It's a beautiful spring day here at
HeartFelt Silks, and with spring come new inspiration, new plans, new ideas. We have been busy creating new artwork, felting tools, and all kinds of fiber art supplies to use in our studio, and to share with HeartFelt Silks friends and fans around the world. We also have been hard at work on something exciting -- new video felting tutorials! The first one, the project many of you have been asking for, is coming very soon! In the meantime, here are just some of items new to our
Online Shop:
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| Hand Dyed Silk Hankies for Felting, Spinning, Knitting - from artist Robbin Firth |
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| Hand Dyed Silk Hankies for Felting, Spinning, Knitting - from artist Robbin Firth |
Hand-Dyed Silk Hankies -- Dyed in small batches, with acid dyes, by fiber artist Robbin Firth, in vibrant and unusual colors. This is 100% Silk Fiber known as Mawata. Silk hankies are silkworm cocoons that have been stretched over a frame into a square, 'hankie' shape. They are beautiful to work with, and can be felted, spun, or knitted or woven as they are.
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| Eco-Printed and Eco-Dyed Silk Scarf by Artist Robbin Firth |
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| Eco-Printed and Eco-Dyed Silk Scarf (Detail) by Artist Robbin Firth |
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| Eco-Printed and Eco-Dyed Silk Scarf by Artist Robbin Firth |
Eco-Printed and Eco-Dyed Silk Accessories and Garments -- the studio has been filled with the scent of eucalyptus and other earthy scents, as I eco-dyed and eco-printed a storm of scarves, tunics, shirts, ties. They sell quickly at our
HeartFelt Silks studio at Seasons on St. Croix Gallery, and usually we don't have a chance to put them up online, but after a few requests from overseas clients, a small selection of
Eco-Printed Scarves is now in our online shop.
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| DEEP Palm Washboard Felting Tools (patent-pending), designed & handcrafted by HeartFelt Silks |
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| Felting Wool Locks and Merino with DEEP Palm Washboard Felting tools (Patent-Pending) from HeartFelt Silks |
Deep Palm Washboard Felting Tools -- an important and very useful addition to the Palm Washboard family of felting tools, we began offering the Deep Palm Washboards to our customers a few months ago but have not had a chance to highlight them on the blog yet. The
Deep Palm Washboard has deep grooves, and it is designed specifically for the purpose of combining wool locks with a merino base but can be used for your other feltmaking needs too.
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| With love from HeartFelt Silks -- Special Edition Heart Palm Washboard Felting Tools |
We offer a wide range of felting tools, for all your varied felting needs. The
Round Palm Washboards are great for hats and vessels, the
Edge Palm Washboards are especially useful for working ruffles and seams, the
Mini Palm Washboard is great for small objects (and small/children's hands). Throughout the year, we also release some special edition Palm Washboards, like these lovely
heart-shaped Palm Washboards.
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| Original Scarf Felting Kits from HeartFelt Silks featuring hand-dyed fabric |
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| Original Scarf Felting Kits from HeartFelt Silks featuring hand-dyed fabric |
Scarf Felting Kits -- each season brings a crop of new felting kits to the HeartFelt Silks Shop. Each of our kits is unique -- I hand-dye the fabric (silk or cotton gauze) to include in the kit and then hand-select fine wool and embellishing fibers to add to the mix. If you follow my work and enjoy my color palettes, you will love the felting kits I put together. Don't these colors just sing spring and summer?
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| Inlaid Wood Buttons handcrafted by Harry Firth and Al Firth for HeartFelt Silks |
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| Inlaid Wood Buttons handcrafted by Harry Firth and Al Firth for HeartFelt Silks |
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| Wood Buttons handcrafted by Harry Firth and Al Firth for HeartFelt Silks |
Handcrafted Wood Buttons -- the HeartFelt Silks wood-shop is as busy as our retail & teaching felt studio, with my husband Harry Firth, and father-in-law Al Firth, making limited edition creations out of sustainably harvested local woods. The latest series of
beautiful wood buttons is perfect for your next felted, knitted, crocheted project, or for switching out the buttons on your favorite jacket or cardigan, for a fresh look.
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| Innovative sculpting tools for wet felting exclusively from HeartFeltSilks |
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| Innovative sculpting tools for wet felting exclusively from HeartFeltSilks |
NEW Sculpting Tools for Wet Felting -- these are brand-new and each is one-of-a-kind. These innovative tools are great for working very fine detail and texture on your felted objects, including garments, accessories, and sculptural felted objects. Each of these sculpting tools is unique, some feature inlay elements, and these tools are currently available via special order only, so please get in touch
via email if you would like to reserve one or more for yourself.
Much more is in the works, so stay tuned for our news in the weeks and months ahead! Follow
HeartFelt Silks on
Facebook and
Instagram for daily updates, wet felting and fabric dyeing adventures, and felting tips and tricks. We'd love to hear what's new with you -- share your felting news with us in the comments below or tag us on FB and Instagram.
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| Our favorite model, our daughter Kirsten Firth, modeling a Robbin Firth one-of-a-kind merino wool & silk felted cape |
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