10th Wedding Anniversary!

Last week... I had an adventure...I woke on Saturday morning and came down to breakfast, where my husband had laid the table put out flowers and the laptop!?!

I was asked to sit and press play...

This is what I saw...

With a note asking if I would like to have dinner here...WELL YES!

I was shown pictures of... FELT / TEXTILES / SILK / FOOD...

It turns out that he had organised our 10^th Wedding Anniversary...and we were going to Marrakesh that afternoon!

We stayed at a Riad in the heart of Marrakesh, you can find the details here www.lestroismages.com/ We were lucky enough to be given an upgrade in our room booking and this is where we slept...the Suite Bahia. It was amazing, the people were amazing, the food was amazing! We loved it...

This is our bathroom... has a domed roof over the shower / bath with little stars cut out. Very cute!

This is where we took tea after a long day walking and shopping. It was...mint tea...and there was lots of it.









And just to give you a taster this is Omar at work...more of him to come...





And ...this is MY Arabian Knight

Who gave me the best anniversary gift... ever! xx

Bag Workshop

I had great fun with Jackie and Margie creating these stunning bags. Neither had done any felting before...and Margie was thinking about doing flowers...we persuaded her to do a bag! She did the knitting bag, fantastic. I love the detail that Jackie got on her bag, she has two different images and is planning further embellishments at home. I am looking forward to seeing the final piece.

I have heard that both bags are much admired and both ladies slept well that night!

Flower Bag and Knitting Bag

Great job ladies!

We thought these looked like 'Sweet Peas'... just beautiful.

Close Up of the knitting bag...what lucky knitting!

Rolling, rolling and more...rolling.

Very tired...but smiling. I heard that both ladies slept well that night!

A good day!

Bag Workshop for Beginnners

Oh I am very lucky, I have been able to run a studio workshops with newbie felt makers. One Friday I had Lynn and Audrey... they never heard of wet felt...Audrey mentioned her experience was limited to the fuzzy version she had used in school!

They worked really hard...I think this is a brilliant result for their first attempt at wet felting. These bags were made on a resist. We did try them on our heads to see if they also made good hats?!?

Looks like fish swimming surrounded by gold, just lovely!

Lynn is just full of ideas, I love the braided handle.

Such lovely detail and colour- great job!

Happenings...

Hello all,

I hope you had a most splendid Easter break and ate lots of chocolate, I know I did. Yum!

I went to Living Craft in Hatfield last weekend to teaching felt making, it was great fun. Everyone got to make a little wall hanging, we had lots of happy, smiley and amazed people! I will try to get some pictures for you.

Here are some images from recent workshops...amazing what you can do with fluff...

1. Patricia's beautiful, bold silk scarf. Didn't she do a fantastic job? Lots of rolling, so extra advantage of exercising those bingo wings!
   
   
    
2. Prue's Coffee pot cover. Isn't this great, I love the colours she picked. This is the first time she's felted...fantastic job... but there is a slight problem-...she now has the bug and is planning to felt at home.
   
   
    
3. Peggy' 3D Fish...(Peggy also makes the most lovely felt animals and sews lovely vintage pinny's, let me know if you want to get in touch with her)...Look at this fish... she made it the same way we would make a bag, but she's going to stuff it and put it up in her house...way too cute.
   

Today I am making a 'Sorting Hat' for a school – let's see what it looks like when it's finished...watch this space...

Workshop Update

I am doing lots of studio workshops on Fridays and Saturdays. Email me dates that you are free
and
I will get you booked in for felt frenzy, cake and fun!

Take care

Michelle

Fantastic Fun Felt Workshops

 

14^th May - Beginners Feltmaking

• Make a Felt Bag, Tea or Coffee Cosy or a Water Bottle Cover

• Exciting opportunity to learn about the ancient skill of felt making.

  • This is a beginner's course which covers making a felt bag, tea or coffee cosy or even a hot water bottle cover to keep you warm on those cold nights.
    
  • The felt making course covers how to magically transform the fibres into your chosen project, using soap, water and ...your hands
  • Email me for more details. info@michelledibdin.com
  • £56 includes use of all equipment, materials, tuition, course notes, tea/coffee/fruit teas, biscuits and of course....cake!
  • The course runs 10.00 to 4.00pm
    

11^th June - Felt Slippers

• Make Your Own Pair of Felt Slippers
• Treat yourself and your feet!
  • Make a unique, stylish and warm pair of felt slippers using a pair of polystyrene shoe lasts in your size. You can keep these and re-use them over and over again.
    
  • Spend your day making a stunning pair of slippers which will amaze your friends and family.
    
  • £69 includes use of all equipment, materials, tuition, course notes, tea/coffee/fruit teas, biscuits and cake!
    
  • Course runs from 10am - 4pm.
    
  • To reserve your place email me at info@michelledibdin.com
    
    

9^th July - Flowers and More Flowers

• Adorn Yourself or Your Home in Fabulous Flowers!
• Make lovely felted flowers for brooches, corsages or add a stem and put them in a vase at home.
  • We will use a variety of techniques to make different types of flowers
  • You will be able to use them to decorate yourself or your home, your bags, give as gifts...or even turn it into jewellery...endless possibilities!
  • £56 includes use of all equipment, materials, tuition, course notes, tea/coffee/fruit teas, biscuits and of course....cake!
  • The course runs 10.00 to 4.00pm
  
  • To reserve your place email me at info@michelledibdin.com
  
  

Riches Revealed- Joanna O'Neill

We all went on a fantastic workshop this weekend. We spent the day with Joanna O'Neill, who you can find at her website here. She specialises in Textiles, lots of Felt Work. She has also written a couple of books and read excerpts to us while we were working, very civilized!

She started us with this...














Then we did this...

 

Then this....

And finally.....

My felting friends and I loved this workshop, soooooo many different things we can do with the technique.

Here are the pieces from all of us!

We love it, we have so many ideas of what we can do with the technique. What do you think? Do you like?

Cobweb Scarves

This cobweb scarf really makes me feel like going to the seaside! I'm calling it Ocean.

And this makes me feel like being in the garden...first flush of Spring... so...Soft Spring is it's name!

Do you like these?
I am putting Ocean and Butterfly in the shop today. I always forget to update the shop because I want to keep everything!

Have a good day everyone. x