It makes us feel very special to host Leiko for her yearly workshops in our store. Not only is Leiko Uchiyama an incredible felter, instructor, and all-around creative, but she has such a kind disposition, and that’s important to all of us here. She’ll be here this April to teach her Pine Needle & Stone Wall […]
Busy Hands Make Beautiful Things
For the past couple of months, our creative mother-daughter duo, Sharon Mansfield and Lisa Classon have been extra busy creating beautiful things for our store and for their classes. Sharon has been botanically dyeing men’s and women’s clothing with fantastic results: The jagged edges of the leaf prints near the collar of the above shirt are such an […]
Sharon’s Wet Felted Capelet
Look at this exquisite thing! Mom made this Melissa Arnold‘s Resist Shaped Felt class. The caplet was created using a batt (to which mom added a montage of fun fibers & hand dyed wool). She incorporated mohair into the center of the “flowers” and a lot of silk into the body. Shibori stitching helped to form the wet felt into […]
The CCO: Sharon Mansfield
While we at The Tin Thimble don’t really have “job titles”, it is safe to say that if we had to designate them, Sharon Mansfield (usually referred to as “mom”) would without a doubt be the Chief Creative Officer. In addition to teaching, she’s been botanical dyeing at home, she took a class with Melissa Arnold and […]
Complex Shibori Class with Melissa Arnold
The amazingly talented Melissa Arnold taught a Contemporary Complex Shibori class with us back in May, and wow, her students created some stunning pieces! Melissa is an incredible textile artist, and just an overall wonderful person. We are always so thrilled to have her happy little self in our classroom! Students in this class learned […]
Felting Workshops with Nicola Brown
It’s always an exciting time when Nicola Brown comes to visit us (all the way from Ireland!). If you’ve ever taken a class with Nic, you know that her energy is contagious. We love having her, and her wonderful ideas, in the classroom. Students always leave so inspired, and that inspires us! The girls made […]
Pine Needle Felt with Leiko Uchiyama – Welcome Back!
The lovely, talented and kind Leiko Uchiyama visited us in April, 2014 and taught a series of wonderful workshops, including a technique called ‘Pine Needle Felt’. We are always so honored when an instructor wants to come all the way to teach at our little Thimble. It is so inspiring and refreshing to have some […]
Wet Felted Ruffle Scarf
Hello! Emma here today. I’ve been intrigued by all of the felted-ruffle scarves roaming around the internet. Ones like this and this and this one too. We also get a lot of questions in the shop about this sort of ruffled scarf s…
Pine Needle Felt with Leiko Uchiyama
In April, we were thrilled to bring Leiko Uchiyama to The Thimble Classroom to share her unique felting technique, Pine Needle (or “Matsuba” in Japanses) Felt. The results were FABULOUS!A hearty “Thank You!” to Leiko for traveling over our way an…