Felting - en francais!

We spent a wonderful evening teaching felting basics in French this week.  The workshop was part of the 'Festival de la citrouille' held at Centre Belle-Alliance  in Summerside.

And that pumpkin pie was amazing!!!

Balls, ropes and cord bracelets with little felt beads are all good beginner projects.  The heavier ropes make great pins!

Workshop Action!

We thought it would be fun for you to see a few action photos from that Gaspereau Valley workshop.

Beading and embellishment frenzy!

Finished rope necklace and flower pin

Weighing  fibre for the laptop cozy

Laying out the first layer of fibre for laptop cozy

The fun part - adding embellishments

The end of a long day - final finishing of laptop cozys

Workshop Fun

We had a great couple of days at the Gaspereau Valley Fibre Shop September 24 and 25.  We taught some felting skills to a very enthused and dynamic group of women  (we also ate very well and sampled some superb Nova Scotia wines)!
The 1 day jewellry workshop is a really fun way to introduce people to felting.  They get a chance to work with prefelt as well as combed merino tops and there are lots of opportunities to get creative with color!


Have a look at a few of the possibilities.

Simple earrings

Flower made using prefelt

Crescent pendants are a good canvas for embellishments