Felt arts courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

Join me for an online needle felting workshop where you can make your own little needle felted blue tit. You will be sent a kit containing all the materials you need ahead of time. Classes are taught via zoom, allowing you to have a crafty couple of hours from the comfort of your own home 😊. Zoom is easy to use. I will set up a meeting and will send you a link ahead of time. Feel free to log in a few minutes before the workshop starts so you...

Since 2005, ‘Quirky Workshops’ in Greystoke has been offering an eclectic and unrivalled range of arts, crafts and heritage skills courses. We now run over 140 ‘Quirky Workshops’ each year from our pretty 17thC farmhouse on the fringes of the beautiful Lake District and Eden Valley in Cumbria. In July 2020 we opened a lovely new, listed & spacious 'Covid-secure' teaching studio - the 'Swallow Barn', which now enjoys consistently excellent feedback; please see below for all details. Our new programme for each year is sent out at the end...

'Introduction to Needle Felting for Beginners' online Recorded Needle Felting Workshop, quality materials and tools with printed notes and guides This comprehensive online video workshop contains online tutorials from Fibre Artist, Claire Vines of clairescraftscreate, based on her best selling face-to-face workshops. Included are mini demo tutorials showing you how to use all the basic tools and needles supplied alongside a 30 minute detailed online video tutorial on how to make your first needle felted sheep! The tutorials have been recorded at normal speed and can be stopped and started...

You will learn both wet and dry felting techniques and apply your learning to beautiful projects. These will include 2D items, such as a panel or scarf; as well as 3D - think cute mice and fantasy fish and birds! Our tutor, Karen Martin, is a textiles graduate with a flair for creativity and colour. She's also very friendly and approachable, and loves passing on her joy of felting to learners. The course is heavily-subsidised as it's funded by Hertfordshire Adult and Family Learning Service. Because of this, eligibility criteria...

The little vessel you create with this felting experience is more than just decorative. It makes for a good loose change pot, key holder, plant pot or somewhere to pop your everyday jewellery at night. If you're planning on making your vessel(s) on a particular day please remember I need to post the kits to you. If you are purchasing more than one kit please contact me first so I can change the postage accordingly. Schools and Community Groups priced separately, please contact me. With the contents of the kit...