Beginner Workshop - Making comforting felted hearts with Alice
About this event
There is nothing quite like wool as a medium for bringing comfort. Through the Heartfelt Community Project, founded by the artist Wendy Bailye, where wool felted hearts are created and shared as symbols of care, hope, and compassion. These hearts provide comfort to recipients, and the felting process itself supports emotional wellbeing for makers.
Let's make the comfort 3D hearts for someone in need and share them freely with the local community.
Materials list for members who prefer to bring their own
- 1-3 colours of Merino wool (19 micron or below), 50g in total;
- Small amount of silk fibres;
- Around 140g wool filling for the felted heart (you can bring cleaned old wool that you no longer use);
- Towel;
- Tulle net at least 40cm x 45cm;
- Olive oil soap;
- Container for water at least 500ml;
- Bubble wrap at least 50cm x 80cm;
- Needle and thread that match the wool color; and
- A pair of sharp scissors.
