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Sunday, January 22

queen of hearts

to celebrate valentine's day, this wonderful array of felt hearts are now available from fatcat felt's folksy shop

Sunday, January 15

thankfully i've had just enough daylight to get photos of some of my recent work :)

there is now a small selection of goodies available to purchase from fatcat felt's folksy shop, with hopefully much more to follow soon.

here's a wee preview ...

necklaces

bracelets

brooches

pebble gift set

pebble brooches

feltmaking kits

Tuesday, March 16

new feltmaking kits from fatcat felt

even if i do say so myself, i think these new feltmaking kits have turned out really well! m even commented that they looked very professional :) although you may not be able to tell that from the photos - i found it quite hard to photograph the kits in the polythene bags, especially as we were lucky enough to have some spring sunshine (coupled with gusty wind which is not a good combination for photography - one minute ... sunny, next ... cloudy, oh and then everything is now going to blow all over the place too!).

the idea for these came from being asked to give a beginner's workshop for the international women's day celebrations. i was hoping that folk would enjoy the workshop and want to do more feltmaking - and they did!

i really enjoyed putting the kits together, they contain: comprehensive instructions (possibly too comprehensive but then i didn't want folk to get stuck with any element of the process); a bamboo mat; bubble wrap; netting; soap flakes and 100g of merino roving.

if you would like to buy a kit to try feltmaking for yourself, or to give as a special gift, they are £9.50 plus postage and are available from fatcat's folksy shop, they're available in seven different colour combinations but if you would prefer a kit made up with your favourite colours, please let me know.

Tuesday, April 28

busy, busy, busy ...

well, i've been busy shopping and now have lots of new fibre to play with thanks to a visit to twist fibres, if you are within 100 miles of this shop you should pay a visit - it's an aladdin's cave full of temptation and peter and laura are really lovely and helpful, as is everyone who works here :)

while i was there i also picked up some natural dyes so, thanks to some help from this great book, i'm going to start experimenting.

and then there's the falkland wool which i'll be trying for the first time, instead of the merino i usually use. oh and also some yarns to practise weaving.

so, i think i'll be busy for a while but will hopefully return with lots of pics of new work to share!

Wednesday, January 28

new work

well, i've been working away and have now managed to put the pics up to show it! i'd love to hear what you think of my latest creations.

i still think i need to work on my photography skills but i can see a definite improvement.

i'm in the midst of creating a shop on folksy for fatcat felt and i'm hoping to have that completed over the weekend. then it's onto creating a range of bags and applying for my next stall. right, now i'm off to get busy.