This one-day workshop is for those who have some experience of wet felting or have taken one of our other wet felting classes. We will be making a messenger bag (a shoulder or over body bag with a fold over cover). You will learn to make the bag in one piece using a larger resist, to add a pocket inside or outside the bag and to add a strap to the bag. Your bag will be reversible, so you will have 2 bags in one! You will also learn how to add re-inforcement in between layers of wool that not only help your bag to keep its shape, it also adds strength to your bag so the contents are safe.
You will learn how to lay out your wool, where to add strength and to work with a resist. All materials will be provided. The tutor will supply bag straps to match the wools available on the day. Your bag will be based on your own design and will be unique to you (your own designer bag!). We will also discuss how you can develop what you have learned to make other felt bags.
There are a lot of elements to the day, so it is not suitable for first time felters.
Friday 28th June 2024, 10.00am to 3.00pm
Cost £50
Creating a Wet Felted Reversible Messenger Bag By Wet Felting with Pauline Fras
- series of felting workshops led by Pauline Fraser of PRF Creatives. Pauline has been felting for over 10 years and is a member of the International Felting Association. With the exception of using Merino wool for soft, fine felts, Pauline works exclusively with British wools. She sells her work at local makers markets as well as online. She loves to make “wearable art,” unique accessories in fine felt, often combined with hand-dyed silks, As well as working in felt, she creates natural dyes, botanical prints, spins yarn and makes her own paper which she binds into books. Pauline is an experienced tutor and workshop leader who enjoys sharing her skills with others.
