http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/ Aussie Feltmakers Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:38:38 GMT Sandken http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3143 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3143 Hi Pat Good to hear you are back safe and sound!! What a trip!! Was also interested to hear of your experience teaching, Lisa Waller and Gay tried to get me to Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:24:43 GMT Pat & Ken MIller http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3142 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3142 Hello everyone We just returned from Alice Springs, 5800 kilometers round trip from here. Put a few miles on the new car. It was some sight to see 6000 beanies Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:56:13 GMT azure_unicorn http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3141 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3141 I've recently become interested in giving some of these a try. I haven't been able to find a lot of direction though - some websites suggest using felted Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:04:15 GMT Laura Heap http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3140 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3140 Hello, it's ages since I remembered to check in. have been busy starting an art/craft group centered on the little village I live in in northern Victoria. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:01:40 GMT Joan http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3139 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3139 Hi I have recently made a hat over a bowl and when it had reduced down to the required circumference size I shaped it directly on my head (this is after the Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:47:29 GMT lavendillyhouse http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3138 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3138 oh my goodness - can you imagine! 30 eight-year olds with wet soapy balls! The temptation would be too strong for them . Yes...I had thought of working with Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:23:42 GMT Pat & Ken MIller http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3137 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3137 Hello Jennifer Not sure if this would work for you but you can make hats over balls. Small beach balls work well. They can be set in a bowl to keep them Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:11:45 GMT lavendillyhouse http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3136 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3136 Hi everyone, I am currently working with a class of 30 eight-year olds, making hats. It has taken us three weeks now to lay out the fleece, and get it to a Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:23:04 GMT Pat & Ken MIller http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3135 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3135 Hello All It has turned cold here and one's thoughts turn to warm hats & slippers. Got a few hats on the go. They are samples to take to Alice Springs for the Sat, 16 May 2009 09:05:51 GMT Sandken http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3134 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3134 Hi Janine Sorry to hear you broke a needle, I think you did amazing to only break one in 18 months!!! My Craft fair mag arrived today and was delighted to see Sat, 16 May 2009 05:54:50 GMT Janine Matthews http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3133 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3133 Maureen I was told by my dealer (someone I know) quoting the serial no on the back, that it should be able to come out but I thought the early ones weren't Sat, 16 May 2009 04:55:43 GMT Maureen Curlewis http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3132 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3132 Janine It sounds as though your Xpression is one of the older ones like mine. When I broke my first needle a few years back,I was advised to try cutting the Sat, 16 May 2009 04:22:20 GMT Janine Matthews http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3131 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3131 is there anyone out there with a Janome Expressions machine, I just broke my first needle, which I think is pretty good as I've had the machine 18mths, my Tue, 12 May 2009 06:00:41 GMT Janine Matthews http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3130 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3130 thanks Suzanne, hopefully I can get stuck into it some more detailing tomorrow, have spent the past 2 days in the sculpture studio at TAFE, about to put this Tue, 12 May 2009 05:56:52 GMT Sandken http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3129 http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/AussieFeltmakers/message/3129 Couldn't remember if someone had already posted this info or not! http://www.feltunited.com/ _ No virus found in this incoming message Checked by PC Tools