What’s it all about?

Join us for a fun class where you will learn how to customise, embolden or mend your clothing with the simple technique of needle felting. Needle felting is the process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle - it’s a very easy and mindful!

With needle felting you can create stunning designs and patterns or subtle mends that colour-match your garment. In this class we'll have many inspirational designs based on the pride flags and queer joy but you can design anything you want. We have dozens of colours to choose from!

This class will provide all materials for mending and to take home - just bring your woollens and clothing to be made beautiful again! This class is suitable for absolute beginners.

This event will be half social chats with a bunch of like- minded queer people and half fun, educational and interactive workshop.

What will we cover?

This hands-on workshop will teach:

The basics of needle felting
Different tools and their purposes
Types of fabrics and repairs that are appropriate for the needle felting technique
Shapes and ideas for decoration
Wet felting to finish the design
You will take home a felting needle, felting block and felt to continue your new skill!

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible Venue
Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Quiet Spaces
Free Tickets for First Nation Attendees

What should I bring?

All materials are provided: needles, roving wool, and a felting block.

Just bring your garments to be renewed or mended - bring a few and see how many your can repair in class.

Please note that needle felting works best on woollen knitwear, felt, cotton and silks. Polyester and synthetic fibres can also be felted but with mixed results.

Accessibility

Wheelchair Accessible Venue
Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Early Bird Discounted Tickets
Free Tickets to First Nation Attendees
Auslan Interpreted Upon Request

Who will be teaching?

Maddy (she/her) is a crafty hobbyist based in Narrm who has a big heart for colour, expression and over-the-top jewellery. She enjoys working with all sorts of materials and mediums, and repurposing everyday items into expressions of art and fashion. As a musician, these wonky and not-so-wonky creations often find their way onto stages around Melbourne.

Maddy also enjoys carving and printing lino cuts, paper collage, and combining the two.

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Photo: Students' wonderful work from Andrea Wilsmore.

Any questions or other accessibility needs we can help you with? Feel free to email Maddy (she/her) at melbourne@lanewaylearning.com.