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Learn how to create beautiful felt crafts such as felt flowers, felt animals, and felt jewelry in Chicago's Crafting with Felt classes. Participants will learn various felting techniques and leave with their own handmade creations.

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Needle Felt Plushies: An Intro to Needle Felting

Evanston Art Center @ 1717 Central St, Evanston, IL

Learn the basic fundamentals of needle felting as you create a miniature, posable plush figure of your favorite animal or cartoon/video game character. Learn how to create a basic wire armature, sculpt simple 3D shapes and create 2D designs out of wool. 

(83) Beginner 18 and older
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$195

2 sessions

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Felt Rug Stomp Workshop

TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, IL

Each student will design and make their own felted area rug/wall tapestry during this 3 day workshop. On Day one, students will design their rugs and create pre-felts to cut out their design elements and then go on to begin to layout the project. On day two the final layout, layering of wool will be completed.  On day three the rugs will be wetted, sanded, rolled, felted stomped on, pounded and fulled to a finished piece. Weather permitting,...

(24) Intermediate 18 and older
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$450

3 sessions

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Tapestry Felt Scarf / Art (Westmont)

TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, IL

This class introduces students to the fun, unusual process of wet felting by making a thin, soft, flat felt fabric. The project may be used as a neck scarf, table runner or wall piece. Wet felting by-passes spinning and knitting (it's true! there's no knitting involved) and capitalizes on the natural attributes of animal hair fibers to bond together in the formation of a "non-woven" fabric. During Tammy's 3-hour workshop, each student will work...

(24) Beginner 10 and older
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Wet Felted Bowl Workshop

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Discover the ancient art of felt-making in a hands-on class at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Create decorative, 6-inch wool bowls using wet felting techniques and unique design elements. All supplies, including locally sourced and hand-dyed materials, are included.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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Stained Glass Felt (Berwyn)

TLD Design Center & Gallery

Stained Glass Felt Frank lloyd Wright / Mondrian / Floral Garland Are All Possible in this Day Long Class Spend the day creating your own one of a kind master piece in felt using fine merino wool and hand painted Silk Gauze for the "windows". This is a laminated felt (nuno felt) variant that allows each maker the opportunity to draw their own reversible design with Tammy there to teach you felting strategies unique to your piece.  First Time...

(24) All levels 18 and older
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Felt Tapestry Scarf/Table Runner (Berwyn)

TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 2619 Ridgeland Ave, Berwyn, IL

This class introduces students to the fun, unusual process of wet felting by making a thin, soft, flat felt fabric. The project may be used as a neck scarf, table runner or wall piece. Wet felting by-passes spinning and knitting (it's true! there's no knitting involved) and capitalizes on the natural attributes of animal hair fibers to bond together in the formation of a "non-woven" fabric. During Tammy's 3-hour workshop, each student will work...

(24) Beginner 10 and older
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Felted Silk Gauze (Nuno) @Westmont

TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 26 E Quincy St, Westmont, IL

Wool has a natural property that allows it to become felt when treated through agitation, moisture, pressure and heat. Wool felt is generally thick, stiff and sculptural. By using smaller quantities of wool and encouraging the fibers to pass through and bind to Silk Chiffon (referred to as laminating) a unique and surprisingly durable, drape-able felt can be created. This technique is applicable to yardages for use in clothing and hat design work. ...

(24) All levels 18 and older
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Felt Boa Scarf or Collar (Beginner) - Berwyn

TLD Design Center & Gallery @ 2619 Ridgeland Ave, Berwyn, IL

Beginners and seasoned felters are invited to come and play with this fun, unusual, magical process that by-passes knitting and sewing capitalizing on the natural attributes of animal hair to turn yarn and roving into this sculptural neck "ruff".  This is a wet felting technique that delivers a stabilized fabric which won't pill or become hairy with wear. During Tammy's 3.5 hour workshop, each student will make their own scarf in their choice...

(24) Beginner 12 and older
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Experimental Felt/Book I

Ausrine's Arts Room

Wet felting techniques, nuno felting (laminating wool on silk), experimenting and printing on hand made felt, incorporating stitching, leather details  2 dimensional and 3 dimensional outcomes. Note: Supply fees vary depending on project size. Students are welcome to bring their own supplies.

(7) Beginner 16 and older
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3D Wet Felting for beginners

Ausrine's Arts Room

Three dimension resist felting technique will be covered and explained. This is project orientated 3 hours workshop and students will make a sample .

(7) Beginner 16 and older
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Nuno Felting Advanced Workshop - Garment

Ausrine's Arts Room

In this Nuno wet felting 2 day workshop students will be working on project (making garment/skirt). They will further improve nuno felting techniques, also design methods and embellishing principals will be covered.

(7) All levels 16 and older
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Felted Landscape

Chicago Botanic Garden @ 1000 Lake Cook Road, Chicago, IL

Create a landscape with beautiful skies, hills and flowers. You will create a felted picture, complete with yarns for adding texture and vivid hand-dyed wools for foliage and flowers. Start with a white canvas of wool and make it come alive as you learn techniques to create great landscape pieces. Learn and be inspired to capture nature’s glory in felt! All materials included.

(122) All levels 18 and older
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$124
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Wet Felting/Purse

Ausrine's Arts Room

Wet felting techniques, nuno felting (laminating wool on silk), experimenting and printing on hand made felt, incorporating stitching, thermo-fax machine made images, 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional outcomes.

(7) All levels 16 and older
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Wet Felting/Nuno I Make it & Wear it 3 Fabulous Scarfs

Ausrine's Arts Room

Wet felting techniques, nuno felting (laminating wool on silk), experimenting and printing on hand made felt, incorporating stitching, thermo-fax machine made images, 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional outcomes. Note: Wet felting/ Nuno I Make it & wear it series you'll be making 3 fabulous scarfs. All classes should be taken in order. 

(7) Beginner 16 and older
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Bolero scarf

Ausrine's Arts Room

Wet felting 103. Ruffle scarf project. Students will learn how to make curly felt edges and incorporate it on silk.

(7) Advanced 16 and older
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3D Wet Felting 103 and Leather 102

Ausrine's Arts Room

3D wet felting intermediate class. Purse project. Combining felt with leather to design and make a felted purse incorporating silk, yarn, other fibers.

(7) Advanced 16 and older
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Nuno and Wet felting 103

Ausrine's Arts Room

Bolero scarf project for intermediate and advanced students.

(7) Intermediate 16 and older
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Nuno Felted Scarf Project

Ausrine's Arts Room

This is a six hour workshop for students who is interested in creating one of a kind silk and merino wool scarf.  Note: Beginners class on Nuno felting is required .

(7) Intermediate 16 and older
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Wet Felting Project / Scarf

Ausrine's Arts Room

This 6 hours first workshop is for intermediate students who completed beginners class in wet felting. During the 6 hours students will learn how to work with size, select design options and finishes. At the end of the workshop unique, one of a kind scarf will be made.

(7) Intermediate 16 and older
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Felted Purse for Laptop or iPad

Ausrine's Arts Room

Project orientated 4 hours , workshop  for students who will be interested in learning how to apply resist in wet felting, design elements and some leather design applications will be covered. Pre-requisite wet felting 101 and 3D wet felting for beginners.

(7) Intermediate 16 and older
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Reviews for Felt Classes in Chicago

Felt Classes in Chicago are rated 4.4 stars based on 236 verified reviews from actual CourseHorse.com purchasers.

  • Felt Tapestry Scarf/Table Runner (Berwyn)

    Reviewed by Melvina S. on 11/11/2019
    I was very satisfied with the class and the instructor. I learned what I need to get going on creating my scarves.
  • Tapestry Felt Scarf / Art (Westmont)

    Reviewed by Tina R. on 4/13/2018
    If you’re fortunate enough to take a class with Tammy, you’ll be forever thankful. She is extraordinary. Please seek out her website (tlddesigns.com) to stir your creative soul. You will find yourself wanting to sign up for tons of artful adventures at one of her two locations. I know I will be spending as much time there as my piggy bank will permit. ~ Tina R.
  • Tapestry Felt Scarf / Art (Westmont)

    Reviewed by Michal M. on 2/9/2018
    wonderful teacher- great experience! Could not have been better. She has a fantastic studio and knows so much. I am happy I had this opportunity.
  • Felted Silk Gauze (Nuno) @Westmont

    Reviewed by Sandy P. on 1/29/2018
    I loved Tammy and her place of business very informative and lots of fun energy.
  • Felted Silk Gauze (Nuno) @Westmont

    Reviewed by Maureen B. on 12/15/2017
    Tammy is an excellent teacher!!
  • Felted Silk Gauze (Nuno) @Westmont

    Reviewed by Mary Lee G. on 12/15/2017
    Tammy's class is so informative, fun, creative, and well worth the $. Love the final outcome and the process was really interesting and not too hard (with Tammy's help). Highly recommend.
  • Tapestry Felt Scarf / Art (Westmont)

    Reviewed by Maureen B. on 2/17/2017
    Very informative, fun and I came home with a lovely piece :)

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