Felt News - Issue 3

OK, my last attempt to make my lovely PDF Newsletter appear as a blog post was somewhat disappointing.  So lets try this again, shall we?

Felt News - Issue 3: October 31, 2011  Foundations in Felt

WERE YOU THERE?? 

I didn’t get my newsletter out in time, but hopefully you made it out to the first annual Fiber in the Boro, Saturday Oct. 29, at the Lane Agricultural Park on John Rice Blvd. in Murfreesboro TN.  Check out fiberintheboro.com for next year! It was great!  I bought silk...

Flat-felted beret - 

merino wool and silk fiber wet felted by hand. 

Custom orders and sizes welcome.

Available in assorted colors - $51ea

Upcoming Shows and Classes

With the chill of fall in the air, (with a vengeance!) thoughts are turning to warm scarves and hats, and holiday gift-giving.

More classes - YAY!!

Tuesday, November 8 at 10 a.m. - Flat Felted Berets and at 6 p.m. - Soft Felt Scarves 

Tuesday, December 6 at 10 a.m. - Soft Felt Scarves and at 6 p.m. - Quick Felt Gifts

We are going to have so much fun with these easy and fun projects.  The materials are so luscious that you can’t help but love the results. I have new silk elements to play with from Fiber in the Boro, too!!

Space is limited so  sign up for these classes today thru harpethartcenter.com! Also, look for me teaching knitting and crochet at the Joann’s in Murfreesboro!

One of the many shows I am doing this fall is the 2nd Saturday Porter Crossing Arts Market! November 12 and December 10 in East Nashville - check it out at PorterCrossingNashville.com for more info! Noon to 9 p.m., and plan to hit the Family Wash for dinner!

Our wonderful Crafty & Fiber Community in Nashville!

I have found so many fun and inspiring groups of people in Nashville and online, and it is so inspiring to get out of my studio and see what other people are inspired by.  Craftville is a fun group of Nashville young people that have a great vision of a real-life craft community! I’ve joined them, and can’t wait to do more events with the group! Check out craftville.org, or look for their Facebook page or their Etsy team. The last meeting was full of yummy food, exciting networking, talk about classes and more! The next meeting will include a talk on “Are you Etsy Savvy?”

Newsletter with lots of new news!! Yay!

My friends and collectors modeling some of my newest nuno felt wearables at the May TACA fair in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee.

The word “nuno” is japanese for “fabric”.  “Nuno” felting, or laminate felting, is a wet felting technique where unfelted or partially felted animal fibers or wool are felted in contact with an open-weave fabric so that the ends of the fibers work through the openings in the fabric weave during felting.

Upcoming Felt Classes and Workshops

There is still time to create your one-of-a-kind summer scarf masterpiece.  Nuno felt scarves are great for any season!

I am pleased to announce that I have a “Nuno” felt scarf class coming up at the Harpeth Art Center, scheduled for Saturday, November 18 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.  We well be making a variety of styles of beautiful scarves, starting with a hand-dyed silk chiffon scarf in your choice of colors.  We will also learn how to make “prefelts” and fuse them into the silk chiffon. Beautiful, and yours is sure to be unique, wonderful and truly yours!  Space is limited so sign up for this class today thru harpethartcenter.com!

New!! ETSY Felt, Instructional Videos on YouTube, and more!

I have been busy increasing my web presence, and wanted to share my new online forums with you!  I now have a Facebook page for Foundations in Felt, where I can post and keep up with my classes and new work easily and quickly! (I confess, I am addicted to Facebook!)  I also have created my own “channel” on YouTube, and am creating my own instructional videos and posting them here. I am also creating playlists of my videos from Expert Village, only in the right order!  Also check out my Etsy store, Laura Felts. I invite you to please subscribe, “like”, favorite, or otherwise patronize and help me promote these efforts!  Thanks! - Laura

Long overdue workshop pics

Here are some of the pictures from our purse workshop at the Knaughty Knitter back in the summer. We had a small but very fun workshop and had the neighbors coming over to check out what we were decorating the hedges with! (Mine is the smallest one! LOL) We did purses in one 6-hour day, and one vessel.

Just for fun

I wanted to share this photo - I took a purse workshop at the Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene, OR last summer, with Lori Flood. She does very cool work, and teaches a great workshop, if you ever have a chance to take from her. I am still using many of the techniques that she taught that day!

Sheep to Shawl Seminar with Jill Wood Nov 8

Fall Sheep toShawl Seminar
Shearing the sheep
Washing & sorting wool
Picking wool
Carding by hand and a drum carder
Spinning on a wheel and a drop spindle
Dyeing with natural dyes
Weaving a shawl on a triangle loom

This will be a hands on demonstration with partipation of all students. If you are a beginner or if you know how to do some of these things, but not all and would like to learn, this is a great time to learn some new skills and at the same time have a good time with people with like interests. We will provide a lunch and all necessary tools & materials.
Fibers, wheels, accessories, books and fiber animals (sheep & angora rabbits) will also be for sale. You will not take home a finished project, but the skills necessary to do this on your own. You will take home a lot of information and knowledge. A finished project for each of you would take more than one day.

Date: Saturday November 8, 2008
Time: 9:00 AM until approx. 5:PM
Place: 151 Denson Road
Lawrenceburg, TN 38464
Prices: Adult Seminar fee $75.00
Student fee $40.00 (age 10 to 18)

Students under 10 are permitted with parent supervision.

If you plan to attend please reserve your spot by Saturday November 1st. You may reserve by email yarnspinner4@aol.com and ask about our Paypal account. A $20 deposit is required , you can mail your deposit to "Seminar" at 151 Denson Road, Lawrenceburg, TN. 38464 Ask about our group rates. Call or email for directions.