Feltique: Techniques and Projects for Wet Felting, Needle Felting, Fulling, and Working with Commercial Felt

by Nikola Davidson, Brookelynn Morris

What can you make from felt? What can’t you make from felt! Feltique shows you step by step how to master this versatile material. In one simple guide, you’ll have everything at your fingertips to create charming projects using a variety of felting wet felting, needle felting, fulling, and sewing commercial felt.
You’ll
•Wet felting, a process involving heat, moisture, and agitation, require only a little soap, hot water, and elbow grease.
•Needle felting, in which you turn wool fiber into needle felt by merely pricking it with a felting needle, is like sculpting with wool.
•Fulling—the process of knitting or crocheting a garment and then agitating it in hot water and soap—creates a strong, durable wool fabric.

More than 45 unique projects offer quick and simple designs for beginners as well as fun and challenging endeavors for experts, and the techniques are perfect for creating everything from warm and fuzzy clothing to useful household items. For limitless inspiration in making all things felt and beautiful—from bauble earring to baby rattles, hats to handbags—you need this definitive guide.

Genres: Nonfiction, Crafts, Art, Reference

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 19, 2009

Reviews

[jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

This hardcover, colorful book is a great introduction to working with felt. There are sections on wet felting, needle felting, commercial felt, natural fibers, acrylic fibers, and various projects incorporating each of these techniques - and then some projects that combine multiple felt techniques. The projects are pretty cute, mostly. There are several good basic templates you could take in a lot of directions. The instructions are clear and they make sense. I would probably check this out from the library again in the future, maybe when the weather is cooler and i can bear to think about touching wool.

[Jo]

Beautiful photos and nice variety of projects. Although the various techniques for felting are explained, they are not explained in detail or with stepped out instructions - more of a refresher than an intro for beginners. The specific projects are varied & numerous but again most of them are self described as intermediate or advanced and a few require specialty equipment (like a die cutter) to be accomplished properly. Recommended for those already familiar with felting as beginners may find scant instruction.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm new to felting, and haven't actually done anything yet. These instructions look pretty clear, and there are projects I might try. I'm still not seeing a whole lot on the kind of needle felting I want to do, though, which is on basically flat surfaces,not free form. The projects I may make are the dog coat on page 29, the mittens on page 117, and the cap on page 119.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not what I was hoping for based on the reviews. I found that this book required you to use a ridiculous amount of materials for what should have been simple projects. The saving grace was a fairly decent tutorial on basic wet felting which I found useful, but otherwise I wouldn't recommend this as a felting primer.

[Marsha · Rating 3 out of 5]

The projects seemed very do-able and that's huge since I don't know a thing about feltique. Mother wanted to make some cup cozies for Christmas presents. This book had a pattern that seemed within our capabilities.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great projects for all levels of crafters.

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do I want to make my own felted mary janes? yes. yes I do. Also has quick easy projects.