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Felt By Design - An Overview
Sheila Smith established 'Felt By Design' to provide expert guidance in feltmaking techniques at first hand, or in book form. Sheila is a very experienced feltmaker, with a sound understanding of how and why wool felts and of the techniques employed in feltmaking. She is a qualified teacher who has been teaching feltmaking workshops since 1991 in the UK and abroad, as far away as Australia and New Zealand. From 1998 - 2001 she was Chair of the International Feltmakers Association. Sheila has published a wide range of books and pamphlets to illustrate her work.
Benefits of Tuition from Felt by Design
- Sheila Smith is an experienced felt designer and teacher
- Widely published and acknowledged in the sphere of feltmaking
- Lectures or group workshops
- Tuition in feltmaking techniques from beginner to advanced level
- Design aspects covered in practical projects
'Felt to Stitch' - Creative felting for textile artists
by Sheila Smith
(former Chair, International Feltmakers' Association)
- Create, embellish and manipulate felt into dramatic three-dimensional pieces.
- Innovative felting techniques to enhance your textile art and take your felt to another dimension.
Take your feltmaking to another level. This book contains all the techniques you need for the magical process of creating felt, plus ideas for further manipulation, embroidery, blending colours, surface embellishment, three-dimensional forms and innovative methods including shibori and Nuno felt.
Step-by-step projects help you develop your felting skills, including a purse, gift bag and book cover.
A must-have guide for all textile artists and embroiderers who would like to add an extra dimension to their work.
