different Drawing and Painting techniques. They can be projected to the class while working in a bootcamp style or printed and used as reference on the walls or in binders. Collage, Printmaking, Sculpture and Fiber will be coming soon!
My art group met at the first of June and we played with Tyvek. We were inspired by Karen L’s recent post here. We cut up Tyvek envelopes, painted and heated them with a variety of heat tool…
When you hold a floof of fiber in your hands you can get a little overwhelmed with all the possibilities. There are so many different spinning and plying techniques to try and there's only so much time in the day. That's why I decided to share my 3 favorite go-to techniques for those days when
Browse the best felt projects—including blankets, ornaments, pillows, and more—to make for every need in your life.
Scouring Wool correctly without felting it. Step by step instructions for how to scour or wash raw wool and other animal fiber
ROVING OR COMBED TOP Is there really a difference? Yes, there is a distinct difference between roving and combed top. Let me break it down...
Create marbleized Easter eggs everyone will love by following this step-by-step tutorial. You'll need blown-out eggs and a homemade dye mixture to make this Easter craft.
During our residency we accumulated invaluable insights about Latvian belt making from two very nice people and experienced weavers, Lilija and Laima, who taught us two different techniques of belt…
Do you want to add a bit of bounce to your suri fibers? Jacqueline has tips for combing technique, wool types, ratios, and more.
My friend Misty reminded me of the time we experimented with stamping with bleach. There are several approaches to do this but one of my favorite is what I did on this page. First you brayer your background color onto a piece of white cardstock. I like the whisper white card stock that Stampin' Up makes because it's buffered which means it has a very smooth surface. I chose one of the new In Colors: Island Indigo. It's a nice deep blue with some green tones. The stamp I chose is called Ornate Blossom. It works good for this technique because it is a bold stamp, very few fine lines that could bleed too much. The next step will be to have some sort of non-reactive tray with a folded paper towel to make a little bleach puddle on. Make sure to work in a well ventilated area and protect your surfaces. You'll need enough bleach on the paper towel to be damp without being dripping wet. When you stamp your image on the paper it removes the ink that was brayered on. Depending on the ink you use there is a lot of variation, which I love. After you are done stamping remember to rinse your stamp with water then clean it with a conditioning spray such as the SU Stampin Mist. Here is a close up on one of the places I stamped. What I love is the color variations you get from the chemical reaction. The ink surrounding the image changes a little bit turns a little more blue. FYI: after the bleach dries it becomes inert so it won't damage your scrapbook pages over time. Just make sure you let it dry completely before placing anything else on your page. The drying process can be sped up with a heat gun at least 10"in away from the page so it doesn't get too hot. Another close up of the final page. I hope this inspires you to try this fun technique! Supplies: Ink: Island Indigo (SU) Card stock: Whisper White, Melon Mambo (SU) Chipboard: Basic Gray painted with acrylic paints & sponged with Champagne Mist shimmer paint (SU) Stickers: Glitz and Glitter Journal Spot: My Mind's Eye
Nuno felting is a technique developed in 1994 by the textile artists Polly Stirling and Sachiko Kotaka. By manipulating a small amount of wool fiber through a base fabric, they learned they could create a felted fabric with characteristics quite different from traditional felt. Nuno felt is thin, lightweight and drapeable. A similar process to wet wool felting, Nuno felting brings 2 different materials together to create a whole new textured fabric. While I was in Tucson for the Crystallized workshops, one class that I attended was Nuno felting. Follow along with my how-to photos to make some of your own! Step 1: start out with a base fabric (silk organza) a bit larger than the desired shape and size (the final product will shrink). Lay out a towel to keep your surface area dry and bubble wrap with bubbles face-up. Step 2: place a thin layer of merino wool roving over the base fabric using a shingling method (overlapping each section slightly) Experiment with designs. Step 3: place a piece of tulle over the entire piece. Step 4: Sprinkle the piece with a water and olive oil soap mixture. We used empty plastic bottles with sprinkle holes in the cap for the water mixture. Use your hands to pat the mixture into the piece. note: the piece should not be drenched with water, just slightly showered. Monica came around with an exterminator spray container and misted each of our pieces. She uses this when she is making many pieces at once. Step 5: with a styrofoam pool noodle cut down to size, loosely roll the piece up—the bubble wrap, base fabric, roving and tulle. Step 6: secure the roll around the noodle—we tied it up with panty hose. Step 7: roll on a flat surface, starting with both hands to elbows and back, about 100 times. Step 8: unroll and lift up the tulle to check the piece. The roving should have started to connect to the base fabric. Step 9: roll everything back up tightly this time and roll 100 times again. Step 10: Repeat steps 8 & 9. Step 11: after about 300 rolls, the piece should be almost completely connected to the silk organza. The final "felting" step is to lay the entire piece out, and with a more concentrated oil olive soap/ water mixture, sprinkle on and rub soap and fibers against the bubble wrap. The back side on the base fabric should begin to ripple when the roving is completely attached. Step 12: when complete, it should resemble this texture. Delicately rinse the piece under running water and soak in a vinegar/water solution for 15 minutes. Step 13: hang dry. Monica and Pat, the wonderful Nuno felt instructors, wearing their handmade scarves!
If you're like me, you find products at the quilt, craft, and art stores that you just HAVE to have! Then six months later, you're cleaning up your studio and find the product and think to yourself "I should use this..but what do I do with it?" For a long time I had this exact issue with my Angelina Fibers. So one day I decided to just play with them. I experimented with many ideas, some worked, some did not. Here are five that I really liked! 5. Stamping: Here you can use those foam stamps you have from the craft stores. The simpler the shape, the better it tends to turn out. Here I've done a small leaf stamp: 4. Trapping: In this technique you place angelina down on your parchment, then place an item like tinsel, sparkly threads, silk flowers then place another light layer of angelina on top. Place parchment on top then iron for a few seconds. Here's a sample of tinsels trapped in angelina: 3. Textures: In this technique you put angelina sheeting or loose fibers in between or on top of textural items. Check these out! Netting: Put the sheet between two layers of netting, place parchment on top, iron for a few seconds pressing down firmly. The pink is the angelina sheet, the darker is the loose fibers. You can also use the netted lingerie bags too! You can also place the angelina on top of texture items - especially things like these very affordable woven placemats: 2. Roving: In this technique you get to use two things you may have stockpiled and not done a whole lot with yet; roving and angelina. You simply take a little of both, put them together and tug, pull and mash it together until it looks the way you want. This can then be needle felted into other pieces. 1. Angelina Beads: You can even use angelina fibers to make beads! Check out my video on how to do it! (Please keep in mind I am just starting to learn my video editing software!)
What effect does blending white or black fiber into a color have on the finished fiber?
