Fabulous Spiral Fold Hats
with Dawn Edwards
Come and learn the basics of wet-felting, or expand your knowledge, in this fun-filled one-day workshop. During our felt exploration, we will create a fabulous spiral pleated/accordion fold wearable art hat.
This is a great introduction to 3-D felting. Watch as our flat felt pieces become three-dimensional and wearable. You will love the artistic possibilities, with functionality as an added bonus.
Skill/Experience Level
All
Class Day and Time
Saturday – All Day
Material Fees
$25.00 to be paid directly to the instructor to include materials in beautiful Australian Merino wool top (Variegated/Space Dyed), written instructions, and plastic resist material for pattern/template.
Equipment and Supplies to be brought by Student
- 2 to 3 bath size towels
- bubble wrap (2 ft. wide x 6 ft. long)
- bar of olive oil soap or blue Dawn dish soap or your favorite felting soap
- laundry sprinkler bottle or Ballbrause water sprinkler
- pool noodle (you will only need the size of half the length of a pool noodle, so if it makes it easier for packing, feel free to cut it in half)
- a plastic beach pail or bowl to hold water
- sharp pointy scissors
- stainless steel straight pins or quilting pins
- old pantyhose or an old t-shirt which can be cut up (we will use these to tie our bundles to secure for rolling of the felt)
- Optional: any felting tools you may have such as a palm washboard, etc.
- Optional: apron
Meet the Instructor
Dawn Edwards
Dawn Edwards is a felt artist/tutor based in Plainwell, Michigan. She sells her work under the label Felt So Right and teaches within the USA and internationally. Dawn’s award winning felt art has appeared in exhibitions, magazines and books, including: Ellen Bakker’s book Worldwide Colours of Felt, several issues of the Australian “FELT” Magazine, International Feltmakers Association, Felt Matters journals, HGA’s “Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot” journals, Danish GRIMA journal, Surface Design Journal, and Fiber Art Now magazine. Dawn is co-coordinator of the 8,000 member FELT UNITED, with the goal of uniting feltmakers from all around the world.
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