DESCRIPTION

$55.

SAT OCT 24th, 9:30 - 12pm

Has an uninvited guest visited your sweater stash? Mend moth holes or snags in a groovy way! Rather than discarding damaged wool garments or accessories, elevate them through needle felted mending! Create a decorative motif for a patch such as, a heart, flower, leaf, or mushroom. Or, how about repeated polka dots? Maybe you'd rather a geometric shape, or abstract blobs. You choose! Select colours to blend in, or stand out! 

Suitable for beginners, this technique has countless creative possibilities! Demonstrations of the basic needle felting techniques will take place throughout the workshop. Leave with a one of a kind, renewed garment or accessory! Worth noting: this technique can be used on intact items (without holes or snags), simply as embellishment, or to cover a small stain!

If you would like to continue wild acts of creation at home, needle felting tools will be available for purchase after the workshop.

Bring an item made from 100% wool, or wool/synthetic blend (with mostly wool fibres). No cotton garments, please. The wool fibres of the knitted item will integrate with the wool fibres of the patch to create a strong, soft fabric.

YOUR TUTOR

Elizabeth formally studied painting, but would go home at night and spend hours drawing caricatures of people and strange, little animals. Much later, she made friends with her sewing machine and became a quilter... and this is where the fun began. Later still, Elizabeth moved into working with felt. Playing with fabric, felt and wool... she loves it all!

Qualified as an elementary teacher, art teacher, and yoga instructor, Elizabeth finds joy in interactions with students of all ages.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING

All materials provided, just show up with a smile and a willingness to have fun.

ACCESSIBILITY

Hand strength and coordination required

The fibre loft studio is accessible by stairs.