Needle felting courses, classes and workshops all across the UK. Learn how to needle felt to create beautiful animal sculptures (who doesn't want to re-create their pet in needle-felt?), sometimes using a wire armature structure and sometimes using a core base of wool. Needle felt is a great craft for embellishing your textile arts and other garments. Browse the courses below for inspiration but beware - this modern twist on the ancient art of felting is highly addictive!
Unique cushions or upholstered footstools
You will have the opportunity to create either a wet felted landscape picture or a needle felted landscape picture and create a unique cushion for your home in just 1 day.
You will learn how to mix different colours of wool like an artist mixes paints. Incorporating scrummy bits and bobs of alpaca, wensleydale curly tops and silky shimmers to enhance your picture.
You will need to bring a picture...
Come and spend a lovely morning making a beautiful felted autumn wreath to hang on your door or to use as a table centre piece. In this workshop you will learn how to create a wreath, using needle felting technique. We will take a careful look at seed heads, foliage and colours found in autumnal nature and use them as inspiration. These gorgeous wreaths will last for years to come.
This workshop is suitable for...
Fun and inspiring beginners needle felting workshops, in the beautiful surroundings of Bonds Lifestyle, Stratford Upon Avon and Crafty Gal HQ, Needle Felting Studio in Marlcliff, near Bidford on Avon - workshops in both locations.
Whether you’ve seen needle felting on TV, had a little go or just fancy trying something creative and different - this course is for you.
An introduction to the magic of dry needle felting incl. all the basic techniques, step...
North Yorkshire
- Next course on 29th September 2018
This workshop is suitable for beginners and those with felting experience. It is limited to 6 places so everyone gets individual attention and the coaching they need to make their picture.
You will be working from an inspirational image that you have brought with you, I will walk you through all the processes you need to know to create your Felt Picture.
Day 1 Is all about building your picture, using a combination of pre...
Cambridgeshire
- Next course on 30th September 2018
Try needle felting with Żenia, fibre artist known as The Lady Moth.
30 September - penguin *fully booked
13 October - pumpkins *at Sew Knit Craft
14 October - fox *fully booked
3 November - Xmas Tree and Santa *at Sew Knit Craft
4 November - baby penguin *2 spaces left
17 November - Xmas pudding Bauble *at Sew Knit Craft
18 November - 2D needle felted robin picture *5 spaces left
9 December -...
Needle felt a beautiful brooch. Fun and inspiring needle felting workshops, in the beautiful surroundings of Bonds Lifestyle, Stratford Upon Avon and Crafty Gal HQ, Needle Felting Studio in Marlcliff, near Bidford on Avon - workshops in both locations. This shorter workshop is ideal as a taster for those new to needle felting, OR as the next level to really focus on the detail of the features, blending colours and using various techniques and needles....
Annis will arrive with everything you need to create and learn to carefully needle felt the soft blended Herdwick wool mix to make a fabulous Herdwick, Hare , Owls or Hummingbird . She is highly accomplished in needle felting and her work is for sale in local galleries in Cumbria. She also sells needle felt kits online.
**** Sat 12 May - Needle felt Herdwicks Doorstop **** New date with spaces ***
Mon 28 May...
Needle felting can be a very therapeutic hobby, and in this class you can learn the skills you need to create 3-dimensional models. Enjoy a warm, relaxed and friendly atmosphere with tea and biscuits pies aplenty! Take home your own lovely little needle-felted cat, in your choice of colours, and keep the tools you used to make it.
Suitable for complete beginners, or those who have tried before and would like to improve. You will...
Needle felted Christmas Mouse at Didier and Dandelion in Monmouth.
I will guide you through the process from a blob of fluff to a creature with character and charm you are proud of. I will cover all the basics of how to needle felt, using wire, features, ears, types of wool and needles and equipment.
As an experienced teacher I can guide the most nervous to the experienced wishing to try something new. Relaxed small...
Make a gorgeous Wet Felted Pumpkin
Come along & learn the basics of wet felting while creating these adorable Pumpkins if you prefer you can make a bowl, which can be used for plant cuttings, brushes or a pencil holder, just to name a few of the choices you have with these.
This workshop is great for those of you who want to learn about wet felting. It’s easy and fun, but be sure to...
