#WHY I FELT 2014

TODAY, 1st Saturday of October, is the International Day of Felt!

 

And...we won a 1-yr subscription for FIBER ART NOW magazine

with our followings  #WHYIFELT2014 stories! Happy Dance!

 

 

#WHYIFELT2014 ?! I want to "Felt It. Love It. Treasure It."

I want to handmade fiber art to show how versatile & durable that wool fiber can be!

I want to make something me & my daughter will treasure forever!

(Felted birthday crown by FELTasticFashion from 2012 (3YR) to 2014 (5YR), so on & so forth)

 

#WHYIFELT2014 ? Felting allows one to create without boundaries.

Handmade fiber art result is always unique, just like fingerprint!

(Chinese Opera by FELTasticFashion 2014)

 

 

#WHYIFELT2014 ? If something didn't end up what I expected,

I can just pull the wool fibers apart, reuse & restart. So Eco-friendly!

Family Felting Fun! Always!

 

Great family bonding time! Always!

 

 

UK ENCORE

Excited to ship 2nd order to the same UK ETSY customer right after receiving her 1st package! Making unique wool jewelries by learning both wet & needle felting technique!

GRADE 2 FELTING FUN

 

 

Today we had a great time with a class of 20 Grade Two school kids.

 

We talked about Wool & Felting techniques (Needle & Wet Felting).

 

They all amazed how wool fibres turn into many interesting wool creations!

 

At the end of the workshop, each of them got to try wet felting.

 

 

 

Project #1 Felted Wool Ball

 

Everyone was given 3 colored wool fibres of his/her choice.

 

We found out red, blue, lime green, shocking pink & turquoise are their favorite colors!

 

Then, lots of hands rolling & rubbing action + many soapy water on the table too!

 

They all are very excited after having the loose wool fibres turned into wool balls.

 

 

Project #2 Felted Snake 

 

Just a week or so earlier, we also did a Chinese New Year presentation to the same class.

 

We talked about Year of the Snake.

 

So we decided to make a fun felted snake as well.

 

This project is a little harder to handle but many were able to make theirs with some helps.

 

 

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It's really our pleasure to share felting fun to young children.

 

For sure they will Felt It. Love It. Treasure It.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



100g LAMBS WOOL PROJECT

Really enjoy to work on those beautiful & soft wool

The "100g lambs wool project" will be a fun one for sure

Hopefully, it will be just as bold & as attractive as the 

Heart-shaped Wool Statement Bib Necklace

FELTasticCharm MEOW

Meow!

I don't have any cat, but I do have many cat lovers around me!

I needle felt this FELTasticCharm after I met the couple at the Kentville Farmers' Market.

They picked up a wool felt ball last Wednesday for their cat.

And then, they returned this week and picked up another one for their friends's cat.

They said it was a success & the cat loves playing with the wool felt ball I made!

I'm so surprised & glad to know about that!

This cute Cute Cat will be a great Needle Felting DIY Kit Candidate too! 

FIBER FROLIC 2012

It was such a fun-filled evening & sharing my love for felting to more people.

Many kids of Wolfville Farmers' Market goers joined in and experienced wet felting too!

Really an honor to join along many amazing and talented wool artists tonight!

Fibre Frolic at Market Tonight:  Dec 5 (4-7pm)

Tonight is Fibre Frolic at the Wolfville Farmers' Market. Join us for our Community Supper, your mid-week top-up and a whole variety of fun fibre related activities!

The Acadia Stitch N Bitch Club will be hosting a circle for knitters and crocheters - ALL ARE WELCOME!!

Maple and Ewe will have wool blankets and wool to make your own treasures.

Green Grass Toys will have hand-felted angels and dolls made with wool and fabric.

Textile and Visual Artist Marilyn Rand will be demonstrating needle-felt art pieces that she is working on and have shawls, scarves purses and hats, needle felting kits, wool dryer balls, scarves, fleece, and some silk and felt art pieces.

Cecilia Ho of Feltastic Fashion will have a poster size wet felt 2D Christmas tree plus, felt tree accessories on top that anyone can participate in.

Rocaro Alpacas will have a small scarf loom they will use to do demonstrations. They will be selling yarn and rovings as well as finished goods like the scarves and socks.

Susan Paddock will demonstrate English Paper Piecing, a hand quilting technique using paper or cardboard, fabric and a needle and thread. Susan will have some samples to share and a small piece of work in the frame to be hand quilted.

Community Health Nights are funded by Funded by the Eastern Kings Memorial Health Foundation.

www.wolfvillefarmersmarket.ca

FELTasticOrnament 2012

Just created my very first mixed media ornament design!

Love them? Only limited pieces are up for grab!

Mixed media: Felted wool beads, Feted wool snowflake, Glass ornament, Ribbon

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HOW TO MAKE?

1) Needle felt small wool beads loosely

2) Wet felt them (& I love playing with my new Japanese gadget)

3) Fill the air-dried wool beads into the glass ornament

4) Needle felt the wool snowflake by using the Clover applique mold

(e-mail FELTasticFashion@gmail.com if you like to order this mold or another 7 designs)

5) Accessorize with ribbons

CUSTOM ORDER AVAILABLE

like adding initials or symbol or special color request

FELTasticFashion@gmail.com

EXTRA HELP @DEMO

It's so nice to have my cousin (aka assistant for everything)

She got a special Canadian working holiday visa & will stay with us for a year!

After a couple weeks of training & practices,

she has been felting many new things day after day!

During this weekend DEMO session at Muir Murray Estate Winery,

we can work on both wet & needle felting demonstration at the same time!

What a great way to show everyone who stop by the winery!

What we did within 3 hours of DEMO?

My cousin: Her first attempt making the Sock Monkey charm

Me: I wet felt a purple tea cosy/basket & needle felt a dog charm

WORLD PEACE DAY - SEPT 21

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September.

The United Nation General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.

As posted in the July 2012 PEACE FELT blogpost,

I have participated in the Peace Felt 2012 exchange event.

There are over hundred of felters coming from 20 countries around the world going to join!

Canada	Australia
United Kingdom	United States
Iraq	Norway
England	Ireland
Netherlands	Israel
New Zealand	Scotland
Czech Republic	Hong Kong
Russia	Northern Ireland
Mexico	Wales
Belgium	Italy

How Peace Felt works?

 "Sending out works of PEACE FELT during September will result in these handcrafted works of art creating an energetic circle of peace and loving kindness around the planet as they travel from one heart to the next."

	This is my contribution for this Peace Felt exchange. It will be sent to Michigan, US to a lovely lady who is very active into Peace Group. When I first work on the design, I want to make a fashion statement piece because my FELTasticFashion background & I was thinking about the Olympic Ring colors."...the six colours [including the flag’s white background] thus combined reproduce the colours of all the nations, with no exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the tri- colours of France, England and America, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, the yellow and red of Spain next to the novelties of Brazil or Australia, with old Japan and new China. Here is truly an international symbol." -  August, 1912 edition of Olympique by   Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games.
	I hope my receiving partner will Love It. & Treasure It. ~ PEACE ON EARTH ~

2012 FALL WORKSHOPS

It was my pleasure being invited to attend

Wolfville Farmers' Market Fall Recreation Registration Night.

I met many new people (old & young) who are interested in FELTING.

I'm very excited to offer workshops to promote this fun & eco-friendly handicraft very soon!