How to use Cone Shaped Coil Crimps Large Cone Crimps are one of the hardest findings to use as they are made from a particularly hard wire so can prove rather difficult to master at first. However they are...
I had quite a shock when i saw state of my daughters dolls face it was coverd in green felt tip ! it was a new baby born doll she got for her birthday ! I did try to wash it off with soap , nail polish remover...
Understanding needle gauges can often be quite complicated... 'Is there a technical meaning?' people ask, but often recommending needles will depend not only on their technical details and your fibre choice,...
Materials Needed There are six main areas for you to consider, assuming you will carry out the complete projects: from image, through mounting to building a frame and assembling the piece.This article will...
When I first started stamping, I didn't know that there were alternatives to ink pads .I felt really limited by only being able to stamp and then colour in. Quite often, I wanted multi-coloured images but...
Here are some useful keywords to understand when buying fibres for felting. Staple - The term 'staple' usually refers to the length of the individual fibre, or animal hair. The staple length will determine...
A special moment in your life needs preserving, and not just with photographs in a boring old album, or even worse, just left to sit in your pictures files on your computer, never to be printed out!!! ...
We all know that our wool roving comes from an animal, but what processes does it go through before it gets to me?‘Greasy fleece’ is the term for wool that has just been shorn from the sheep. The next process...
-A GUIDE TO NEEDLE FELTING- These are basic instructions on how to create a small felt ball (which I personally use for making felt jewelry) by using the needle felting (dry felting) technique. It is quite...
Fibre - Merino. We all love it, with it's luxury feel and it wide array of colour choice, but what do we know about it?The Merino is the most economically influential breed of sheep in the world, prized for...