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It may be cold outside, but you’ll be cozy and comfortable at this Nome Schoolhouse retreat. Take a break from winter and surround yourself with bright colors, fun conversation, and creative energy. Learn to needle felt for the first time or enhance your skills as you “paint with wool”. Our subject matter will be hearts and flowers, and we’ll use lovely wool fibers to create works of art. The projects in this retreat are designed to sequentially build your felting skills. You’ll learn both wet and needle felting techniques. Go home with completed pieces that include a Valentine’s card, felt coaster, flower composition on linen, and still life with flowers. These will make special gifts for you or someone you love. This is an all-inclusive retreat! Your charming guest room with an attached bath, all deliciously prepared meals, and class instruction and materials are included.
Friday check in is at 5:00. Enjoy a delicious meal at 6:00 and meet the instructor and fellow participants. Then learn about needle felting tools and materials and make your first needle felted piece: a Valentine card. The rest of the evening is yours to relax by the fireplace, read a book, or head to bed in your beautiful guest room. Saturday will be filled with projects! After a 9:00 am breakfast, you’ll learn to manipulate fibers to needle felt fine lines, blend colors, and fill spaces. Techniques will include using cookie cutters for creating shapes and transferring printed flower designs to linen. You’ll learn ways to mount or frame your artwork and view felting resources and examples. Lunch will be served at noon. In the afternoon, you’ll use layers of fluffy wool to create a still life and wet felt it into fabric using soap, water, and friction. We will also tour the mill! Supper is at 6:00, and the evening can be used to unwind or continue some of the day’s projects. Sunday morning breakfast is at 9:00. Your wet felted still life will be dry and ready for you to add needle felted details. The retreat will conclude after lunch with a time to reflect and share, and an opportunity to shop in the Nome Schoolhouse store.
Jean is a fiber artist living in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Her textile exploration began in the 70s when she tried batik, tie dye, and bleaching blue jeans. After retiring from teaching special education, she re-embraced textile art, taking classes and selling her felted and dyed artwork. Jean is a member of the Textile Center of Minnesota and has a degree in Art Education from the University of Minnesota. She loves sharing her knowledge of felting, especially at the Nome Schoolhouse.
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