Make Your Own Felting Mat

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Make your own felting mat.

This tutorial will take you through the process of making your own wet felted play mat. Spread an old towel onto your work surface then put a round stick sushi mat on it. You could use your blanket as an ironing board cover like others have described. How do i make a rice bag to use as a needle felting base i have been using a blue foam pad since i started needle felting as featured in most of my tutorials which has been really great to use but i am finding that tiny bits of blue do come off of it now onto the piece i am working on and fibres tend to stick to it and the whole thing is looking a little fluffy holey and worse for wear.

You could use the blanket maybe as a base adding wool roving felting in layers onto the blanket. You put the puzzle together on the large surface of the mat then the felt can be rolled up with the puzzle sandwiched within. Spread the sushi mat out on the towel and put a piece of bubble wrap bubbles up over the sushi mat. For a child playing with natural wool fibres offers a beautiful sensory experience.

April 21 2017 categories how tos needle felting 4 comments on making your own felting pad you may recall when i took the needle felting class back in january 2016 the teacher introduced me to the idea of using felted wool pads to work on instead of the usual foam rubber option. A large piece of felt. You could also use a cardboard tube from a tube of wrapping paper. I do know that creating this was fun and it felt kind of adventurous because i could find no diy made from scratch felted wool pressing mat tutorials on the world wide web.

Take a piece of merino wool top about 45cms long then split it down the middle lengthwise to make two easy to use lengths. Some kind of tube. The organic properties of wool soothe the delicate senses and nervous systems of children. A support tube keeps the puzzle mat from collapsing and damaging the puzzle.

From one of these lengths pull a fine tuft of wool and place it on the bubble wrap as shown in the photo. They are heavily felted wool. Step 1 measure and cut the piece of felt to the size you want. To make your own puzzle mat you re going to need two things.

How to make your own puzzle mat. I used a 2 ft length of pvc pipe i got at a home improvement store for about 4. To make a small piece of pre felt you will need. There is something special about a hand felted woollen play mat.

I have no idea if my felted wool pressing mat performs like the ones i left abandoned in my cart. There is no wood in a wool pressing mat.