15th Annual Winter Arts Festival holiday Show!!

The Winter Arts Festival is back and Rhonda & Epiphany of Must B Felt & Fab Fiber Design will be there! Bring your friends and family for a day of great food and unique handmade gifts and collectibles from outstanding local and regional artists and artisans. Work will be for sale in a wide variety of mediums, handcrafted felt garments and accessories, including ceramics, jewelry, bead work, clothing, photography, wire work, and many more! Enjoy great food from Jacksonville's C St. Bistro. Bring the kids for special craft-making activities just for them! Come enjoy this Pacifica Garden tradition!

phone: 541-846-1100
email: artsguild@pacificagarden.org

Location:
Pacifica: A Garden in the Siskiyous
14615 Watergap Road
Williams OR 97544
(541) 846-1100

Nuno Felt Scarf Workshop January 10th

Hello lovelies. Are you ready to learn how to nuno felt? So many of you have asked for a class and the time has come. I have space for 8 of you, first come first serve. I will be notifying about 40 people that have requested a class, so if its something you really want to do I suggest you sign up right away. This class would make a wonderful Christmas present for yourself or a loved one. (Or add it to your Christmas wishlist!)

In this class we will cover the basics of how and why wool felts, how it migrates into fabric and we work through the entire felting process. The technique learned in this class will be the foundation required for moving on to more advanced felting projects. We will be using our upper body a lot during the felting process so some stamina and good upper body health is required. Here are some examples of the kind of scarf we will be making. Details for the workshop are below & please note that preregistration is required. 

What: Nuno Felt Scarf Workshop
When: Friday, January 10, 2014
Time: From 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: Grants Pass Center for Spiritual Living 466 S.W. I St., Grants Pass
Cost: $60 + $15 materials fee
Instructor: Rhonda Lynn 

A full kitchen is available on site - bring your lunch and snacks - filtered water will be provided. Please bring a few old towels and scissors. Wear comfortable shoes and clothes that can get wet. We will be working with a lot of soapy water and you will get wet. If you have any questions send me an email to inspiredfelt@gmail.com or call 541-291-2291.

Workshop $60 + $15 materials

Gallery Show in Kerby, OR October 18, 19 & 20

My best friend and Must B Felt collaborator, Lori Houston of Connected Threads and I have been invited to participate in Artoberfest at the Kerby Belt Building Gallery. This is a 3 day event full of local art, music, food and a silent auction. We hope you can stop by and say hi during the show!

The Event Poster

Great New Vests!

I recently made a couple of seamless nuno felted vests out of recycled and repurposed fabric. One is made from a repurposed cotton sarong using super fine merino wool and embellished with novelty yarn. I made it for Felt United Day inspired by the theme of water. The sarong is dyed with lovely blues and greens and at the bottom it said Bora Bora. The novelty yarn dressed it up wonderfully and reminds me of the kelp beds that sit just where the waves roll. The vest is revisible, seamless and completed with no sewing at all!

The other vest was made with a recycled piece of lavender nylon fabric I found at a thrift store. It is embellished with some shiny, iridescent dots. On the side with no dots I added 2 different purple wool yarns and a deep purple and shiny novelty eyelash yarn. It is stunning and I love it soooo much! This one is also reversible, completed without sewing, but also has a nice thick collar.

The Deep Sigh of Fall

Ahhhh, I love fall! Gaia, mother earth is relaxing and when I quiet my mind I can hear her deep sigh. The heat of summer has moved out and the air is crisp and clean. I feel renewed, rejuvenated and ready to really connect with nature.

As the temperature drops it's time for headbands, hats and jackets! Headbands are so versatile because they can also be used as ear warmers and neck warmers. If you're not a hat person a headband can be your best friend this time of year. Below are photos of a new batch that are available at Saturday Market right now! Holiday art and craft shows are gearing up and I will be at Artoberfest in Kerby, Pacifica Art's Guild Holiday Bazaar in Williams, Friend of the Library Holiday Bazaar in Grants Pass and North Valley High School Arts & Crafts show. Hope to see you at one or more!

Wide headband - great for dreads or thick hair!

Frilly Lace

Assortment of vintage lace

Silk & wool in burgundy fall tones

Global Heart - Hand Felted Art Piece

A couple of days ago I saw a beautiful painting of a swirly heart that was making the Facebook rounds. I decided I wanted to make one similar out of felt. Drumroll please... Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly introduce... Global Heart.

Global Heart

Detail of center

Detail of bottom

Hooded Woodland Pixie Festival vest!

I Love this vest!!!! So do my customers. It got a lot of attention and sold very quickly. Hand made out of super soft merino wool laid out in an open pattern that reminds me of vines. It has a long pointed hood and leaf shapes laid here and there. I also decorated it with some bright green vintage chenille. What do you think?

Special Order Vest & Nuno Felt Ain't Just for Girls!

Betsy's vest - front view

Betsy's vest - back view

Meet my lovely friend Betsy. She recently purchased two lovely floral print silk scarves and asked me to make her some garments. First up is the fun and functional vest.


I laid the felt in such a way as to create a great ruffle all the way around the outside edge. Because the scarf isn't very wide I didn't lay any fibers on the body of it - only along the edge. Basically I increased the dimensions of the finished garment by building it with wool. The result is the awesome vest.

I just finished the second garment and will get some photos posted after I give it to her this weekend. It's made with the same size scarf, but is seamless tunic. Stay tuned.

Workin' it!

This handsome dude is proudly modeling the nuno felt headband he just bought for his wife. Hmmmm, I think he might be wearing it more than her! Haha!! What a great guy - thanks for the pic. Hope to see you in my booth again soon.

Illuminated Felt; Done & off to Nancy!

I finally finished my part of the collaborative piece I am working on with Nancy Skakel of Washington. I think it looks fabulous all lit up. Now it is on it's way to the remarkable hands of Nancy to be transformed. I have to say, she is so wonderful with detail and is an embellisher extraordinaire! I can't wait to see what she does with it - very exciting! Below are some photos of the layout of side two and how it looks lit up. 

Dry layout - side 2

 

Wet down to see how it looks

 

Re-do of the tree on side 1 - I like it much better now!

Side 1 lit up

 

Side 2 lit up

Collaborative Illuminated Felt Fiber Art

I met an amazing fiber artist, Nancy Ruth, through an on-line felters e-mail group and we started talking about the different festivals and events we attend. She lives fairly close to me and we were discussing the nearby Black Sheep Festival that takes place in Eugene. Nancy has been wanting to work on a collaborative piece and enter it in this event.

We decided to work together on something. We each will start a piece then swap with each other and finish them. Our chosen theme is Inner Light. I am working on a seamless piece that will be a lampshade of sorts. Depending on how it finishes us it might be suspended with a bulb inside, or as a stand alone piece with a bulb. either way, it will be lit from within.

Tree still needs some work, but you get the idea

This is the first side with the moon, moonlight rays and a tree. More details and fine tuning will occur. I have a resist underneath and will turn it over and work the other side with a continuation of the moon and moonlight rays. Below you can get an idea of how it looks with light shining from behind. Once it is finished and a bulb is shining it will have a bit of yellowish tint from the incandescent bulb.

Seeing how it looks with light from behind