Embroidery Guild Felt Making

On Wednesday 26th of October Bridget

came to speak to our local Branch of The Embroiderers Guild,

in Kings Lynn. Bridget spoke to us about the history

in general of felting and then also about East Anglian

Felting History, especially Norwich which was

really interesting.

She then got us down to work making, Felt Flowers.

She had brought all the equipment with her

and it wasn't long before we were

'Faffing', a technical term picked up by Sandra!

and tufting our wool tops into circle shapes,

on bubble wrap, as you can see above.

It was then sponging them down with soapy water

and rolling and rolling out a couple of hundred times.

This was fun watching as I went around the room

taking photographs.

Even though I have made lots of felt myself

it is wonderful taking part in a group activity

and I had not made these type of flower before.

We then soaked our little bits of damp fluff in

clean water and worked into them, pulling and

stretching them tighter and into flower shapes as they

began to shrink.

These we then shaped around or fingers or pens to form a

centre of the flower and secured with elastic bands.

We all had a lovely time and all went home with

extra pieces of wool top to make stamens or centres

and a lovely sturdy brooch pin to sew on the back.

My flower is the top purple flower,

looking a bit wild! with its unusual petals!

Visit our Guild Site

www.kingslynnembguild.wordpress.com

or visit Bridget's site

www.feltbybridget.blogspot.com