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Feltmaking and Wool Magic: Contemporary Techniques and Beautiful Projects
After studying textile design in both the USA and Finland, author Jorie Johnson was introduced to the felt making process in 1977 when she was first taught Scandinavian felt boot-making She was immediately struck by felt's amazing properties and possibilities. Through this book, Feltmaking and Wool Magic, you will see that Jorie's approach to felt making is clearly creative as well as effective. The book covers in detail, basic step by step felt making techniques, then goes on to present a series of projects from simple jewelry to beautiful vests..
Price: $7.49
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The Art of Feltmaking: Basic Techniques for Making Jewelry, Miniatures, Dolls, Buttons, Wearables, Puppets, Masks and Fine Art Pieces (Watson-Guptill Crafts)
The essential materials of feltmaking are basic--wool, hot soapy water, a pair of scissors, and your hands--yet the results are anything but simple. This attractive book explains how to get started in the craft, then thoroughly explores making ropes, beads, and flat pieces of felt (the three basic feltmaking techniques). From there, the felt you create can become sculpted figures, flowers, butterflies, masks, vessels, puppets, buttons and other clothing embellishments, various wearables, and even a miniature scene with manipulatable figures. All of the techniques and projects are carefully explained in step-by-step detail and supported by clear color photos. Most of the items have a lovely folk-art quality, with vivid colors and handmade charm. .
Price: $12.99
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Beginner's Guide to Feltmaking
Using step-by-step photographs that show how to magically transform wool fibers into fabric, this guide presents a series of easy-to-follow projects that range from simple panels to more adventurous shaped pieces. The authors explain how different colors of wool can be mixed to achieve a painterly effect and how silks and yarns can be incorporated to create amazing textures. This book is brimming with ideas and packed with inspiration for crafters to create their own unique designs. .
Price: $11.69
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The Weekend Crafter: Feltmaking: Fabulous Wearables, Jewelry & Home Accents
It’s amazing that such simple materials—wool, soap, hot water—can result in fabric as infinitely varied in form and color as felt. The key is playful experimentation and this creative guide, which reveals exactly which wools to use, the effects of using hard versus soft water, and how to agitate the wool. Twenty colorful projects range from an inviting rug to a rolled Spiral Bracelet to slippers. .
Price: $10.10
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Feltmaking (The Art of Crafts)
This new addition to the Art of Crafts Series is designed to inspire you to make felt, and to give you clear step-by-step instructions to make a series of projects, from beginner to masterclass On the way you will learn about sheep and wool, the historical and anthropological background to feltmaking, and its mythology. Lavishly illustrated throughout with full color illustrations and photographs, this book will be both instructional and inspirational. .
Price: $18.95
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