Felt Sushi

Spent yesterday afternoon making felt sushi with the kids and neighbours.
The kids did pretty good and only needed a bit of help with the rolling.
Picked up some memory wire last night to make bracelets and necklaces for the kids. It was a colourful day!

Had an hour or two to fill before a felt jewellery making workshop at Wabi Sabi on Thursday so headed down to the Orange Gallery. The first Thursday of every month is Art Walk in the Wellington West area (which I didn't know but will be sure to remember from now on). My wanderings were a bit early and the timing of my felting workshop didn't allow me to take advantage of the whole evening but I did get to spend a bit of time at Orange where Jim gave me a wonderful guided tour of the work of Julie Berthelot which I absolutely loved!
Popped in to Thyme and Again for a yummy salad and nanaimo bar where I also had a quick look at the photography exhibit upstairs by Karen Flanagan McCarthy
Had a great time at Wabi Sabi. I would highly recommend the workshops. Wabi Sabi is one of my favorite places to be in Ottawa!

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Work in progress

A great workshop at Wabi Sabi over 2 evenings.  This is a work in progress with still a solid couple of hours of felting left to do.  My back is sore just thinking about it.
Learned lots of great new techniques. Can't wait to finish this project and start another.

Felt projects thus far.........

 

Craft space

I have carved out a niche for myself in the basement. For the most part I seem to be keeping it fairly organized and can actually work on something and leave it there..coming back to it at my leisure without having to clear everything away and put everything back.  Most of my time here is spent felting though I have craft supplies for many other projects. Maybe someday I will actually learn how to use some of them.  I think I should take a page from my friend Jeni's plan: stop buying more craft supplies and actually use what I have.  Can never have too much wool though!