Workshops

Our felting workshops are full of fun and great company. We run them in the straw-bale studio at Quilca Farm regularly throughout the year. This is a wonderful opportunity to take some 'me' time in the midst of your busy lifestyle. Many of our regulars say this is the only way they can concentrate on having fun without feeling guilty.

You will be supplied with a generous Craft-ee Wenches Felting Kit and all the supplies you will need are on hand. Everything is supplied.

Not only do you learn how to make felt from the raw fibres and fleece but you go home with a completed item, replete with country-style morning and afternoon tea and a sumptuous lunch. Meet the alpaca and see where your fibres all come from.

We ensure that our workshops are not overloaded so we can offer you a unique Quilca Farm and Craft-ee Wenches experience. This means that places are limited to a maximum of 8 people, so book early to avoid disappointment.

Learn the age old process of felting.

Make your own hats, bags, scarves, slippers, and accessories.

Join us at Quilca Farm, a working alpaca farm, at Early Road, Tanjil South,

(just 10 minutes north of Moe and approx. 5 minutes west of Yallorn North)

Everything is supplied - A generous felting kit, a full day of tuition and fun including morning and afternoon teas

and a scrumptious lunch.

Meet the alpaca and go home with your own unique finished item.

Our next workshop is Sunday, September 12th 2010

Now full - but a waiting list is available

10 am— 4pm

For bookings visit our Bookings page or telephone

Cheryl - 0414390419

www.crafteewenches.com

While we generally do have a theme for each of our workshops, we are happy to accommodate your desire to learn a technique outside of the chosen theme. Just let us know what you would like to do when you book.

2010 Workshops

For 2010 we are developing our workshop calendar and are looking at more felting techniques, a 4-week jacket project for really serious felters, and embellishment workshops such as hand embroidery.

If you would like to suggest a workshop please email us with your ideas and we will research interest and teacher availability.

Keep your diary handy for 2010 classes on the following dates:

February Workshop

Theme: Nuno felting...a fun and creative felting process that incorporates fabrics with your fibre.

This was a wonderful day with such fantastic items created! It is a constant delight how beautiful and individual each Craft-ee Wenche's work is as it emerges from similar basic supplies.

March Workshop

Theme: Embellishing your felted creations with hand embroidery.
What fun we had learning embroidery techniques with our teacher Jan. She taught us some wonderful stitches to incorporate into our felting. I was the only one who kept sticking the needle into my finger but what is a bit of pain for such beautiful and creative results!

May Workshop
Theme: Dry felting...This is how to make wonderful use of yarns onto your wet felted creations.
This technique brought a creative satisfaction to us all as gorgeous fairies, wonderful mandalas, cute cottages and free flowing designs came into being. We also learnt how to make the wet felted alpaca fibre mat which forms the base of our colourful creations...as one Craft-ee Wench said, "I really love the idea that I can bring my own sense of identity to what I make...it has a lot me in it!".

June Workshop

Theme: Winter Warm Felting Rapture... What a great day this was!
The choice of project gave everyone the opportunity to experience alpaca felting from a selection of techniques:
Nuno felting a scarf or bag, dry felting. So new skills increased the fun and enabled everyone to try out something new.
The final beauty of each of the items was satisfying to see and we all were able to appreciate each other's techniques and creativity.

July Workshop
Theme:Alpaca scarf with merino colours and silk embellishments...we were a small but creative group today.
In addition to some wonderful cobweb scarf creations, we had time to experiment with a dry-felted flower project which we all matched with our scarf colour scheme.
So not only will our Craft-ee Wenches be warm but bright as well with a coordinating flower ... add a brooch pin on the back and 'voila!' a scarf pin as well.

Now full - but a waiting list is available
August Workshop....workshop date now moved to Sunday, September 12th .... as on the 28th and 29th August we will at the Quilt & Craft Exhibition, Monash University Auditorium, Churchill...come over and say 'hello'!
- 10am to 4pm
Theme: Felting around a resist...This is how to make seamless creations. Our workshop project will be based on a small bag or glasses case but once you know the technique, your imagination can take flight.
Fee: $125

No September workshop ... we will be having lots of engagement and some fun at the Australian Sewing Guild's 2010 Convention at Ballarat.

October Workshop
- Sunday 31st October 2010, 10am to 4pm
Theme: Vintage and recycled sparkly felt bag. Check out your favorite op-shop haunt to hunt out a sparkly top to remake into a wonderful felted design. Anything that you can see and blow through will provide the base for you own uniquely designed bag. There will be photos of our efforts on the website soon.
Fee: $125

Christmas Workshop
- Sunday 5th December 2010, 10am to 4pm
Theme: Christmas is coming! Now is the time to make that luscious felted gift ...for yourself, or someone special. Choose a scarf, bag, or dry felted design to show your joy and new found skill.
Fee: $125

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