Needle Felting for Wearable Art
Dimensional Needle Felting
Biography of Lisa Cruse
LISA CRUSE
Needle Felting for Wearable Art
Saturday October 17, 2009
9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Cost: $90
Class Size: 20
Learn needle felting techniques and improve your design skills in this day long workshop with hands-on instruction in wool fabrics and felt, fulled pieces and non-wool fabrics such as denim. Discussion will also include how to adapt sewing patterns to incorporate needle felting embellishments, color and design for best effect and special touches such as edge treatments, buttons and beads. Transferring designs, extra support plus how and when to work designs according to the construction process of various garments will be covered as well as tips for keeping your designs looking fresh and repairing damage to wool garments. Plenty of group discussion. Don't forget to bring your questions along with your design notebook! Materials kit included in class fee.
Dimensional Needle Felting
(as seen in The Wheel of Oct 2008, Ashford's publication)
Sunday October 18, 2009
9:00am - 12:00 noon
Cost:$65
Class Size: 20
Create a 3-D needle felted rose design to use as an embellishment and learn new techniques for your projects by felting in relief with hand dyed wool on a wool felt square. Appropriate for beginners as well as advanced felting fans, the piece also uses sewn on beads for extra texture and contrast and a pin back for versatility. An upbeat half-day workshop which includes plenty of discussion while you make and take your project. Materials kit included in class fee.
PLEASE NOTE: This class includes the making of an embellishment rose design, NOT the hat pictured.
Lisa Cruse learned embroidery at the age of six, sparking a life-long love of color and the needle arts. Expanding into knitting, fine sewing, crochet, smocking, needlepoint, tatting, needle felting, fulling, weaving and other forms of fiber technique, Lisa has found it a joy to share this love through teaching, patterns, books and shows. Her color sense is refined through decorative and fine arts including her love of painting and pastels. She finds that each form of creativity builds on those that have gone before to create a sophisticated mix within her own style. Lisa enjoys instructing and encouraging her students in expressing their own hearts through their projects. Her teaching style is both informative and playful. Lisa lives in the foothills of the Berkshires in northwest Connecticut where she is constantly picking stray bits of fiber off her clothing. More Lisa Cruse designs may be found at www.LisaCruse.com or on |
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