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A Mother-Daughter Day in the Classroom

By Hannah Arose Leave a Comment

Last month, Sharon taught a private lesson with her daughter Jill,  and two customers, Yoko and ‘Gaga’. Gaga is Yoko’s mother and because Yoko doesn’t speak English, and Sharon doesn’t speak Japanese, ‘Gaga’ is what Sharon called her. I’m sure her real name was much lovelier, had Sharon been able to pronounce it. It was […]

Tagged With: Classes, Felting, private workshop

Birdhouses, Pumpkins and More! The New Advanced Wet Felting Class is Here.

By Hannah Arose Leave a Comment

Sharon’s developed an entirely new wet felting class! If you’ve taken any of our level 1 wet felting classes, then you’re all set to take Sharon’s most recent workshop experiment: the advanced vessel. In this wet felting class, advance your skills and learn how to create design elements such as holes, and ruffled edges, in addition […]

Tagged With: Classes, sharon mansfield, Wet Felting

The Latest Nuno Felted Pieces from Sharon and a New Class!

By Hannah Arose 5 Comments

Hello Thimble fans. Now that Sharon is done with the wedding madness, she has found herself with a lot of time to nuno felt, botanical dye and wet felt. Here are three of her latest pieces! A while back, we shared a post on Instagram about a new project Sharon was working on and ta-da! […]

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Our Month on Instagram: August 2015

By Lori Everman Leave a Comment

What did we do this month? Our tenth annual button sale! It was big, it was beautiful, and there were well over 12,000 buttons. Thank you to everyone who came out to support us! We were so excited to be able to announce the availability of our virtual tour. This high resolution, panoramic tour is […]

Tagged With: Around the Shop, button sale, Classes, Felting, Instagram

Month on Instagram: July 2015

By Lori Everman Leave a Comment

What did we do this month? The lovely Melissa Arnold came to visit and taught her indigo workshop, which proved to have gorgeous results. Petunia the shop cat started to come by almost every day, and now spends the entire day with us when she visits. We had such a fun day with Marie Clark of Permanent […]

Tagged With: Around the Shop, botanical dyeing, Classes, Instagram, Permanent Glimpse Photography

The CCO: Sharon Mansfield

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

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 […]

Tagged With: botanical dyeing, class, Classes, Felting, sharon mansfield, Shibori, versi wrap

With Sticks and Leaves: Botanical Printing

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

Mom has a new class where students spend the day botanical printing clothing. She’s been whipping these gorgeous garments out for a few months now (more photos of those here, and to come in their own blog post) and her first class was a total success! Five of our ‘regulars’ took the class and they had a blast. […]

Tagged With: botanical dyeing, Classes, dyeing, sharon mansfield

Pine Needle Felt with Leiko Uchiyama – Welcome Back!

By Emma Farrell 4 Comments

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 […]

Tagged With: Classes, Felting, Guest Instructors, Leiko Uchiyama, Nuno Felting

Woven

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

Hello everyone! It’s Hannah writing to you today. Mom’s been a busy little bee (as usual!), and has been creating new felted pieces for classes. She’s been particularly enjoying woven wet felt techniques.We call this one the “Prairie Wrap”. I love the …

Tagged With: Around the Shop, Classes, Handmade, Keeping it Local, sharon mansfield, the tin thimble, Wet Felting

Espadrilles!

By Emma Farrell Leave a Comment

Look at these cute little wet felted slippers that Mom whipped up. Not only are they adorable, but they’re super comfortable and are made specifically to fit your foot. She’s teaching a class on how to make these little babies tomorrow. Give us a call …

Tagged With: Classes, espadrille slippers, the tin thimble, wet felted slippers, Wet Felting

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