Blog post by Committee Member Suzanne Phelan

The recent Sunday Session in September had a bit of fantasy as we were led by the
wonderful Nara Fritch in a workshop making toadstools. The task for the morning was
to learn to needlefelt a mushroom of the Fly Agaric variety.

Each participant received a small bag of fibre and the tools, needles, and foam pad to make the mushroom.

Nara is an amazing tutor; as you will see from the photographs, everyone engaged with the task, and the resulting little red mushrooms with white spots were a joy to behold. One person actually managed to make two in the short period. Nara explained how to cover the white cap with red wool, keep a straight line between the colours, and make the cap itself and the stem and join them together. I am sure there are many more toadstools in the
making around the country as several members joined us online via Zoom.

Stabbing Away

Some of Nara’s Work

Nara had some wonderful examples of her needle felting on display, not just toadstools of different colours, but also fantastic needlefelted figures. In addition, she displayed pieces of her fused lampwork beads, along with her small-batch roasted coffees and cards.

It was a fantastic Sunday Session. Thank you to Nara for coming to share her knowledge with us and thank you, Suzanne for putting together this post.

Our next Sunday Session will be the 13th of October and is a ‘Feltmaking Playtime’ – bring and share what you are working on with the rest of the Guild.

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