Workshop Details
Make a Hand Felted Landscape Picture - Wet Felting Workshop with tutor, Debbie Tomkies
Saturday 24th February 2024 | 10am - 4pm
In this fun workshop you’ll be making a beautiful felted landscape picture in your choice of colours and designs.
Debbie will be demonstrating some simple felting and embellishing techniques and showing you how to create your landscape. You can bring a photograph or picture of your favourite landscape, create a scene from your imagination or use one of Debbie’s range of pre-drawn templates. Choose your gorgeous wool fibres and threads to make your own design. Embellish with stitch, beads and threads if you wish and take home your lovely felted landscape picture at the end of the day.
Course level: This event is suitable for complete beginners as well as those who want to brush up their skills or simply enjoy a fun day making a lovely felted landscape!
What you will learn:
- How to set up your space, what equipment and materials you will use and how to prepare your fibre for felting
- The essential principles of wet-felting – what types of felting methods there are, what fibres you can felt and how the fibres are used.
- How to create a 2D piece of felt, working with colours, layering and pattern.
- Adding embellishments.
- Finishing your landscape with stitching and other techniques.
Debbie loves to teach and has been a felter for over 20 years so you’ll be able to pick her brains for tips, tricks and hacks! Debbie’s sessions are fun and enjoyable. The pace is relaxed and there is plenty of time to ask questions and chat.
There are 10 places on this workshop.
Wear clothes that you don't mind getting a splash of dye on.
What's Included?
- Materials, refreshments and lunch will be provided on the day.
- A special 10% discount voucher. This can be used once in store, exclusions include workshops, clearance, gift cards and colour packs.
- Once purchased you will receive a letter explaining more about the day. Letters will be sent out nearer to the workshop date.
N.B. Sometimes due to circumstances beyond our control workshops and events may be cancelled. At which point the cost of your workshop will be fully refunded. We cannot be held liable for any travel costs incurred.
Please note if you choose to make a cancellation within 7 days of the event, you will still be charged.
