Tuesday 31 August 2010

Tigerlily Makes Tonal Collection... Feeling with Felt Group 2nd September




Hello to all, well today we are showcasing tonal shades pictured above are taupe and nutmeg shades. Tonal shades are great for giving a project subtle light and shade the smallest amount of detail can be all the difference in giving your project new depth and contrast.

More shades tomorrow :)

Just a reminder all that the first Feeling with Felt Group takes place on Thursday 2nd September and the first Thursday of every month thereafter. Time 6.30-9.30pm stay as little or as long as you like.  Cost just £5.00 including refreshments, cost for materials will be additional.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Monday 30 August 2010

Tigerlily Makes Autumn/Winter wool fiber collection... Feeling with Felt Group



Good morning to all you lovely creators and makers, well as promised in my previous post, this is todays featured colour range.  Whats hot this season in terms of colours as set by the fashion industry are strong reds, shades of orange, brown and grey.

Featured above is a small selection of hot new shades in the boutique, welcome to Tigerlily Makes Autumn Collection.

Just a reminder all that the first Feeling with Felt Group takes place on Thursday 2nd September and the first Thursday of every month thereafter. Time 6.30-9.30pm stay as little or as long as you like.  Cost just £5.00 including refreshments, cost for materials will be additional.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

 All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Sunday 29 August 2010

Tigerlily Makes Wool Fiber Collections... Feeling with Felt Group 2nd September


Morning everyone, well today I thought I would share just a small sample of the wool colours I have in stock here at the boutique.

Each day for the next few days I will feature a particular colour range to give you an some ideas as to how I put my colour ways together and to showcase all the lovely colours that are available to buy in the boutique as there are over forty at present and this is growing monthly.

be back tomorrow with this autumns hot new colours.

Just a reminder all that the first Feeling with Felt Group takes place on Thursday 2nd September and the first Thursday of every month thereafter. Time 6.30-9.30pm stay as little or as long as you like.  Cost just £5.00 including refreshments, cost for materials will be additional.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Saturday 28 August 2010

Gina's Summer Bright Wall Plaque.... Feeling with Felt Group 2nd September

Today I Bring you another masterpiece made by Gina at a Tigerlily Makes workshop, Gina had come on her second course to do the jewellery and decided instead of making a felt wrist corsage she would make this stunning hanging for her daughters bedroom.

The colours are so fresh and uplifting... just perfect for a little girls bedroom, the ribbon with complimentary flower design just adds that final finishing touch.

Thank you again Gina for your wonderful company and I look forward to seeing you on the scarf course.

Just a reminder all that the first Feeling with Felt Group takes place on Thursday 2nd September and the first Thursday of every month thereafter. Time 6.30-9.30pm stay as little or as long as you like.  Cost just £5.00 including refreshments, cost for materials will be additional.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Friday 27 August 2010

Gina's denim blue delight first time felted bag and rose adornment.....

Well what can I say... two separate felt-making course's (Bag & Jewellery) and one amazing bag.  Well done to Gina who came last week to make the bag whilst having to negotiate feeding times with her young baby and whom came back the following week to make a stunning rose adornment for the bag.  So pleased with the results Gina has now booked a third course and I am looking forward to seeing Gina and her lovely Family for the felt cobweb scarf courses.

I am absolutely thrilled with your amazing makes Gina and give huge thanks to you for choosing to come on not one but three Tigerlily Makes Courses.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

 All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Thursday 26 August 2010

Sues first time felted summer fresh bag.....


Morning everyone, welcome to another stunning first time felt makers make and meet Sue the maker.  Sue came into the boutique a couple of months ago on crutches following an injury,  I was in the middle of a course and Sue was very intrigued by what we were doing... so with injury now on the road to recovery it was time for  Sue to have a her very own felted bag.

I have to say Sue I am thrilled with the results, fantastic summer fresh colours just the ticket to brighten up the summer wardrobe.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Wednesday 25 August 2010

Orlinda's fantabulous felted bag.....


Morning everyone, well yet another fantastic felt-makers make today.  This is the lovely Orlinda's first felted bag.  Orlinda had been on a couple of previous courses and so had experienced working with felt but had not done a bag before, I love Orlinda's choice of colours and design layout.

Orlinda was one of the lovely ladies on the same course as Sandy from Hawaii (see previous post), the day was a great mix of individuals.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Tuesday 24 August 2010

Hawaiian Felt-maker travels to the UK for Tigerlily Makes Bag Course!!!!!!


Welcome everyone, I have a very special guest to introduce you to this morning... meet Sandy, Sandy has traveled all the way from HAWAII!!!  to come on a Tigerlily Makes felt-making course.  Sandy had planned a holiday to the UK and really wanted to do something creative during her stay, I am thrilled to say that Sandy chose a Tigerlily Makes course to come on and it was an absolute pleasure having Sandy on the course. 


Sandy had not done any felt-making prior to her visit, however I think you will all agree her first time felted bag is stunning.


It was great to meet someone from another country, one I have not visited before and learn all about life on their beautiful island. 


Thank you so much Sandy for choosing a Tigerlily Makes Course, it was a pleasure to have your company.


Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Monday 23 August 2010

Felt Making Slipper Courses Limited Places



Hi everyone just to let you know that there are limited places on the slipper courses Sunday 24th October is now full :( and there are limited places left on Thursday 9th September.

For more information and to book contact Lisa on 0845 543 9046 or email:  info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk


Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X 


All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Sunday 22 August 2010

More and more and more and more first time felters makes....



Finally and last  but not least Sandra's beautiful duck egg and taupe bag, Sandra's bag has 2 lovely cream layers on the inside with contrasting duck egg spots and the taupe with spots to finish. 

All the ladies on the private course did wonderful things with the inside designs of their bags and a lovely day was had by all.

If you are thinking about coming on a course but haven't yet made your mind up why don't you check out the Tigerlily makes review page here.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X 


All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Saturday 21 August 2010

More and more and more first time felters makes

More and more and more fabulous bags from our recently attended private party, pictured above is Caroline's Striking green and black number.

I just love this colour way, great contrast, great result.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Friday 20 August 2010

More and more fabulous first time felters makes



As promised in the previous post pictured above is the bag Alex made on the private party booking.  I just love the zingy colours and the extra long handles.

It was such a fabulous day, thank you to Alex and all the ladies on the course.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

 All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Thursday 19 August 2010

More fabulous bag making by first time felt makers


Hi everyone, today I am starting with showcasing a bag made by first time felt maker Sue attended as part of a privately booked party and over the next few posts I will be showcasing all the makes in the group.

Sue like many who have been on the course had not felted anything before, pictured above is the fab and funky handbag sue made, coming on a Tigerlily Makes course meant that Sue had several bag shapes o choose from and had full input in colour and design and finishing touches.  Add to that lovely teas, cakes, biscuits and lovely company, what more could we girlie's need.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Wednesday 18 August 2010

Fabulous Felted Hottie Cover & Tea Cosy from first time felt makers Steph & Jenna



Hi everyone, just thought I would share some more first time felters makes, pictured above is the Fabulous Hot Water Bottle Cover mad by first time felter Jenna and the fab and funky tea cosy made by first time felter Steph.

The above are examples of what can be made on a bag making course, so you can choose from bag, hottie cover or tea cosy on the day.

Just a reminder that the Autumn Winter course list has been released and courses are booking up rapidly, some courses are full whilst others have limited availability.

Click on the course icon to the left of the page.  For more information and/or to book contact Lisa on 0845 543 9046 or email: info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Tuesday 17 August 2010

Children's Felt Finger Puppet Workshops have been a great success...


Well what can I say Ian Whittle's Finger Puppet Workshops have gone down a storm as you can see from one extremely happy young lady pictured with all her makes from the day.  They are appropriately named by our amazing participant as follows from left to right: Dave the Duck, Sheila Sheep, Chad the Chick, Dig the Dog, Pip Pig, and Rupert Rabbit.

We have just one more course running this summer holidays on Tuesday 24th of August and we have just 3 places left for the taking.

For more information or to book your place please contact Lisa on 0845 543 9046 or email: info@tigelilymakes.co.uk.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Friday 13 August 2010

First time felt-maker creates stunning bag


Morning everyone, well apologies for not blogging for a few days, preparations for the new courses are underway and have taken up most of my time.

Today I wanted to share with you the bag that first time felt-maker Claire has made, I think its simply stunning and I know Claire is thrilled with it as she has been back in the Boutique with the bag.  Claire decided that she was going to make a bag that could be used both day or for a casual night out, so this size is the perfect size to do both.

Over he next few posts I will be featuring day by day various bags made by some of our groups as well as pics of the very successful finger puppet workshops.

The Autumn/Winter course list has now been released and can be viewed by clicking on the courses link to the left of the page.

The release has gone with a bang and some courses are already fully booked, so if you would like to come and spend a fun day and create your very own masterpiece please contact Lisa on 0845 543 9046 or email: info@tigerlilymakes.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos and the physical items pictured etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Friday 6 August 2010

Feeling with Felt Group 1st Thursday of every Month


Hi everyone,  Just wanted to share with your the new feeling with felt social group that we are running on Thursday evenings from 6.30pm-9pm (ish).  Starting Thursday 2nd September

The cost is just £5.00 plus the cost of any materials used, the idea is that like minded people come together to share their experiences whilst working on projects and developing their felting skills.

Lovely teas and biscuits will be included in the subscription fee. There is no monthly subscription you can drop in or out when ever you like.

The idea of the monthly meet is not to run a structured course but for you to experiment and try new techniques.

We will be running more structured Mini Evening Courses at a  later date.

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Thursday 5 August 2010

Wet Felted Needle Felted Pictures Jackie's Tuscan Delight

Hi everyone, well apologies for the late coming in this post its been a hive of activity here at the boutique. Last week saw the last of the summer picture courses and what an end to the series.  Once again we all had a great time, eating lovely cakes, chatting and giggling a lot.

More importantly we made some fantastic pictures, here is Jackie's Tuscan delight... simply stunning.  Again Jackie had not done a wet felted-needle embellished picture before, however I think you will agree its simply beautiful.  Unfortunately my camera ran out of battery before I could finish taking everyone's masterpiece so stay tuned for updates.

The new winter courses have been released and are on the website, they have gained much interest particularly the cobweb scarves and hats, places have begun already to get booked up... so if you fancy a lovely day of felt-making I would recommend you book soon .

Contact Lisa on 0845 543 9046

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.

Wednesday 4 August 2010

GI HIGH ENERGY COOK BOOK Rachael Anne Hill


Morning everyone, I thought I would share something a little different with you this morning.  I wanted to share this fantastic recipe  book by Rachael Anne Hill, its all about eating low GI foods to help with weight loss, increase energy levels and manage a range of health issues.

Last November I was diagnosed with PCOS an underlying symptom of a very strong diabetic gene within my family, (though am not diabetic) I had been feeling quite ill for around 12 months going back and forth to the doctors.  It was some 18 months in total before I was diagnosed.  Since then I have been learning about my condition and learning how to manage it better.

My main concerns were the rapid weight gain and the feeling incredibly exhausted all the time, despite having a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.  I found it incredibly difficult to find the right care, medication and management.  After a 6 month stint at the gym, a healthy diet, I was still gaining weight rapidly after another visit to the doctor and weight loss tablets I was beginning to give up hope.  I was told that my PCOS was due to my weight gain... loose weight and everything will be fine!!! eventually I went to see another doctor who prescribed me anti diabetic drugs as he believed that it was my resistance to insulin that was causing my symptoms and weight gain.

The tablets have helped but I needed to do much more, so I looked to see if there were any specific foods that my body wasn't copying with.  After leaving the diabetic clinic absolutely speechless and even more confused about the right carbs and carb counting I was feeling at a loss.

So I turned to recognised experts such as Rachael Anne Hill in the form of her GI High Energy Cookbook and I have to say wow what a revelation,  the information that Rachael provides makes sense and is easy to understand.  When you read her book you understand how the body works and how it processes certain foods and just understanding that has helped me immensely. The book has clear guides to low, medium and high GI foods and the recipes are easy to follow and delicious.

Being wheat intolerant it is great to have such a wide variety of foods available and even tasty low GI deserts.
There is a section for entertaining too. I emailed Rachael to ask about recommended wheat free alternatives for the recipes that use wholemeal flour and Rachael came back to me almost immediately with some detailed advice and points of reference for useful information.  Wow you don't get that kind of response from some of our other experts.

I am finding Rachaels book to be extremely beneficial and whilst I have only been following her guidance for a short time I am already noticing the difference in the way I feel and the fact that my clothes are fitting me better.

I will keep you updated with progress, but I just wanted to say that weight gain isn't always about over eating or eating the wrong foods, sometimes there are underlying health problems... a PCOS sufferer can eat a normal calorie intake and still gain weight due to the bodies ineffectiveness to process certain foods.  For me eating the GI way is proving successful and I hope that eventually I may, with the doctors approval come off the medication all together.

Thank GOD for people like Rachael!!!

Thank you for taking the time to visit Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Blog Lisa X

All content and design work, including text, photos, etc are © copyright 2010 Lisa Marie Olson owner of Tigerlily Makes (unless otherwise stated and named whereby copyright resides with said named person)and cannot be copied without prior permission from the copyright owner.