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Immerse yourself in 3 days of fiber art and design work in the natural...mystical.....technique of felt making offered at the Gia Rosa Creativity Studio just a quick 15 minute drive from the Taos Wool Festival.
Each beginner student will design and make a flat felt piece which is suited to the use of cut and sew designs for hats, purses, pillow fronts, table toppers and other accessory items.
Class meets: 9am to 1pm
During Tammy's 4 hour workshop, each student will make a purse that will include several color and pattern techniques. All materials and equipment supplied. NO KNITTING. NO CROCHET. NO NEEDLING in this process!!
Class meets: 2pm to 6pm
See Tammy's article on this technique in "Belle Armoire Magazine" Nov/Dec '06
A new twist on an ancient method of creating fabrics. Learn this fun, unusual process that by-passes knitting and sewing capitalizing on the natural attributes of wool to turn yarn into a lacey fabric. During Tammy's 3 1/2 hour workshop, each student will make a scarf piece or fabric that may be cut & sewn into other design items on your own. All materials and equipment supplied. Dress for comfort....and a bit of a work out.
Class meets: 9am to 12:30pm
Whimsical felted flowers, felted ropes and rocks is the concept for this class. These may be wearable pieces or sculptural pieces....you decided. Students will learn how to create several different wet felt forms with felting needle assembly taught by Tammy (Beginners welcome!). All Felting fibers and felting needle provided through class fee.
Class meets: 2pm to 5pm
Tammy demonstrated this technique on HGTV show, "That's Clever" back in March '06!!
Traditional wool felt is generally thick, stiff and sculptural. Students will now be taught to use smaller quantities of wool and the process that encourages the fibers to pass through and bind to a Silk Chiffon fabric (referred to as laminated or Nuno Felt) to create unique and surprisingly durable, drape-able felt fabrics applicable to art wear clothing, interior decorating fabrics and hat design work. Students will explore color and design direction in the application of wool & metallic yarns together with colored wool roving onto a pre-hand-painted silk chiffon base in the creation of a scarf.
Class meets: 9am to 2pm (ish)
For pricing and registration visit Gia Rosa Creativity Studio
FELTED SILK CHIFFON
Hand Painted Silk Chiffon with wool yarns and fibers felted through.
NO SEWING (unless you want to embellish them)
(L) Tammy's Hat featured in "Belle Armoire" Magazine
/ Summer
2003
Constructed from felted chiffon fabric (R) The
Scarf Tammy created on "Crafters Coast to Coast" show Airing
Spring/Summer 2005
Felted Silk Workshop:
Instructor: Tammy L. Deck
Wool has a natural property that allows it to become felt when treated through agitation, moisture, pressure and heat. Wool felt is generally thick, stiff and sculptural. By using smaller quantities of wool and forcing the fibers to pass through and bind to Silk Chiffon (referred to as laminating) a unique and surprisingly durable, drape-able felt can be created. This technique is applicable to yardages for use in clothing and hat design work. Students will explore color and design direction for the application of the wool and play up the unique texture variations. A scarf will be created using a provided, hand-painted silk chiffon base, wool & metallic yarns with colored wool roving. All materials and equipment will be supplied. No previous felting experience needed. There is some physical exertion in this process so, please wear comfortable clothes and shoes to class. Some people require additional time for this project, so please, bring a snack and allow for a 1 to 2 hour window beyond the stated end time.
Here's a student working on her piece at the TLD Design Center
This is Tammy's Studio Location...Felting classes occur regularly throughout the year. Scroll down to see other Felting classes offered in different venues.
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Felting Classes, click here 
Fees and Registration taken by:
Coupeville
Arts Center
The following photos are from Tammy's classes during the 2006 Midwest Felting Symposium
(L) Bettina rubs the edge of her hat brim
(R) Terri works on her crown fabric
Lynn is rolling her crown fabric
Devony is throwing her crown fabric
Terri is constructing a wire armature for the crown
Fayla and Carol rolling their laminated felt scarves
Kits to make your own Felted Silk Scarves:
Tammy has hand painted a
collection of silk scarf blanks and coordinated a gorgeous combinations of high
end yarns (you may recognize yarns from Trendsetter, Tahki, Gedifra, and
Ironstone in your kit). Your kit will include a hand painted scarf
background and enough Yarn for several design options...plus
enough wool fleece in coordinating color(s) to complete your scarf. Each
kit comes with a "tool" list, drawn diagram of several design
options, and our workshop hand out that itemizes the process. Price shown includes USPS First Class Postage.
Tammy's finished scarves sell for $95 and up.
Color kits will change frequently, so please check back.
Here's a testimonial from one of our kit customers:
4 page Laminated Felting / Workshop Hand-out $9 (included mailing fee)
To order Wool Fleece for felt making, click here
Order Policy:
Use the "Buy It!" buttons or mail a check to us at:
TLD Designs 26 E. Quincy St. Westmont, IL 60559
Using the "Buy It" buttons creates a binding agreement to purchase the product indicated. Books, patterns and Kits are not returnable. Other returns may be subject to restocking fees. Please e-mail Customer Service@TLDDesigns.com if you have questions BEFORE ordering.
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