Felt making workshops
Creative Summer time fun with felt making workshops!
I am doing my felt making workshops at both the National Trust at Charlecote Park in Stratford-Upon-Avon, and the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, at Ryton Country Park.
Over the Easter holidays I did several workshops inspired by a fabulous array of Spring time colours and using some creative freedom. A lot of beautiful work was created see the pictures below and here on my Facebook page to see how effective the designs are!
Please do like my Facebook page as well if you are interested in all things felt !
Have a look at the dates below for the felting workshops for Charlecote Park and Ryton Pools in the Summer!
Please do share and tell your friends! Felt making is such a lovely craft to do. And it is for everyone and all ages. Thanks, I hope to see you at one of my future fun felt workshops!
Ursula
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Summer and Autumn workshops in two different venues...
Saturday 22nd July 1- 3.30pm Summer felt pictures.
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Adult £20.00, Child £10.00, Special price Adult, child together £25
Please contact the office on 01789 470277 to book your place.
Create wonderful scenes of Summer in this all age felt making workshop with gorgeous colours of fine Merino wool. Images and Inspiration provided, you may bring a picture or drawing with you.
Wednesday July 26th 10.30-12.30 Pond Life.
Ryton Country Park and Pools
Adults £20, Children £10 Special price Adult, child together £25
This workshop is at Ryton Pools Country Park, Bubbenhall, Coventry, Warwickshire CV8 3BG.
To book, call them directly on 02476 305592.
www.countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk
Come and create a felted picture using animals or plants around a pond theme as a base for your design. All materials and images supplied.
Wednesday August 2nd 10.30-12.30 Secret garden and fairy Feltmaking
Ryton Country Park and Pools
Adults £20, Children £10 Special price Adult, child together £25
This workshop is at Ryton Pools Country Park, Bubbenhall, Coventry, Warwickshire CV8 3BG.
To book, call them directly on 02476 305592.
www.countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk
Create a picture of fairies and secret gardens at Ryton Pools. Have great fun making your pictures with felt made from soap and water! Choose your design from the images provided. All resources and materials supplied.
Sunday August 13th 1- 3.30pm Felt for inspiration.
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Create anything you like in felt from soft merino wool tops, using silk for a scarf, a felted scene, felted beads for a necklace, or have a go at needle felting. Come and use the fleece and have great fun, suitable for all ages. Inspiration and images provided.
Saturday August 26th 1- 3.30pm Felt a flower workshop, or felt a beautiful garden scene. At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Create a beautiful and clever felted flower corsage, using wool fibres, or use the beautiful gardens and grounds of Charlecote to inspire a textured felted picture. Suitable for all ages.
Hallowe'en- Sat 28th October 1.30-3.30pm Spooky Scenes
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Create fun hand felted pictures with dramatic skies, bats, pumpkins and funny monsters! Great fun for children. Treats included!
Christmas Sunday Nov 26th 1-3pm Festive felt presents and decorations
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Creating gorgeous hand-made felt for bespoke Christmas presents, or felt decorations to decorate your home. Fun for all ages, festive treats included too!
Please get in touch if you would like to do a workshop but make something different.
For booking and further information please contact Ursula Westwood on 07802 901566
info@ursulawestwood.com
Saturday 22nd July 1- 3.30pm Summer felt pictures.
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Adult £20.00, Child £10.00, Special price Adult, child together £25
Please contact the office on 01789 470277 to book your place.
Create wonderful scenes of Summer in this all age felt making workshop with gorgeous colours of fine Merino wool. Images and Inspiration provided, you may bring a picture or drawing with you.
Wednesday July 26th 10.30-12.30 Pond Life.
Ryton Country Park and Pools
Adults £20, Children £10 Special price Adult, child together £25
This workshop is at Ryton Pools Country Park, Bubbenhall, Coventry, Warwickshire CV8 3BG.
To book, call them directly on 02476 305592.
www.countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk
Come and create a felted picture using animals or plants around a pond theme as a base for your design. All materials and images supplied.
Wednesday August 2nd 10.30-12.30 Secret garden and fairy Feltmaking
Ryton Country Park and Pools
Adults £20, Children £10 Special price Adult, child together £25
This workshop is at Ryton Pools Country Park, Bubbenhall, Coventry, Warwickshire CV8 3BG.
To book, call them directly on 02476 305592.
www.countryparks.warwickshire.gov.uk
Create a picture of fairies and secret gardens at Ryton Pools. Have great fun making your pictures with felt made from soap and water! Choose your design from the images provided. All resources and materials supplied.
Sunday August 13th 1- 3.30pm Felt for inspiration.
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Create anything you like in felt from soft merino wool tops, using silk for a scarf, a felted scene, felted beads for a necklace, or have a go at needle felting. Come and use the fleece and have great fun, suitable for all ages. Inspiration and images provided.
Saturday August 26th 1- 3.30pm Felt a flower workshop, or felt a beautiful garden scene. At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Create a beautiful and clever felted flower corsage, using wool fibres, or use the beautiful gardens and grounds of Charlecote to inspire a textured felted picture. Suitable for all ages.
Hallowe'en- Sat 28th October 1.30-3.30pm Spooky Scenes
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Create fun hand felted pictures with dramatic skies, bats, pumpkins and funny monsters! Great fun for children. Treats included!
Christmas Sunday Nov 26th 1-3pm Festive felt presents and decorations
At Charlecote Park, National Trust, Stratford on Avon
Creating gorgeous hand-made felt for bespoke Christmas presents, or felt decorations to decorate your home. Fun for all ages, festive treats included too!
Please get in touch if you would like to do a workshop but make something different.
For booking and further information please contact Ursula Westwood on 07802 901566
info@ursulawestwood.com
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Watch this space for my workshops happening at festivals over the Summer!! This Summer I will be doing felt making at ALSO festival Compton Verney, Warwickshire, 30th-2nd July, and Art in The Park, Leamington Spa. August 4th-6th. More information coming soon. Festival felt making at Lunar Festival Last June I was at the Lunar festival in Tamworth in Arden, Warwickshire. I was there felt making and I met some groovy people who just wanted to get right into that creative zone! They made some great designs in felt and loved having a piece of artwork to be able to take home as a souvenir of an inspiring weekend. We had wonderful weather and little breeze to stir the woolly tops so it was superb felt making conditions !! Look at the gorgeous felts these lovely mummies made with their daughters at my workshops, at Ryton Pools (below) and the Lunar Festival. (right). Just the ticket for a bit of bonding and an hour or two of harmonious creative time together ! |
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WORKSHOPS
I teach felt making workshops for all age ranges and abilities. The workshops are open to everyone from children from age 5+ . It is a particularly lovely activity for parents and children to do together. I offer a variety of workshops in making felt. Please see my schools page for workshops in schools. Drawing with fibres, vessels and bowls, resist and seamless felt, felt flower brooches and Nuno scarves. If you let me know which you would like to learn I can arrange it for you. Workshops can also be arranged for small groups at your home. Please contact me for details. Do also look at my page for children's parties which are a great success with parents and children! |
David Bowie's 70th birthday
It would have been David Bowie's 70th birthday in January.
He was a great part of my brother's musical influence (I realised later and got into him) whilst I played with my dolls he played 'Life on Mars'. It was the soundtrack to our Summer playing whilst we were in the garden (turned up from the record played in the sitting room), and I particularly remember him burying his unfortunately sun-dried stick insect to 'Ashes to Ashes'.
Last Summer at Warwickshire Open Studios I exhibited his portrait which I made in felt. Here it is.
It's for sale.
For Sale- David Bowie- 2016 Price on enquiry
Lunar Festival felt making !
I had an amazing time teaching lots of lovely people of all ages, everyone was in the right mood to have a go at making a felted festival souvenir. It was easy to be inspired and in the beautiful countryside. See the results of last year's felt fun below.
I had an amazing time teaching lots of lovely people of all ages, everyone was in the right mood to have a go at making a felted festival souvenir. It was easy to be inspired and in the beautiful countryside. See the results of last year's felt fun below.
Felt making is great fun for everyone whatever the age. You don't even have to be creative, just enjoy the time out to relax, learn a new skill and enjoy the active process of making the felt.
If you want to explore the artistic side of drawing with the wool, there is so much scope for creativity and detail. Felt making has become so popular in recent years. I teach and pass on my skills to individuals, friends groups, WI groups, arts and craft groups, Brownies, children's parties, hen parties, team building sessions, those who want to learn a new technique, or just want to do something different! I do workshops outside in the sunshine, which is just lovely.
The history of felt making is fascinating, there is so much to learn. The method of scrubbing, rolling and wringing the wool and really going through that physical process is very therapeutic.
If you want to explore the artistic side of drawing with the wool, there is so much scope for creativity and detail. Felt making has become so popular in recent years. I teach and pass on my skills to individuals, friends groups, WI groups, arts and craft groups, Brownies, children's parties, hen parties, team building sessions, those who want to learn a new technique, or just want to do something different! I do workshops outside in the sunshine, which is just lovely.
The history of felt making is fascinating, there is so much to learn. The method of scrubbing, rolling and wringing the wool and really going through that physical process is very therapeutic.
The workshops are great fun and educational too. I can show those of you who have made felt before and would just like to learn some more advanced techniques. The workshops are designed loosely so there is room for scope within what you will actually make. If there is something particular about felt making you would like to learn, please do get in touch. It might be that I can incorporate it into a workshop, or plan an advanced one for the future.
Nuno felted scarves
Learn how to make a beautiful Nuno scarf, adding wool fibres to a piece of silk. Create a wonderfully soft wearable creation using beautiful colours of Merino wool. Your silk scarf will be totally unique and require no sewing at all ! A wonderful present for a friend or yourself !
Learn how to make a beautiful Nuno scarf, adding wool fibres to a piece of silk. Create a wonderfully soft wearable creation using beautiful colours of Merino wool. Your silk scarf will be totally unique and require no sewing at all ! A wonderful present for a friend or yourself !
3D Felted vessels and bowls
Come and learn how to make a sculptural
felted bowl or vessel, using the wet felting technique
which will provide a wonderful centrepiece for your table.
For bookings contact: info@ursulawestwood.com
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