Dear Friends, It’s exciting to share opportunities to learn more about needle arts. Coming up in September, the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival offers many excellent class options to further explore your creativity. The festival is September 7 – 9, 2018 in...
Hi, Fiber Enthusiasts, How is it that we come to love fiber and color? Some of us have very early memories of playing with fabric, sewing and experiencing that comforting feeling of spending time with a beloved family member. It is at a very young age, when our...
Why my goals for 2016 include using my felt making skills as a tool for practicing positive health and wellness care taking. For me the urge to clear and clean occurs in the fall after harvest, when garden produce has been pickled, canned, frozen to become stored food...
How can it be that “not all felt is felted? That’s gotta be wrong. Well it depends. It depends on how specifically or how loosely words are used. People use words in many ways to mean many different things. Sometimes, terms are important, sometimes they are not....
Robbin is wild about St. Bernard dogs. And cats and pretty much any other critter that walks on four feet. She and her family rescue them as strays (mostly her daughter Kirsten rescues them) but ‘automagically’ they arrive at Robbin’s door and she and Harry find a way...
Currently, in the world of fiber arts, felting has captured the imagination of fiber and fabric people alike. It’s immense popularity or as I used to say in my corporate retail days, its pre-peak position on the trend curve means that it is still gathering...
They have so much personality that when I opened the box, they looked like they were ready to jump out! An illustrator by training and a corporate graphic designer by day, Julie Pietras enjoys making many types of fiber art. From these charming needle felted critters...
Carolfaye Meadows has a way with words—she’s gifted in her interesting dialogue and style of delivery. I’ve always enjoyed our conversations because she’s funny and sincere and to the point. Her felted art handbags reflect those same fresh qualities. Carolfaye does...
