Studio Felt Workshops

Sue in her Workshop

In my fully equipped studio I run one–day workshops for adults. The class is held in the Craft Workshops at St. Augustine’s Church in Highgate, North London on the corner of Langdon Park Road N6 5QG and Archway Road. The workshops are easy to reach as the church sits between Highgate and Archway Station on the Northern Line. There is no restriction on weekend parking.

For bookings click here or telephone for a booking form on:
0208 4577537
07889 757969

Types of Workshops available

 

  • Feltbetter's Workshop in the Cotswolds Beginners workshop
    Students will learn how to make basic felt, how to bring different fibres into felt making,, some three dimensional felt pieces such as felt beads and a small purse all in one without sewing any seams.
  • Improvers workshop
    Students will learn how to make pre-felt, how to design using different methods such as outlining, incorporating fabrics into designs and using needle punch felt, some three dimensional work and a taster of nuno felt.
  • Bags and berets workshop
    Students will make a bag using the resist method. They will learn to design inside and outside using all over patterning and to incorporate details such as pockets and three dimensional decorations.
  • Nuno felt workshop
    This will teach how to incorporate fabric and wool/silk together to create a new, drapeable constructed fabric. Students will also learn which fabrics work with this method and how you can construct ‘felt lace’ using nuno felt.
  • Felted Accessories
    Making bracelets and necklaces using beads made from felt. Creating corsages using fine felt and exploring different ways to create fashion jewellery. Produce stunning hatpins or hair decorations. Learn how to combine different materials with felt to produce beautiful wearable decorations.
  • Creature workshop
    This workshop will show the student how to construct some of the creatures shown on my website. The student will learn how to design a skeleton for the creature and then how to build up the sculpture, use the merino wool to wrap it and then felt and model the piece along with the final finishing.
  • Dyeing in the Shibori style
    Student will use Japanese techniques to learn to create patterns and embossing on felt. By wrapping, sewing, clipping and over dyeing, exciting effects are created. Be limited only by your imagination. Create lasting memories on cloth.
  • Glorious Hats
    Students will learn how to create wonderful felt hats. How to measure, design and construct the hat in felt, how to shrink it to the correct size, add embellishments, how to block, create pleats and folds.
  • Slipper workshop
    Learn how to make fancy footwear in a riot of colour. Wonderful presents for Christmas or birthdays. Add your own details such as Moroccan toes or Mercury’s wings. You are limited only by your imagination.

 

London Diary Workshop dates - One-day Workshop Schedule for 2010

LONDON DIARY DATES 2010

Sunday February 21

Felt making for beginners

Sunday March 21

Felt making for improvers

Sunday April 11

Creature workshop

Sunday May 2

Nuno and cobweb felt scarves

Sunday May 30

Felt flowers and jewellery

Sunday June 20

Fabulous felt bags

Sunday July 11

Felt making for beginners

Sunday September 5

Felt slippers

Sunday October 17

Felt making for beginners

Sunday November 7

Gorgeous felt hats

  • Cost of workshop is £50 plus £5 for materials used on the day. Nuno felt workshops will have an extra charge of £10 for the supply of silk fabric.

    The workshop runs from 10am to 4pm, tea and coffee is available all day but lunch is not included.

  • The class is held in the Craft Workshops at St. Augustine’s Church in Highgate, North London on the corner of Langdon Park Road N6 5QG and Archway Road. The workshops are easy to reach as the church sits between Highgate and Archway Station on the Northern Line. There is no restriction on weekend parking.
    For bookings click here or telephone for a booking form on:
    0208 4577537
    07889 757969

 

Some images from recent Workshop days

 
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Bags
  • Bags
    Work produced at the Improvers workshop in London work from improvers
  • Bag2
    Two beautiful bags made at the bag workshop in the Cotswolds
  • Bag3
    Bag workshop in London
  • Cat
    James the pussycat coming to life at the Oxford Summer School
  • Creatures
    The three day creature workshop at Oxford Summer School
  • Hat
    A fetching beret made at a hat workshop in Churchill
  • Hat3
    Hat workshop in the Cotswolds
  • Hat4
    Estella with her gorgeous hat
  • Slippers
    Dainty slippers at the felt slipper workshop in the Cotswolds
  • Slippers2
    London slipper workshop
  • Creatures

  • Stages in the making of a purse
    Stages in the making of a purse
  • Stages in the making of a purse
    Stages in the making of a purse
  • Stages in the making of a purse
    Stages in the making of a purse
  • Stages in the making of a purse
    Stages in the making of a purse
  • Stages in the making of a purse
    Stages in the making of a purse
  • Stages in the making of a purse
    Stages in the making of a purse

  • Arranging fibres of wool in required design
    Arranging fibres of wool in required design
  • Arranging fibres of wool in required design
    Arranging fibres of wool in required design
  • One of the finished designs prior to felting
    One of the finished designs prior to felting
  • Oo la la!
    Oo la la!

  • Laying out wool before wetting
    Laying out wool before wetting
  • The wetting and pressing process
    The wetting and pressing process
  • Studying the final design
    Studying the final design
  • After the first wetting
    After the first wetting

Bags