Half the fun of felting, whether you’re nuno, wet, or needle felting, is incorporating all those luxurious, beautiful, textural fibers other than wool. Embellishment fibers can vary widely and include cotton, silk, animal fibers, yarn, threads, linen, nylon and soooo much more. I sat down with my mom, Sharon, our in-house felting extraordinaire, to pick […]
Tips and Tricks for Felting with Cotton Cheesecloth
Join Sharon and Hannah as The Tin Thimble talks tips and tricks for nuno felting with cotton cheesecloth and achieving a more casual look.
How to Solve 5 Common Nuno Felting Problems
We’ve taught a lot of people how to nuno felt. In our eleven years of business, we’ve introduced thousands (literally!) of students to the beautiful art of nuno felting. This means we’ve met a lot of incredible people, seen many draw-dropping felted items and also seen our fair share of mishaps. Today, we’ll be sharing […]
Our Recent Favorite Class Results
We are so dang lucky to teach so many incredible students. Each workshop at The Tin Thimble is full of students who we have the pleasure of meeting, instructing and applauding. We love the curiosity, open mindedness, and gumption that our students display when they join us and dive into making something. With so many […]
Shibori Press – A DIY Tool to Dye Fabric Yardage
Those of you who follow us on Instagram, or keep a close eye on the shop going-ons, know that Sharon has been on a bit of a Shibori and Indigo kick lately. Dare we say, she’s a bit…obsessed? It’s okay, cause we’re fueling her obsession by asking her ten thousand questions about indigo, encouraging her […]
Eleven Years in Business
Back in April, we celebrated our 11th year in business by hosting our annual student art show. Every year when it comes time for me to write the post re-capping this annual celebration, I find myself at a loss of words. How can I possibly say the magnitude of our gratitude to all of you? […]
Our Favorite Felting Tools
Today we’re going to do a quick run-through of our favorite felting tools for both nuno and wet methods. If you’ve just registered for a workshop with us, or are just getting into felting on your own, this will be a great introduction to some tools of the trade. Felting is a creative process, and […]
Indigo and Shibori – Inspired to Experiment
Mom and dad visited Emma, Chris and the new little grand baby in Japan this last October. Emma lives in Okazaki not that far from the famous shibori town – Arimatsu – so two rainy but fantastic days were spent soaking in all of the shibori and indigo blue inspiration that is Arimatsu. Emma was […]
Five Practices to Make your Botanical Dyeing Sustainable
Hello there! It’s Hannah writing to you today. Mom (AKA, Sharon) called me the other day and asked me “Have we ever talked about how the process of botanical dyeing is sustainable?”. Why, no, mom, we haven’t. She has been botanical dyeing (eco printing, botanical imprinting, whatever you’d like to call it) for many years […]
Felting with the Guys – Wet Felted Slippers
Just after Christmas, Sharon showed her grandson, Colby, and her son-in-law, Daniel, how to make their own wet felted slippers. Being the teenager he is, Colby had grown out of the slippers he’d made with Sharon two years back. It was time for a new pair! The guys started by creating duct tape molds […]
