Wet felted bag

I am not a wet felting expert, however I understand how to do the basics. That being said, I really wanted to create a cute drawstring bag to match a recently acquired oracle deck, so here I share how I created the batt, figured out the resist, wet felted, and stitched the top to hold the strings. E

Felted Purse with Sunflower Pin. Felted purses are quick and easy...almost instant gratification! They require ZERO savvy with a sew...

Felted Purse with Sunflower Pin. Felted purses are quick and easy...almost instant gratification! They require ZERO savvy with a sewing machine and are virtually failure proof. Accordingly, it was the perfect project for the Newbie Felters that gathered at our last Fiber Guild meeting. The ladies in attendance shared the felting tables and worked out a synchronized rolling routine that had us all laughing....particularly when the shortest amongst us looked down and noticed that her ample…

Celebrating 10 years of blogging about felting!

Wet felted Coin purse

Will she remember? front... on the back... Work? Play? Where does one begin and the other end? I am really not sure. When it comes to felting, it is always both. I made 2 simple treasures yesterday, toyed around with the idea of keeping them for myself, as I often do, but know today that they will be sent off to others. One a gift for the most lovely friend ever, the other, a long over-due commission to another dear friend, who is likely to have forgotten the request. The house is quiet. We…

Wet Felting With a Tumble Dryer is Quick and Easy

I cannot read most of this blog nor does Google translate, but this felting artist has offered a felting technique that looks like watercolors. Just looking at the pictures allows you to get a…

This small purse is a good project for beginners to learn how to make felt and how to make seamless felted items with a resist. Don’t worry too much about how your first attempt turns out, because with any new...

Had a fun afternoon demonstrating feltmaking at the Budleigh Salterton Food and Drink Festival at the weekend with Karen from Make at Monteray. As the wet-felting process takes a bit of time, I pre-prepared a felt bag using the ‘bag on a ball’ method. Here are some before, during and after photos. I started with […]

Felted Bag : 6 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables

Information about fiber art, needle felting, dyeing wool, learning about fleece, felting tutorials, and felting guides for beginners, and art by Magi Kern.

Laying out snippets of pre-felt made from Finn wool... ...and covering them with layers of a cotton-dot-studded wool batt. Making an interior pocket (alas, this is later hidden by a fabric lining). The finished bag... ...drying in our rug studio this past summer... ...at Felter's Fling. Blocked and drying after rinsing. Every one of these pre-felt pieces 'popped off' during felting! During my down time at the end of a rug class this summer... ...I decided to 'test drive' one of the extra…

This seamless wet felted spiral bag tutorial is for the more advanced felt maker. Cost is minimal as botany waste wool is used together with washed and carded Shetland wool.

Laying out bits of yarn and cast-off bits of roving... ...then covering the whole shebang with layers of superfine merino wool. After wetting the project out... ...carefully flipping it to side two. Layering snippets of old projects and bits of odds-and-ends... ...onto the foam resist... ...then wrapping the extended rays of roving over the edge of the resist... ...and adding layers of merino roving to side two as well... ...folding in the edges of the handles for neatness. Piecing together…

Beautiful wet felted baskets and basket bags from this felting on a ball workshop back in late July. Really lovely yarn designs and shapes, well done...

We had a lovely sunny day back in November for this felt basket on a ball wet felting workshop. Four fabulous and very different wet felted baskets...

Transforming wool roving into an array of wonderful shapes in front of your eyes is both satisfying and fun! This page gives you an introduction to wet & needle felting, plus creative project ideas.

I am not a wet felting expert, however I understand how to do the basics. That being said, I really wanted to create a cute drawstring bag to match a recently acquired oracle deck, so here I share how I created the batt, figured out the resist, wet felted, and stitched the top to hold the strings. E

After my four days of dyeing experiment, I carded a bunch of batts with the different fibers I had dyed. I decided I wanted to do something a little challenging using the batts. So, after doodling…