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About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Shading, Faces, Shape Mastery
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Needle Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 3-day in person workshop

In this online needle felting workshop, Kimberly will teach you how to sculpt the perfect crescent moon using an innovative armature, with a detailed and expressive sleeping face, layered hues and fantastic craters.

Plus you will learn how install a sturdy hanger for display and how to resize the pattern for needle felting this beautiful piece in more sizes. She also shares more color pairings for future makes!

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English
Closed Captions: English

Skills you will Learn:

• How to plan crescent size and shape with templates
• Color pairings for a variety of moon styles
• Innovative armature method for maintaining a perfect crescent during the build
• How needle felt a firm, perfectly shaped moon
• How to position the facial details
• How to needle felt the facial features under-structure
• How to add facial details, color and shading
• How to make fantastic craters and plan where to place them
• How to install a sturdy, well positioned hanging loop for display

Included in this course

• 24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
• High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
• Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
• Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Meet the Instructor:

Kimberly Czar

Kimberly discovered her love for art as a child, and studied art throughout her education. Inspired by her art teachers, Harold Peterson and Patrick Eddington, Kimberly got involved in summer art workshops, and went on to study Graphic Design and Illustration at the University of Utah. While in college, Kimberly attended the Pratt Institute in Venice, Italy for a semester, where she studied art history, painting, illustration, print-making, and Venetian art techniques.

Kimberly began felting in 2011, and primarily needle felts 3D sculptures and figurines. She enjoys creating festive and holiday themed felt sculptures, incorporating a fun sense of humor into her unique figurines. Kimberly loves to include natural elements in her felt sculptures, and gives timeless expressions, details, and backstories to her creations.

Kimberly Czar lives in Nevada, where she makes felted creations as Czar Design. Follow her journey on Facebook at CzarFelts, or check out her Etsy shop CzarDesign.

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Laura Ricks

Laura Ricks is from Lafayette, Indiana. She has been working with felting and fiber arts since 2017.

She particularly enjoys creating felted landscapes, which feature spectacular skies and clouds, beautiful natural scenery, and picture-perfect depth and perspective. She often draws inspiration from her rural Indiana surroundings and her travels, with the ability to turn photos into felted masterpieces.

She is a co-owner of Artists’ Own Cooperative Artist Gallery. You can follow Laura on Instagram @EmeraldHillTextiles

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Skills Focus: Wet Felting, Nuno Felting
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Wet Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Piece together a puzzle of various silks into a light and flowy collage scarf, and learn how to Patti’s methods for making fantastic elements that stand out in the sea of fabulous felt!

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Included in this course

• Nuno Felt a bright and abstract scarf that showcases lustrous silk fabrics in a thoughtful collage with incredible features!
• Balance color and texture in the making of a beautiful multicolored collage, and plan a layout that uses your supplies wisely
• Look at a range of Collage Scarf color options that Patti has prepared, and get ideas for different design elements that you might choose to include on your scarf!
• Explore a realm of felting techniques that piece together in the collage scarf, but can also be used in other nuno felting projects!
• Find out which silk fabrics Patti likes to work with and piece them together within the Nuno Collage Scarf
• Learn which recycled or thrifted fabrics to include in nuno felting, and how to test to see if they will felt
• Discover what Patti calls “The Anatomy of a Scarf” and plan a scarf layout with wearing position and comfort in mind
• Create dazzling felted features like “Volcanoes” of hidden sparkle, open-weave wool grids, mosaic techniques, and incorporate shiny recycled fabrics that add a pop of intrigue into the collage.
• Add light and airy fringes to the edges and sides of your scarf for extra flowy fun!
• Consider how major design elements are spaced throughout the scarf, and plan ahead how these will look while worn on the body
• Felt the scarf by rolling, and discover all of Patti’s favorite wet felting tools
• Learn how to full the scarf, ensuring all the different types of silks are adhering
• Troubleshoot what to do when a piece of silk isn’t sticking
• How to finish the scarf, steam press, and shape to perfection!
• BONUS!
• * Patti provides instruction for an alternate method of Felting in the Dryer

Included in this course

24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Meet the Instructor:

Felted Works by Patti Barker:

Patti Barker

Patti Barker is an award-winning felt wear designer who has been felting since 2008. Her passion lies in created felted ensembles for the stage, and telling a story with her unique wearable creations. She often incorporates themes highlighting female empowerment that evoke emotion and energy in her art. Patti is constantly experimenting with new felting techniques, with many of her designs resulting from asking herself “what happens if I try this?”

Having first discovered felting at a fiber arts retreat at an alpaca farm in the Northern Georgia Mountains, Patti immediately fell in love with the wide world of felting. With a background in weaving, macramé, and making paper jewelry, along with her parent’s creative careers, Patti has always had a creative eye. She returned to college and earned a Bachelor of the Arts degree in Studio Art from Western Washington University, and enjoys both learning new felting techniques, and sharing the joy of felting with her students. She enjoys taking on new challenges and pioneering new approaches to wearable felt-making that inspire and enhance narrative story-telling through her art.

Her work is on display at the MaJe Gallery in Edmonds, Washington, and in the Orchard Gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her online gallery can be found at PattiBarker.com, or to follow her on social media, visit her Instagram @PattiBarkerFelt or her Facebook page.

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Skills Focus: Wet Felting, Nuno Felting
Difficulty Level: Intermediate – Advanced
Helpful Experience to Have: Nuno Felting Over a Resist
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 3-day in person workshop

Nuno felt a custom-fitting jacket that features beautiful silk embellishments, gorgeous textures, cuffed sleeves, a collared neckline, and one-of a-kind handmade design! No sewing required!

Skills you will Learn:

• How to nuno felt a stunning, well-fitted jacket that is perfectly sized!
• Follow Charity in taking your own measurements, and from them create a jacket pattern that accounts for shrinkage during the felting process, and results in a perfect fit!
• Create a felting resist using the jacket pattern, and learn how to factor in the overlap in the front of the jacket during layout and felting
• Learn how Charity is able to layout and felt this large jacket in segments, working with limited table space
• Discover how the direction of the wool layout impacts the shrinkage of the jacket, and use this to your advantage in planning for different jacket elements
• Combine wool fiber and silk fabric of beautiful colors that complement the jacket layout and create a cohesive look
• Get ideas for how to embellish this large garment that wrap around edges, create interest, and tell a beautiful felted story
• Consider how embellishments can effect the shrinkage of the jacket, and learn what to watch for while felting, rolling, and fulling to get the desired effects
• Explore a few jacket options that Charity has made in preparation, and get ideas on which elements, embellishments, and closures you would like to incorporate into your jacket.
• Get guidance on which silk fabrics are best to use in this project, both as a base for your nuno felting, and as embellishment and design layers on top of the wool.
• Discover Charity’s method for creating a reinforced, strong edge to your jacket’s edges.
• Add an optional collar to the jacket, and blend in the design seamlessly
• Learn how Charity uses a sander to speed up the felting process, and what other options you can use for felting.
• BONUS!
• * Create a closure for the Jacket!

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Included in this course

24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Meet the Instructor:

Charity van der Meer

Charity van der Meer-Musoma was born in and grew up in Zambia. She is a fashion designer specialized in hand-made ecological garments, and graduated as a Fashion and Knitwear Designer from Nottingham Trent University of Art and Design (UK) in 2002. Charity moved to the Netherlands in the same year, where she continues to work in fashion and design independently.

“Felt has given me a chance to express myself beyond the conformity of the traditional felt making and dress making. There are endless possibilities and I am constantly researching new materials and new techniques. All material I use will tell their own story through my pieces.”

Today, Charity’s contemporary designs are inspired by nature itself. Her mission is to create unique, natural, sustainable and wearable garments and to share this with others around the world. To produce her collections, Charity uses new ideas and techniques that are inspired by nature and uses durable and ecological products.

Her label Sharit – which comes from “Share It” – embodies Charity’s passion for sharing her creativity and knowledge with others and to inspire them and stimulate their creative thoughts.

Charity travels all around the world teaching felt fashion and felt techniques. Her contact with so many cultures encourages her ideas and inspires her towards new creations. Her dream of sharing is her reality and this has led her to invest in this new online way of sharing her passion.

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Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

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Skills Focus: Needle Felting a Small Animal
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Needle Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Discover Irina’s “Acrylic Impregnation” technique in shaping Rusty’s expressive ears! This sweet pup also features a colorful coat, emotive eyes, and a big bone to chew! His swivel head lets him look left and right for all the best treats!

Skills you will Learn:

• How to needle felt a miniature 3D Dog in Irina’s cute caricature style!
• Build up the head by needle felting detailed individual parts that will be assembled together
• Express emotion in needle felting the shape of the eyebrows, and in making the polymer clay eyes
• Use pastels to shade and tint the wool and give depth and shadow to Rusty’s face and body
• Learn Irina’s technique of Acrylic Impregnation to fix Rusty’s ears into place (this technique is optional)
• Needle felt all the shapes of Rusty’s body, and give color to his belly
• Shape the individual limbs and detail the tiny paws that will hold his bone
• Needle felt a tail, and assemble all the pieces of Rusty’s body
• Attach Rusty’s head to make him able to look left and right
• Apply pastel shading to Rusty’s back to give him fantastic depth of color
• Create a furry texture for Rusty’s coat
• Make the polymer clay eyes and bone for Rusty

Included in this course

• 24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
• High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
• Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
• Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Meet the Instructor:

Irina Egorova

Irina Egorova is a felt artist and teacher, who creates beautiful miniature animal sculptures from colored wool using the dry felting technique, and blends additional methods of art into her fantastic felt creations!

She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, with her friendly family – her husband (Technical Support), twins Katyusha and Andryushka, and twins Kitty the Cat (Advertising Director) and Juicy the Dog (Quality Content Director).

Irina is a zoologist by education, and uses her background in biology to fulfill her creativity as a full-time artist and teacher. Her favorite characters are insects, but all of her creatures have their own tales and personalities.

All of Irina’s fun felted critters all have one thing in common – irony and good humor, and this is exactly what is so in demand in today’s world and what she really enjoys expressing through her felt art.

Since becoming interested in felting in 2008, Irina has been actively involved in public creative life, taking part in exhibitions (Doll Time, Doll Art, Fashionable Lyalka, Moscow Fair, TeddyMir, Handicraft Formula), festivals (Festival of Felting Masters, Wool) , conferences (NIADA, USA), published articles in magazines (Doll Master, My Moleskine, Mom’s Dad’s Magazine) and more!

Fate gave Irina a happy opportunity to touch the world of puppetry, and she devotes herself to creativity and teaching with great pleasure. Thanks to her humble contribution, more joy and beauty are added to the world through her creatures.

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Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Enroll Today!

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting a Small Animal
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Needle Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Needle felt a detailed mini meerkat who can raise up his arms and wave “hello!” Learn Irina’s methods for shading the meerkat’s striped back, fuzzy ears, and smiling face! Make tiny eyes and claws, and use Irina’s “Acrylic Impregnation” technique for fine details.

Skills you will Learn:

• How to needle felt a mini 3D Meerkat
• Use reference in shaping the Meerkat head and body details
• Felt a firm base shape for the head, and add the muzzle, nose, and cheeks, and form a smiling mouth
• Plan for where to put the polymer clay eyes on the face
• Shape the tiny Meerkat ears and attach them in the correct position on the head
• Sculpt and attach polymer clay eyes that add a simple, yet playful and emotive look to your Meerkat
• Shade details of the face, eyes, and ears to add depth and shadow detail
• Needle felt the elements of the body, including the delicate arms, legs, and tail that will all be assembled together
• Felt a firm body in which to insert the armatured limbs
• Assemble the limbs and tail securely to the body
• Attach the Meerkat’s arms in a way that allow them to move and raise up and wave “hello!”
• Make the tiny claws from clay details, and learn how to insert and fix such small details
• Use Irina’s technique of “Acrylic Impregnation” to hold the paws and ear in perfect place (this technique is optional)
• Use shading techniques along the Meerkat’s back to create a vibrant striped pattern
• Create a fuzzy texture on the head and back of the Meerkat to give him fur

Included in this course

• 24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
• High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
• Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
• Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Meet the Instructor:

Irina Egorova

Irina Egorova is a felt artist and teacher, who creates beautiful miniature animal sculptures from colored wool using the dry felting technique, and blends additional methods of art into her fantastic felt creations!

She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, with her friendly family – her husband (Technical Support), twins Katyusha and Andryushka, and twins Kitty the Cat (Advertising Director) and Juicy the Dog (Quality Content Director).

Irina is a zoologist by education, and uses her background in biology to fulfill her creativity as a full-time artist and teacher. Her favorite characters are insects, but all of her creatures have their own tales and personalities.

All of Irina’s fun felted critters all have one thing in common – irony and good humor, and this is exactly what is so in demand in today’s world and what she really enjoys expressing through her felt art.

Since becoming interested in felting in 2008, Irina has been actively involved in public creative life, taking part in exhibitions (Doll Time, Doll Art, Fashionable Lyalka, Moscow Fair, TeddyMir, Handicraft Formula), festivals (Festival of Felting Masters, Wool) , conferences (NIADA, USA), published articles in magazines (Doll Master, My Moleskine, Mom’s Dad’s Magazine) and more!

Fate gave Irina a happy opportunity to touch the world of puppetry, and she devotes herself to creativity and teaching with great pleasure. Thanks to her humble contribution, more joy and beauty are added to the world through her creatures.

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About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting a Small Animal
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Needle Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

With a wide open mouth, shaded and textural fur, and grabby clay paws, this hungry little hamster is ready to steal your heart!

Skills you will Learn:

• Needle felt a wide-open mouth cavity that you can insert a peanut or acorn into to feed your hungry hamster!
• Shape the individual elements of the hamster head like his pointy nose and puffy cheeks, and assemble them all together
• How to plan for the Hamster’s eyes, needle felt sockets, and tint with pastels
• Attach expressive polymer clay eyes
• Detail the Hamster’s face, nose, ears and all with fine felting and shading techniques
• Build the fat Hamster body from eating all those peanuts!
• Join the Hamster’s head and the body together and pose him to be looking upward
• Make arms, legs, and a tail for your Hamster, and attach them to the body
• Give your Hamster some color shading, and create a furry texture all around his body and head.
• Make Teeth, Paws, and Eyes from polymer clay, and secure them to your Hamster for the final touch!

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Included in this course

• 24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
• High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
• Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
• Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Meet the Instructor:

Irina Egorova

Irina Egorova is a felt artist and teacher, who creates beautiful miniature animal sculptures from colored wool using the dry felting technique, and blends additional methods of art into her fantastic felt creations!

She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, with her friendly family – her husband (Technical Support), twins Katyusha and Andryushka, and twins Kitty the Cat (Advertising Director) and Juicy the Dog (Quality Content Director).

Irina is a zoologist by education, and uses her background in biology to fulfill her creativity as a full-time artist and teacher. Her favorite characters are insects, but all of her creatures have their own tales and personalities.

All of Irina’s fun felted critters all have one thing in common – irony and good humor, and this is exactly what is so in demand in today’s world and what she really enjoys expressing through her felt art.

Since becoming interested in felting in 2008, Irina has been actively involved in public creative life, taking part in exhibitions (Doll Time, Doll Art, Fashionable Lyalka, Moscow Fair, TeddyMir, Handicraft Formula), festivals (Festival of Felting Masters, Wool) , conferences (NIADA, USA), published articles in magazines (Doll Master, My Moleskine, Mom’s Dad’s Magazine) and more!

Fate gave Irina a happy opportunity to touch the world of puppetry, and she devotes herself to creativity and teaching with great pleasure. Thanks to her humble contribution, more joy and beauty are added to the world through her creatures.

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Meet the Instructor:
Irina Egorova

Irina Egorova is a felt artist and teacher, who creates beautiful miniature animal sculptures from colored wool using the dry felting technique, and blends additional methods of art into her fantastic felt creations!

She lives in St. Petersburg, Russia, with her friendly family – her husband (Technical Support), twins Katyusha and Andryushka, and twins Kitty the Cat (Advertising Director) and Juicy the Dog (Quality Content Director).

Irina is a zoologist by education, and uses her background in biology to fulfill her creativity as a full-time artist and teacher. Her favorite characters are insects, but all of her creatures have their own tales and personalities.

All of Irina’s fun felted critters all have one thing in common – irony and good humor, and this is exactly what is so in demand in today’s world and what she really enjoys expressing through her felt art.

Since becoming interested in felting in 2008, Irina has been actively involved in public creative life, taking part in exhibitions (Doll Time, Doll Art, Fashionable Lyalka, Moscow Fair, TeddyMir, Handicraft Formula), festivals (Festival of Felting Masters, Wool) , conferences (NIADA, USA), published articles in magazines (Doll Master, My Moleskine, Mom’s Dad’s Magazine) and more!

Fate gave Irina a happy opportunity to touch the world of puppetry, and she devotes herself to creativity and teaching with great pleasure. Thanks to her humble contribution, more joy and beauty are added to the world through her creatures.

Enroll Today!

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting a Small Animal
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Needle Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Felt a fantastic little fox with a smiling face, a fuzzy fur coat, and beautiful shading details! His head tilts from side to side, his muddy paws are posable, and his bushy tail follows him everywhere he goes!

Skills you will Learn:

• Needle felt this adorable fox sculpture that fits in the palm of your hand!
• Create all the details of the head, like a pointy muzzle, clay nose and eyes, angled ears, and a smiling face
• Make felted eyelids and incorporate clay eyes into the fox’s face and to give him a sly mischievous look
• Shade the details of the head with pastels, and blend it right into the wool for a more realistic look
• Build the bulk of the fox’s body and chest to serve as a solid foundation for all other pieces.
• Needle felt the limbs and insert armatures into them to make them posable, so that the fox can appear to walk or stand up
• Make a bushy tail with a white tip, and use armatures in the tail for additional balance
• Assemble the limbs and tail to the fox body, securing them seamlessly, and needle felt the entire sculpture firm
• Continue to shape the fox’s body and add details
• Create the smooth color transition from the while belly to the red-orange body
• Attach the head to the body so that the little fox can move his head to look different ways
• Give the fox a furry texture for a coat of fur
• Shade the paws, and pose the limbs in a few positions to give different effects

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Included in this course

24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Course Outline

Meet the Instructor: Helen Russell

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About this Course

Skills Focus: Wet Felting and Needle Felting
Difficulty Level: Intermediate – Advanced
Helpful Experience to Have: Basic Wet Felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 3-day in person workshop

Follow along with Helen on this felting forest hike, where you can choose to stay on the path with every rock, tree, leaf, and water ripple, or venture a little on your own – experimenting with color, light, and composition throughout this beautiful woodland landscape!

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Skills you will Learn:

• Combine Wet and Needle Felting in creating a stunning landscape scene that peeks through the woods into a rambling creek
• How light and shadow play in every step of the process, expertly creating depth and drawing the eye deeper into the wool “painting”
• Thoughtfully plan out the final image at every stage
• Lay down background fibers strategically to blend colors and depth
• Needle felt in major landmarks that will go on to be wet felted into the wool “underpainting”
• Create detailed design elements in the creek water and trees while the piece is still wet
• Discover Helen’s methods, diagrams, and photos for referencing the landmark elements in this scene, and how to transfer them to your piece, while considering shrinkage.
• Step along each stone along the creek, paying attention to how light hits them on each side of the scene.
• Layer the scene by detailing the major foreground trees, adding hanging vines coming from above, and a twiggy bush planted in a bed of rocks.
• Fill the creekside with fallen autumn leaves nestled in the rocks, with Helen’s techniques to create a brilliant color variety with ease!
  BONUS!
• How to mat and frame your felt art for a final touch!
• Interview with Helen Russell!

Included in this course

24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Course Outline

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Create a Coordinating Cowl with Brilliant Colors and a Beautiful Brimmed and Pleated Nuno Felt Hat! Explore different fibers and methods for felting on a ball in this two-project course!

Skills Focus: Nuno Felting on a Ball
Difficulty Level: Beginner – Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Wet Felting Over a Resist
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Audio: Recorded in English

Skills you will Learn:

• How to nuno felt two completely different projects using Natasha’s signature method of felting on a ball!
• Discover two methods of felting over a ball using different types of fiber for each project
• Explore the fibers and embellishments that will felt together perfectly to create layered colors and textures
• How to mark up the felting ball for easy reference
• Nuno felt a reversible cowl with two strikingly beautiful and complementary sides
• Nuno felt a gorgeous pleated hat with a brim on a ball, and tips for how to coordinate the hat and cowl colors!
• Which silk to use for a lightweight, airy cowl with beautiful sheen
• How to use simple resist layers when felting on a ball
• Guidance for measuring your head, hat, and shrinkage, as well as adjusting for different sizes
• How to create the brim and shape pleats into the hat
• Blocking methods to make the hat perfectly fit your head
• Finishing tips to give your hat and cowl the perfect final touches!
  
  BONUS!
• A few color and material variation ideas for the Hat and Cowl

Included in this course

24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies

Natasha Smart

Natasha Smart is a full-time felting artist and educator who has been wet felting since 2005.  She specializes in the felting on a ball resist technique to create felted bags, baskets and bowls, which she regularly teaches on workshops at her studio in the seaside town of Exmouth, Devon on the UK south coast.  

Natasha loves experimenting with wet felting techniques and materials to develop new projects, which has led her to create several online courses and tutorials on wet felting.  She has also written over 25 magazine project articles covering felting and textile craft, including for the International Feltmakers Association (IFA) magazine Felt Matters in September 2022.  Her first book, Wet Felting, which covers all aspects of wet felting, from flat felting to working with both two and three-dimensional resists, was published in April 2022. Her second book, Three-dimensional Wet Felting, was published in May 2024 and focuses in depth on felting on a ball.  It covers all the techniques you need for successful results, along with a range of inspiring projects to create yourself.

Sharing the magic of wet felting has become a real passion for Natasha and she regularly shares videos and photos of her workshops and wet felted pieces on her social media accounts, where you can find more inspiration for your own creations.

Follow her online @natashasmarttextiles