Please join us at the GRAND OPENING celebration of our new HeartFelt Silks® studio!
Saturday, June 29, 1:00 pm – 4 pm
at SEASONS on St. Croix Gallery, our new studio's home
Food, fun, drawings, demonstrations, and opportunities for experimentation!
Meet fiber artist and teacher Robbin Firth and wood artisan Harry Firth, creators of the innovative hand-crafted wooden PALM WASHBOARD felting tools.
See Robbin's work in felt and silk, meet other fiber art enthusiasts, and sign up for felting classes!
Learn the art of FELTING!
Take a felting class with fiber artist Robbin Firth.
Let your creativity flourish and create unique fashion accessories and home décor objects!
Summer FELTING classes at HeartFelt Silks® Studio
Felted Lightweight Cotton Gauze
Scarf
Felting and experimenting with
hand-dyed cotton gauze is the starter for this lightweight summer
scarf. Fabric, merino fiber and various silk fibers go into this
unique and classy summer creation. Never felted before? No problem,
we will teach you the convenient non-rolling technique with the
Heartfelt Silks patent-pending Palm Washboard tool. 3 hr class.
Materials provided. (Bring a couple of towels.)
Material & class fee: $63.00
July
17th 6pm-9pm
July 31st 6pm-9pm
Felted Silk Ruffle Scarf
Create an original silk and wool scarf.
Learn the basics of three crafts – needle-felting, wet-felting, and
fabric dyeing. Using merino wool and silk blend roving to create
pretty ruffles. Then we will dye the whole thing with bright
beautiful dyes. 3.5 hr class. Materials provided. (Bring a couple
towels.)
(Supplies
needed: Five prong clover needle felting tool and large clover needle
felting mat. These can be purchased at JoAnn fabrics.)
Material & class fee: $55.00
July
19th 5:30pm-9pm
August 9th 5:30pm-9pm
Introduction to Wet Felting with the
Palm Washboard
Never felted before? Want to try a new
way of felting? This class will give you the basics of wet felting
merino wool and embellishing fibers. You will create bracelets,
coasters, coffee cozies, as well as learn the basics of flat surface
designing. 2 hr class. (Bring a couple towels.)
Material & class fee: $45.00
July
10th 1pm-3pm
July 13th 1pm-3pm
Other felting classes
can be arranged by appointment. Private and group instruction
available. Contact Robbin at 651-430-2868 for details.
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