Stitching.....

Hi everyone!
I absolutely love stitching into felt. It is so easy and forgiving. In actual fact the felt is equally gorgeous as it is but it doesn't stand a chance when I have yummy threads to use.

Hope your holiday season has been a peaceful one

Love
ELizabeth
xxx

Happy New Year!

Dear Friends
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and that you a factoring in some creative time too!

This doll was sent to a customer in America and I didn't want to post her here until I knew she had received her. There is such magic in a surprise!

So with that thought I hope that 2016 brings you many happy and wonderful surprises!

Love
Elizabeth
xx

Merry Christmas!

Dear Friends,

Wishing you all a beautiful Christmas and holiday season and a wonderful 2016

Every best wish
Love from
Elizabeth
xx

Pages to Stitch!

Hi Everyone
I am so slack in writing to my lovely blog. New Year's Resolution - must post more!

Here is one of my sketchbook pages that I have had printed onto onto an eco cotton/linen. THe quality of the fabric is such that it will stand up to stitching or beading or applique or quilting - whatever takes your fancy! You could easily turn them into bag or bookcover or add to a quilt or simply just frame.

I have a whole series of them over at my etsy shop 
Wholesale orders are welcome.

I can hardly believe that Christmas is AT THE END OF THE WEEK!  I have only just got the tree up!  Every year I am quite determined to have it done in the first week of December and every year I fail! Oh well - better luck next year!

Lots of love
Elizabeth
xx

New classes for October and November!

ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG FELT, WATERCOLOUR, PAPIER MACHE View this email in your browser

Classes: October & November Dear Friends, Classes at last! I am sorry it has taken so long for me to contact you with new dates. I have been flat chat with interstate felting comitments a gorgeous trip to New Zealand and in between times working at 3 different schools. Everything does indeed, come at once! I am so eager to get back into classes in the studio and I do hope you will join me. Hoping to see you soon With every best wish Elizabeth xxx Papier Mache Figures and Felt This is a fun mixed media workshop and I just love the two elements combined. These dolls have been very popular and so I am offering the class once again. If you prefer to create an animal instead that is fine too! 3 weeks DATES:7th 14th and 21st October PRICE: $180.00 + Materials   All tools available for use in class Felting and Faces! Learn to make a stunning piece of felt and gain confidence with face painting using watercolour pencils and crayons. Create some great mini works of art! 2 weeks DATES: 28th October and 4th November Patchwork Felt A study in colour and prefelts. This is a fabulous opportunity to work with pattern and texture in felt. Each panel is quite large and would be ideal for a throw or wall hanging. 3 weeks DATES: 6th, 13th and 20th November Collage Birds! I just adore making felt brids! Perfect for the beginner, you will learn how to felt as well as designing your own set of patterns to create your new feathered friends. 2 weeks DATES: 11th and 18th November Seamless felting Ever wanted to tackle seamless felting - making something without any sewing up? This is a great opportunity to try your hand at a bag or doll or bowl. 1 week DATES: 23rd  October  or  21st November   Beginners Felt Not started yet? Felting is sich wonderful fun. In one morning you can make a stuinning piece of felt suitable for a bag, wall hanging,table mat, cushion cover...... 1 week DATES: 9th October or 14th November Nuno Felt Well what a dreamy way of felting. Featherweight felt indeed. Using silks and threads and fleece, create a stunning piece of wearable art or try a variety of methods in sample sized pieces. 1 week DATES: 28th November     BOOKED OUT!   Felt Project Day Have you got something in mind that you need a little help with? Perhaps a project to get started or one to finish. Then this might just be for you! 1 Week DATES: 30th October or 25th November

Classe for 2015!

Collage Birds Thinking about felting? Time to get started!

Welcome to Newsletter Number 4 It's time to get felting! Hi Everyone Welcome to 2015! What lovely plans have you set for yourself this coming year? Hopefully some time to create some magnificent felt works! I am in for another busy year - how lucky for me that there are so many people wanting to take some felt classes. This year I will be travelling to Berry (NSW) East Kempsey (NSW) The Whitsundays again, Canberra (NSW), Bendigo (VIC) and for the first time I will be going to New Zealand to do several workshops. Here at home in the studio, I will be teaching the following classes over the next few months. Something new in April I will be holding a "FELT INTENSIVE" 4 straight days of felting with a different technique each day. Dates start really soon so I look forward to hearing from you! Beginners Felt If you are ready to dip your toe in the wool then don't hesitate! Making felt is a very satisfying pursuit and the results are just sensational! Nuno Felting Techniques.  This class will enable you to learn several methods for creating beautiful scarves rather than just one. It will run for 2 weeks. In Week 1 four methods will be covered where a sample of each will be achieved. In Week 2 you can select one of these to make a full size scarf or alternatively do more techniques. Collage Birds continues to be so popular it is amazing how many breeds have evolved! A 2 week class with plenty of scope for designing your own feathered friends. Seamless Vessels - This is a great class where I will be teaching the seamless technique  to create some stunning vessels. You may decide to create a bag, vessel  or other creature instead! Patchwork Felt.  This is a series of 4 workshops. Understanding colour and pattern will be the prime focus and how to achieve a stunning piece of wall art will be our goal. Perfect for the beginner or more advanced student. For two weeks we will create a variety of patterned felts. By week 3 we will arrange and piece them all together so they are ready to be felted in Week 4. These pieces are quite large so class size will be limited to 3 students. Felt Folio 1 must surely be my most popular class. Now into its' 13th year (golly!) it runs for 5 weeks with a new felting technique each week. Felto Folios 2 and 3 can also be scheduled after number 1 has been completed. Square Heads  - A fun class to introduce you to the gorgeous qualities of watercolour crayons and sketching. These little heads are great to add to journal covers, art quils, bags, cushions..... Papier Mache and Felt - A three week class in mixed media. We create heads and limbs in papier mache and then a customised felt body. By week 3 we put it all together for a truly unique sculpture! LISTED BELOW ARE THE DATES February: Beginners Felt: 7th  FULL Seamless Vessels: 14th FULL Felt Folio 1: 19th,  26th March 5th, 12th, 19th (5 weeks) 2 vacancies Collage Birds: 21st & 28th (2 weeks) 2 vacancies March: Beginners: 3rd  1 vacancy Papier Mache and felt: 7th,14th, 21st (3 week class) Nuno Techniques:  17th & 24th   (2 week class) 2 vacancies April: Felt Intensive: 8th 9th 10th 11th  (4 week class) Patchwork Felt:        14th, 21st,  28th,  26th   May 5th  (4 week class) 2 vacancies Nuno Techniques:    17th and 24th  (2 week class) CLASS COST:  1 week $60.00  + materials 2 weeks $120.00  + materials 4 weeks $240.00  + materials 5 weeks (Folio class) $350.00 which includes all materials Materials for most classes are around $25.00 - $35.00 except for large works. TIME: All classes run for 3 hours 10.00 - 1.00pm PLEASE NOTE: I only take 4 students (5 depending on the class) so classes fill quickly!

Collage Birds!   Beginners Felt Nuno felting techniques Patchwork Felt Seamless Vessels Square heads!

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December Classes

Dear Friends
Poor little blog - my Facebook page has taken my time and I have totally neglected my lovely blog! The year is fast running along and I will be having a couple of new classes in December.

December 2nd and 9th  Collage Birds
December 3rd and 10th  Beginners and Vessels
December 5th and 12th  Nuno Felt
December 6th and 13th   Russian Dollies


I do hope you can join me before the year is over!

Just email me to make a booking.

Lots of Love
Elizabeth
xxx