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Combining techniques for texture
silk cut chenille in felt Combining techniques in felt can produce exciting results and I particularly like this one and can think of plenty uses for this as decorative finishing .Book a workshop and discover with me Continue reading
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fine felt for clothing with shibori
fine shibori felt This is the workshop where we start with shibori dying and heat setting our silks and fine merino layers before we put together our jacket,waistcoat,shawl, wrap skirt,whichever it is you are going to pursue with the process.All… Continue reading
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Nuno
Nuno seems to be the big new buzz word in the felting world and yet it is such a small area of felting but admittedly it has huge possibilities some of which we will discuss here and follow the process’s… Continue reading
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wedding stitching
Sewing silks is hard after felt and knitting etc but oh so much pleasure. Took myself off for a refresher with Alison Smith at her school of sewing in Ashby de la Zouch wonderful day and certainly worth every… Continue reading
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Inlaid Silk
Felt and silk inlays This method of felting gives a lovely tactile scarf and a way of using scraps of silks and blending them all together to create new fibre .This will be lesson 1 on the new downloadable online… Continue reading
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Threads, Yarns, Needles, Colours ,Dreams
That is what it is all about whether it be pencils, stitching,my use of colour to express my dreams and thoughts and see what flows from my sketchbook. This is some cell imagery I have been working on and now intend… Continue reading
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Back again
This part of my textile life has been slightly neglected for a few months whilst the latest 2 knitting books were being written,now they are on the shelves I can relax awhile and play with my fabrics and dying and… Continue reading
Felt,Stitch and Embellish fibres
Felt,Stitch and Embellish fibres
Felt,Stitch and Embellish fibres 