Course Outline

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

Enroll Today!

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Wet Felting
Difficulty Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Intro to needle felting, basic wet felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 2-day in person workshop

Felt three gorgeous landscapes featuring brilliant sunsets and star-filled skies behind a silhouette of pine trees

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments that are available 24/7
Audio: Recorded in English
Closed Captions: English, Deutsch, Español, Español (México), Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português, Português (Brasil), Magyar, Pусский, اللغة العربية, हिन्दी, 中文, 日本, 한국인, বাংলা

Skills you will Learn:

• How to use light needle felting prior to wet felting to avoid fiber shift
• Blend fiber colors easily by hand
• Create smooth and even color transitions in a sky, and using color to create different types of skies
• Give depth to the sky with colorful clouds, star streams, and smooth blending transitions
• Explore a wide range of embellishment fibers and how they interact with wool to create beautiful sky details
• Use a pattern to shape background elements
• Feature fast foreground pine trees with a few different variations
• Wet felt easily and effectively with a palm washboard to prevent buckling and to gain control of the felting process. (*palm washboard is optional, but Laura’s preferred method for felting her pieces)
• Add finishing touches after wet felting to sharpen lines and enhance your scene
• Mount your final felted piece into an embroidery hoop

Meet the Instructor:

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

Course Outline

Enroll Today!

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Wet Felting
Difficulty Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Intro to needle felting, basic wet felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 1.5-day in person workshop

Needle and wet felt a beautiful country landscape scene with rows of lavender buds retreating into the distant mountains, with fluffy clouds and textural foreground elements

Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments that are available 24/7
Audio: Recorded in English
Closed Captions: English, Deutsch, Español, Español (México), Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Português, Português (Brasil), Magyar, Pусский, اللغة العربية, हिन्दी, 中文, 日本, 한국인, বাংলা

Skills you will Learn:

• Compose a felted landscape scene with bright, contrasting colors that evokes a calm country day in a field of lavender
• Explore using texture to create visual interest at the foreground of the scene with beautiful lavender buds
• Discover Laura’s tips and tricks to getting picture-perfect perspective in the receding rows of lavender
• Use light needle felting prior to wet felting to avoid fiber shift
• Easily blend fiber colors by hand to create smooth color transitions in the sky
• Give depth to the sky, add fluffy clouds and distant mountains
• Wet felt easily and effectively with a palm washboard to prevent buckling and to gain control of the felting process.(*palm washboard is optional, but Laura’s preferred method for felting her pieces)
• Add detail and finishing touches after wet felting to sharpen lines, enhance color and perspective of the felted landscape

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

BFF Creations!

Meet the Instructor:

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

Course Outline

About this Course

Skills Focus: Felting a landscape using both needle felting and wet felting techniques. Simple mounting for a ready to hang display.
Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Intro to 2D needle felting, basic wet felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 1.5-day in person workshop

Create a lush landscape of a forest and redbuds reflecting on the water.

Skills you will Learn:

• How to use light needle felting prior to wet felting to avoid fiber shift
• How to easily blend fiber colors by hand to quickly and efficiently create smooth and even color transitions in a sky, and how this helps create depth in a piece
• How to use simple blends that evoke the natural colors and patterns of trees, flowers, and foliage
• How to use perspective to enhance the realism of your piece
• How to create the look of fluid movement and reflection upon the water
• Tips on making your composition more visually pleasing and where to place focal points
• How to easily and effectively wet felt with a palm washboard to prevent buckling and to gain control of the felting process.
  (*palm washboard is optional, but Laura’s preferred method for felting her pieces)
• How to touch up the piece after wet felting to sharpen lines and enhance details
• BONUS!
  * Added tips for simple and clean mounting for a ready to hang 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:

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

Course Outline

About this Course

Skills Focus: Felting a perspective image using both needle felting and wet felting techniques. Simple mounting for a ready to hang display.
Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Intro to 2D needle felting, basic wet felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 1.5-day in person workshop

Create the illusion of depth and perspective looking up through the treetops and into the sky beyond.

Skills you will Learn:

• How to felt an image using a reference photo
• How to use light needle felting prior to wet felting to avoid fiber shift
• How to easily blend fiber colors by hand
• How to create smooth and even color transitions in a sky, leaves, and trees
• How to create depth and perspective, creating the look of viewing the treetops from below
• Choosing fibers that work well for the sky, leaves, tree trunks and branches
• How to easily and effectively wet felt with a palm washboard to prevent buckling and to gain control of the felting process.(*palm washboard is optional, but Laura’s preferred method for felting her pieces)
• How to add detail and finishing touches after wet felting to sharpen lines and enhance details.
• BONUS!
  * Laura shares her simple trick for guiding perspective and vanishing points in felting

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

Community Creations!

Meet the Instructor:

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

Course Outline

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Wet felting
Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Intro to needle felting, basic wet felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 1.5-day in person workshop

Create a “big sky” landscape with fluffy clouds, a rolling field, and a sweet scene of a country home with autumn leaves on the trees.

Skills you will Learn:

• How to use light needle felting prior to wet felting to avoid fiber shift
• How to easily blend fiber colors by hand
• How to create smooth and even color transitions in a sky
• How to create depth in the sky with transitions and clouds
• How to build clouds with body, shadow and highlights
• Tips on composition to make your piece more visually pleasing
• How to easily and effectively wet felt with a palm washboard to prevent buckling and to gain control of the felting process.
  (*palm washboard is optional, but Laura’s preferred method for felting her pieces)
• How to add detail and finishing touches after wet felting to sharpen lines and enhance details.
• BONUS!
  * Added tips for making trees using different techniques

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

Community Creations!

Meet the Instructor:

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

Course Outline

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Wet Felting
Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Beginner / Intermediate
Helpful Experience to Have: Intro to needle felting, basic wet felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 1.5-day in person workshop

Create a beachscape with crashing waves, wet and dry sand, and awesome clouds among a beautiful gradient sky

Skills you will Learn:

• How to use light needle felting prior to wet felting to avoid fiber shift
• How to easily blend fiber colors by hand
• How to create smooth and even color transitions in a sky
• How to create depth in the sky with transitions and clouds
• How to build clouds with body, shadow and highlights
• Choosing fibers that work well for highlights, waves, clouds and water
• How to easily and effectively wet felt with a palm washboard to prevent buckling and to gain control of the felting process.(*palm washboard is optional, but Laura’s preferred method for felting her pieces)
• How to add detail and finishing touches after wet felting to sharpen lines and enhance details.
• BONUS!
  * A look at variations in cloud structure and water colors

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

Community Creations!

Meet the Instructor:

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

Course Outline

About this Course

Skills Focus: Wet felting, Needle felting, Top stitching, Image transfer
Video Lessons: Videos are divided in to easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Intermediate / Advanced
Helpful Experience to Have: Wet felting, needle felting
Course Length: This course is equivalent to a 3-day in person workshop

Felt a stunning landscape picture with gorgeous water reflections in this fun and inspiring class!

Skills you will Learn:

• Fiber selections for felting a picture using both wet and needle felting techniques
• How to blend colors to create a vivid and lively landscape using your hands, hand carders and a drum carder
• How to layout your fibers and build the picture from the background forward
• How to create the illusion of the setting sun with colorful clouds
• Exactly how to create the reflections of the land and sky in the water
• How to wet felt your picture to prevent distortion
• What your picture should look like after it is wet felted
• How to add details with needle felting
• How to add details with machine top stitching
• How to create an amazing tree just like this one!

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
• BONUS!
  Get Anna’s Color Blending Recipe for this landscape as a PDF Download!
• BONUS!
  Make a flawless tree with this pattern and technique
  

Community Creations!

Meet the Instructor:

Anna Repke

When I walk through the woods and see the light playing on the leaves and see how the greens have a zillion shades,  when that moss reflects all those colors with their little airy faces . . . my soul just sighs with the beauty,  it squeezes my heart and brings me to such a deep contentment and inner peace.  I am in wonder of creation’s beauty and it takes me away from the every day stress and norms.

  When people see my work for the first time . . they are in wonder of how it was put together,  the depth,  the colors, the tiny details ..  the reflection of creation’s  beauty.   They can touch it and FEEL the texture and then the picture is more than a flat surface.   I feel like I can bring some of that awe into their four walls, making it a place of inspiration and call it their home. 

Before  I  made  felted  pieces,  I  did  all  kinds  of  other  paintings,  such  as,  oil,  acrylic,  water  colors  and  anything  I  could  get  my  hands  on  in  order  to  release that inner drive to create!!

Then one day I just quit. It was too frustrating to paint and take care of 10 children, train dogs, and keep up the farm and house. (and later, I figured out the oil fumes were making me crazy)

Years later, I sold a trained Border Collie to a fiber artist, Gale, (to help with herding her sheep) who in turn, trained me to make a purse from wool. I wondered if I could add colored wool during the processes of making a purse in order to create a picture on it. I gave it a shot. It turned out so well, someone wanted to buy it.

I was hesitant to turn this into a business wondering if other people would be as interested, but the purses kept selling and I kept working at it!

Then one day someone said, “This is too pretty to use, I’m just going to hang it on my wall!”

DING, DING! The lights went off and that settled it for me! I set out to make most extraordinary, brilliant wall hangings, for the distinguished art collector.