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 by, CAMILLE

by, CAMILLE

 designer Raquel Allegra

designer Raquel Allegra

I discovered this awesome designer Raquel Allegra and was fascinated by her unique clothing designs.  As you will see in her video, she uses jail-house worn tees that she buys in bulk from a rag house. …

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Allison, of Dominant Hands has an adorable pictorial tutorial on her blog on how to knit and felt a small bag.  The instructions are clear and easy to follow.  Allison also has and ETSY Shop called Dominant Hands where you will…

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I love finding newest free felting patterns for you, my readers.  These are all adorable and I love the “Make Mine a Double” bag and do plan on making it, what fun!  Check out the freebies…

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No matter what your fiber of choice, you will stockpile inspiration from Karen Bartolomei’s “Paperie for Inspired Living”.  First off this book is a beautiful hard covered addition for your library and brilliantly illustrated.  Each page holds divine designs…

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I am pleased to announce that Aly won “Felt, Fabric, and Fiber Jewelry”!  Aly has a blog called Polkanuts and she features some very nice projects that she has done.  She has three daughters and I am sure this book will…

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Here is a cute video tutorial on YouTube on how to felt baby booties.  Visit Lacey’s PrettyLittle’s ETSY shop and see all her wonderful felting. Lacey is 24, and lives in beautiful Portland, Oregon. She is a self taught…

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Gabi lives in monterrey, mexico where she created her stunning 100 dolls series which is her final thesis for her major in art.  I discovered Gabi on Flickr CarftGossip.com Crafty Reviews.  I instantly fell in love with all her fascinating…

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Did you ever look at a project and think “Oh no, I have to get out the sewing machine!” and you skip the project.  Well, Jeanette of Lit’l Brown Bird understands this dilemma.  “Not everyone owns a sewing machine…

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Another fabulous giveaway! Josh, of eknittingneedles.com is offering a complete set of knitting needles or crochet hooks, “you pick and choose” and one skein of any color of the new yarn they are now carrying. I bought a few sets…

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Another fabulous giveaway! Josh, of eknittingneedles.com is offering a complete set of knitting needles or crochet hooks, “you pick and choose” and one skein of any color of the new yarn they are now carrying. I bought a few sets…

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I discovered the amazing Dutch Fiber Artist Christien Meindertsma while doing what I do every day, looking for new and interesting ideas on felting and fiber.  I found her featured on “Craft Online”.  I am so impressed…

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Eve lives in Schipluiden, Netherlands and has created this adorable T-shirt shrug.  This is a great way to recycle T-shirts that you are no longer fond of or ones that just don’t fit right. I found Eve on…

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I am happy to announce that Eleanor of Undeadgoat (Her Blog) was the last number picked.  I hope she enjoys this book and make some awesome things and shares them with us.  Thanks to everyone that enters the contests and hang…

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When I received this book and first thumbed through all the projects, the words “up-cycling and recycling” kept popping into my mind.  Sherri uses many items that we have stockpiled in our crafting areas that can be used to create…

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Leah is such a diverse fiber artist that I could write several articles covering this gifted lady.   Today I’d like to introduce you to Leah’s the stunning wet felt flower kits. Now you will be able to create the…

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These pictorial tutorials can be found on Flickr by Ola Smith who lives in Jelenia Góra, Poland and is a busy mother of two beautiful little girls. She loves crafts and the lists of crafts she wants to try grows…

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You’ll definitely want to check out this fiber artist. Carol Gilbert and “Yorktown Road” products are fashioned in her small workshop in Northern California. She strives to create designs that are interesting, well made and high in quality.…

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Great News for felter from  http://www.indiepublic.com


Australian artist Mandy Rowe will be at the Women
?s Building in San Francisco on Wednesday the 24th June 2009 (www.womensbuilding.org). She is inviting local women to come along and help create a felted wrap. This wrap…

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These are some of the best prices I’ve seen for felting supplies and if you are looking for felting goods check out “create for less”.  They carry everything you would need for needle felting or wet felting and they have…

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I know at least four young ladies that are expecting their first child and I think this to Tooth Fairy Bear would make an excellent shower gift accessory.  You can place it on top of your gift box or tucked…

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I have been fascinated by Ronel Jordaan designs for over a year.  She lives and works in Johannesburg (Gauteng, South Africa) and creates the most stunning felt designs.  I found an interview with Ronel by Andrea Nagel.  I…

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Breanna Rockstad-Kincaid is an astonishing felt artist and style savvy designer that offers stunning items to add excitement to your world.  What she can do with felt is remarkable and acquires a talented artist to bring her…

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I found this interesting article and would like to share it with you. It is about Melina Raissnia and how she became interested in Iranian felted rugs.  Melina offers us a little history about the master rug felters in…

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Kim Buchheit of Wildly Woolly is the winner of this giveaway.  This is exciting because I have actually written an article on Wildly Woolly, if you would like to take a look at it.  Kim is an amazing felting artists…

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