Education: Felt by Design – Online Wet Felting Workshop with Vanda Sousa

A selection of felt sheets in various shades of yellow and beige, displayed on a textured surface with a promotional banner for a sale from 28 Oct to 3 Nov, priced at 10 €.

Tutor Vanda Sousa, a Feltmakers Ireland member, has an upcoming online class, ‘Felt by Design’. It focuses on learning how to lay out and full wool fibres for different wet felting projects.

“Do you struggle with any of these issues?

  • Not knowing whether your felt is finished or not.
  • Not knowing how much wool to use for the different objects you want to felt.
  • Not being able to lay out fine enough for how you want your felt to behave (for example, for wearables).
  • Making a fine layout and then getting holes in the felt.
  • Making your felt too stiff because of over-fulling.
  • Creating a felt that pills because of under-fulling.
  • If any of this resonates, this training is for you!”

The course includes one week of training, practical exercises, two live sessions, and nine felt samples to keep as a reference.

When: Wednesday, the 28th of October to Tuesday, the 3rd of November.

For more information, visit her website: https://www.vandafsousa.com/felt-by-design-sp

Her Instagram: @vanda_f_sousa


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Education: Wet Felting Connections – Cords and Chains with Vanda Sousa – Going the Dodo Way – Online Feltmaking Course

Vanda F Sousa is a member of Feltmakers Ireland and a talented tutor who offers a range of online wet felting courses.

Her upcoming class is ‘Wet Felting Connections – Cords and Chains’, and it focuses on connecting basic felt forms to create more complex shapes.

In the class, students will explore the following:

  • Rings and chains
  • Two types of horizontal connections
  • Vertical connections


The aim of the class is to help felt makers who are still building their foundations, as well as those who have been felting for a while but feel gaps in their foundational knowledge that they don’t know how to fill.

The class is online, with lifetime access.

Vanda is currently offering an Early Bird price of €49 until August 31st. (The regular price is €59).

For more information, please visit her website: https://www.vandafsousa.com/wet-felting-connections

Her Instagram: @vanda_f_sousa

Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.

News: Feltmakers Ireland’s Wool Book Featured in ‘Going the Dodo Way’ Blog

Feltmakers Ireland’s wool book, ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’, was recently featured in the blog of feltmaker and educator Vanda Sousa (Going the Dodo Way). It’s an excellently written article that covers our book! In addition, Vanda covers two other projects working with local wool on the Iberian peninsula.

To read the blog post about our Irish and other local wools, visit Vanda Sousa’s website – https://www.vandafsousa.com/blog/wet-felting-with-local-wool

Editor’s Note: Going the Dodo Way blog has several highly recommended articles that are both practical and thoughtful. Here are five (there are many more!)

If you are a wet-feltmaker, Vanda’s blog contains valuable and exciting information! There is a Felting Resources section on her website, and she teaches online courses. You can ensure that you will not miss any of her blog posts by subscribing to her email newsletter – https://www.vandafsousa.com/updates


Disclaimer for Feltmakers Ireland Blog

Feltmakers Ireland aims to share information about awards, education, events, exhibitions, and opportunities that you will find interesting. Our sharing is neither paid for by nor an endorsement of these individuals or organisations.

Contact Us: If you have any concerns about content, please email us at feltmakersie@gmail.com.

Questions: For questions about content, please follow the link to the organisation involved in hosting the event.