Places are limited to 8 people per workshop. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Andrea Coleman Felting is available for parties and school visits.
Andrea's varied programme of felt making classes cover all aspects of felting and felt making and include introductory courses aimed at the beginner where the basics of felt making, the processes and materials used are fully explained and demonstrated with plenty of hands-on practice.
All of Andrea's felt making workshops are very hands-on with much of the class time being spent actually using felting materials to create unique and beautful pieces of art, jewellery and fashion garments.
Andrea will help you to understand and use felt in many creative projects and offers classes using beautiful Nuno felt. Nuno felt is produced by using a fine woven cloth, usually silk, and applying it to the wool fibres. As the wetted wool shrinks it takes the cloth with it, resulting in a crinkle effect. The name is derived from the Japanese word "nuno" meaning cloth.
Felt can also be moulded druing the felt making process to create three dimensional shapes, forms and models such as hats, bags, jewellery, decorations and toys. More robust items such as slippers, gloves, belts and wrist warmers can be made from thicker felts and Andrea runs a number of felting classes that create fasionable, wearable and unique felt creations.
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Felt Making Workshops
My felting workshops are a great start for anyone interested in felt making and are suitable for all skills levels. Private felt making classes can be arranged, please contact Andrea.
Learn about how to make beautiful textiles using coloured fleece. 10am to 4pm - bring a packed lunch, a pair of scissors and an old towel.
Wristwarmers
A perfect first project, you can easily learn how to make these lovely colourful wristwarmers, just in time for the cold weather.
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Layered Fluffy Scarves
Super soft multi layered ruffled fluffy scarves. Suitable for people with some felting experience.
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £5 for materials or bring your own.
Layered Fluffy Scarves
Super soft multi layered ruffled fluffy scarves. Suitable for people with some felting experience.
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Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £5 for materials or bring your own.
Bags
Learn how to make a seamless hollow form, use the special properties of felt to make a strong bag without any stitches.
Saturday, March 31st, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Nuno Patchwork
A chance to learn a new technique of joining scraps of material together making a felted nuno patchwork. Also the opportunity to make a larger piece over two days.
Friday, April 20th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Nuno Patchwork or Picture
A chance to carry on from Friday making a larger piece or do a smaller project.
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
3D Animals
Have a go at making one of my animals or why not choose your own.
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Pictures
Create a picture from your imagination or from a photograph using a variety of techniques including prefelt, scraps of materials and yarns.
Saturday, May 26th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Nuno Scarves
Make a light floaty scarf by fusing handmade felt and silk.
Saturday, June 16th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Nuno Corsage
Make beautiful delicate flowers with wool and silk fused together.
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
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Bags
Learn how to make a seamless hollow form, use the special properties of felt to make a strong bag without any stitches.
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Hats
Have fun making a hat.
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Scarves with embellishments
Keep your neck warm this winter with a soft merino felted scarf. Learn how to carefully felt a scarf adding beautiful yarns.
Saturday, October 13th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Nuno Scarves
Make a light floaty scarf by fusing handmade felt and silk.
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Jewellery
Have a day making bangles, beads and brooches.
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Bags
Learn how to make a seamless hollow form, use the special properties of felt to make a strong bag without any stitches.
Saturday, November 17th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
Christmas Decorations
Your chance to make a wonderful Father Christmas or pretty angel to decorate your home; a good beginners workshop as there are lots of techniques to be learnt.
Saturday, December 8th, 2012
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: West Hatch Village Hall
Price: £27.00 per person plus £4 for materials or bring your own.
