Dec 1,2,3,4,5 Toronto Ont
contact me about registration
The venue will be announced closer to the time
Material fees are separate:
You can order silk chiffon and merino wool in your preferred colour range from Laurie or bring your own.
contact me about registration
The venue will be announced closer to the time
Material fees are separate:
You can order silk chiffon and merino wool in your preferred colour range from Laurie or bring your own.
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Dec 1
Nuno silk chiffon scarf workshop Create a double-sided felt scarf with merino wool and silk chiffon. Laurie will demonstrate many scarf design possibilities and ideas that include infinity scarves and how to join different silk fabrics, create holes and openings for fastening the scarf in place. You will learn how to felt by hand with tips and techniques that will make the felting process as easy and fast as possible. 1 day workshop, $135 Dec 2 Bags and Hats of all shapes and sizes Learn how to create a resist for your own unique seamless felt bag or hat. For bags, there will be a demonstration on how your resist can include protrusions for sculptural features, a long coil for a strap and how to include pockets for cell phones. For hats, you will learn to make a resist which has the correct measurements and shape for you to block your felted hat into your favourite hat style. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of using the seamless resist technique, how to layer wool for colour blending, how to incorporate embellishments and how to shape and sculpt wool. Bring ideas and pictures that inspire you. You will learn how to felt by hand with tips and techniques that will make the felting process as easy and fast as possible. 1 day workshop, $135 Dec 3,4,5 "designing your own" Silk Chiffon, working light and layers for nuno felted garment We begin the workshop with learning how to measure and create a seamless garment resist with shrinkage allowance called a "sloper" that allows you to design on it, more than one type of garment style made to fit you perfectly. This can be either a vest, dress or tunic and has an option of including sleeves. We then dye and set our silk chiffon fabric base to work on and learn how to use it for our design. Laurie helps you to execute your design and this also helps everyone in the workshop to learn how to create many styles from each other. Demonstrations and tips for making the felting process easier are shown as well as colour layering, piecing silk fabrics, shadow layering, multiple resists, pre-felts and fibre embellishments. You can bring design ideas and photos of designs that inspire you to help you create your project. Laurie has 30 years of felting experience and can help you create anything you can conceive. You will learn how to felt by hand with tips and techniques that will make the felting process as easy and fast as possible. 3 day workshop $375 |
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