The Felted Slipper

with Kelly D. Brandt

October 11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Tuition: $200

Materials Fee: $30

Use wet felting techniques to create slippers that will keep your feet nice and warm and make an artistic statement as well! We will introduce the wet inlay technique to decorate your slippers, and add locks or flaps to give your creation a three dimensional effect. You will learn a technique for making a matching pair! These boots would be suitable to have leather applied to the sole afterward.

Plan to bring: Two or three old towels for soaking up soapy water, a large cellulose sponge. Optional: dishwashing gloves if you do not like having your hands in soapy water; any fibers or yarns of your own that you might want to incorporate in your project.

Kelly Dubois Brandt (she/her) started on her wool craft odyssey in 1975 with four heritage horned Dorset sheep who came to her five acre homestead in Lake Odessa "just to keep the pasture down." As an accomplished seamstress, she first used her wool harvest in wool-filled comforters, but soon taught herself to locker hook, spin, and felt. She first got involved in FiberFest in Hastings, Michigan in the early 1980s and has been teaching since 1985 in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. She is a published author and has won artistic awards for her work using wool and llama fiber from her flocks. Through her fiber based cottage business, Team Effort Artisans, Kelly has shown and sold fine wool craft at shows, galleries, and festivals.  She offers private classes at her new studio/barn outside Lake Odessa as well as through select locations.   

Photo courtesy of artist