I have been making tuffets using pieces of felt that I have made in the past and also some new felt pieces. The edgings of the tuffets are hand woven bands that I sourced from a daughter of an acquaintance that brought them back from Morocco. The last tuffet that I just finished (number 9!) […]
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Anne’s first introduction to felt was as a child visiting her grandparents in Norway where nearly everyone had a pair of felt boots. When a Danish friend was visiting in 1983, she learned how to make a pair of felt slippers using the Scandinavian felting technique for seamless wearables. From that point on, felt became a focus for her and she eventually wrote five books on felt making including wet felting and needle felting under the name Anne Einset Vickrey. In 1994 she wrote and appeared in two felt making videos with Victorian Video Productions which are available through Yarn Barn of Kansas. In 1995 Anne began developing felt making craft kits for children and eventually developed a line of 32 kits for children and adults under the trademark “FeltCrafts®”. In 1999 her “Little Felt People” craft kit received a Parents Choice Gold Award.
In 2011 Anne sold the kit and needle felting supplies part of her business to focus more on making felt wearable art. Her award winning work has been in juried and invitational shows. She has received the “Surface Design Association Award of Excellence”; The “Handweavers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Creativity and Craftsmanship in the Fiber Arts”; The Juror’s Choice award for “Best Body of Work” at the “Uncommon Threads Art-to-Wear Fashion Show” in Illinois in addition to numerous other awards. A collection of her work was at the Denver Art Museum during and after the “Spun: Adventures in Textiles” exhibit.
In addition to making wearable art, Anne and her husband, Don manage the FeltCrafts LLC business in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico. The business provides felt makers with needle felting hand tools, rolling machines for wet felting and tabletop needle felting machines. The tools and machines have shipped worldwide to over 40 countries.
Needle Felting Garment Projects
March 2021 – I recently finished a coat that I started on the needle felting machine and finished on the wet felting rolling machine. I started with washed but uncarded “California Red” sheep fleece. I also had some natural white merino pre-felt that I laid the fleece on. I selected locks and gently pulled them […]
FeltCrafts Multi-Needle Tools
We have designed and manufacture hand made multi needle tools in the following sizes: PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NO LONGER MAKING THE MULTI NEEDLE TOOLS In addition we manufacture a needle felting adapter with 6 needles that can be used to convert a sewing machine into a needle felting machine. We recommend that you convert […]
Rolling Machine Instructions
Felt Rug Making: Flat Felt made from medium to coarse wool: First, be sure you have wool that will felt. Certain sheep breeds have wool that is not good for feltmaking. Superwash wool has been treated so it will not felt. It is a good idea to test a small sample for felting characteristics before […]
FeltCrafts Hair Mat Machines
In Collaboration with MatterOfTrust.org “The Clean Wave Program”. The FeltCrafts Hair Mat Machine is used to make needle-felted “Eco Mats” from waste human hair obtained from hair salons. In addition, it can make Eco Mats from waste camelid fiber and waste fiber from sheep and other farm animal fiber. The hair or fiber is laid […]
Technical descriptions of felt making machines
Rolling Machine: Technical Description of FeltCrafts Rolling Machine Item No. 1007 This is a rolling machine for producing felt from carded wool or other animal fibers by wetting the fibers placed on a rolling mat and rolling the mat in the machine. The Speed of the machine varies from zero to 180 RPM. The crated […]
FELTCRAFTS MACHINES
Professional Feltmaking Machines – http://www.feltcrafts.com We have been in business for over 15 years building feltmaking machines for artists, mills, colleges and universities and other businesses. We ship worldwide. Table Top Needle Felting Machines We build the needle felting machines in three sizes: 36 inch working length – price: US$4000 48 inch working length – […]
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