Jo's Summer Bright-Summer Fresh fabulous first time felted bag...

The lovely Jo is todays featured first time maker with her fabulous first time felted bag.  I just love the summer bright feel of this bag and the flower design which reminds of a little of of the type of effect you get when you make fimo clay beads!!

Thank you Jo for being such great company and for sharing your fabulous first time make with us.

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 2011 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.

Jo's amazing view from a room...

Introducing Jo's felt-tastic view from a room!! This is the view from Jo's holiday home on the south coast, the family spend many a happy holiday there watching the the boats bob along on the sea and it is that view that inspired first time maker to create the view from their home.

Love the your felt-tastic take on your view from a room Jo, thanks for being such great 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 2011 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.

Fab day making lovely felt bags with old blogging friend and lovely ladies...

Hello lovely makers and creators, well today I am very excited to share with you a lovely lady that I had known via blogging for over a year and finally got to meet!! Yay.  Meet Vicky AKA Blush-Dolly

Vicky is a very talented and inspirational paper crafts designer and designs for the likes of Pink Petticoat and her designs are amazing.  It is through our love of paper crafts that we met and have stayed in touch ever since.

Well on Wednesday 13th April Vicky broke her holiday to come and spend a day felt-making and what a day it was, it was so lovely to be able to spend the day with such a warm and friendly person and share a creative passion with another who is just as passionate as I am about creating and making.

Please visit Vicky's blog and support our UK talent, and if you see something you like why not commission Vicky to create a truly inspirational design for you.

I think you will all agree that Vicky's bag is truly beautiful and yes this was the first time that Vicky had ever felted, great job Vicky.  Thank you so much for your lovely company Vicky.

Stay tuned over the next few days for more felt-tastic first time makes.

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.

Fab first time felt-makers and fab first time bag...

made at a Tigerlily Makes workshop by a fab first time felt maker

A huge thank you to the lovely first time felt-maker who made this lovely bag on a Tigerlily Makes workshop, please see the website for detail on how you can make your very own.

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.

Fabulous first time felted bags from fabulous first time felt-makers

made at a Tigerlily Makes workshop by a fab first time felt maker

A huge thank you to the lovely first time felt-maker who made this lovely bag on a Tigerlily Makes workshop, please see the website for detail on how you can make your very own.

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.

Fab first time felt-makers and fab first time bag...

made at a Tigerlily Makes workshop by a fab first time felt maker

A huge thank you to the lovely first time felt-maker who made this lovely bag on a Tigerlily Makes workshop, please see the website for detail on how you can make your very own.

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.

Stunning first time bag making...

Made by Julia at a Tigerlily Makes Workshop

Image and design subject to copyright.

Introducing the fabulously talented  and newbie felt-maker Julia Williams, I think that you will all agree that her bag is absolutely stunning.  Julia's bag is a result of attending 2 Tigerlily Makes courses, the bag and the jewellery course. So with just 2 one day courses Julia has a achieved a completed bag.

My thanks go out to Julia for being such great company and I am sure you and your felt-making are going to go a long way.  I can also share with you that Julia has been doing a lot of felt-making since coming on the courses and Julia's own style and skill is shining through.  This new found talent has been much admired by her friends and family where she has been able to make gifts and sell some of her much coveted felted items.  Lets give a Whoop Whoop to Julia.

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.

Spring/Summer courses 2011 getting booked up

Grab your course now to avoid disappointment!!

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am

Saturday 26th February

Saturday 12th March

Sunday 13th March Private Course fully Booked

Thursday 17th March

Saturday 19h March

Saturday 2nd April

Wednesday  13th April

Saturday 30th April

Saturday 21st may

THURSDAY 16TH JUNE

SATURDAY 18TH JUNE

SATURDAY 2ND JULY

SATURDAY 9TH jULY

SATURDAY 16TH jULY

  

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Thursday 10th March

Saturday 23rd April

THURSDAY 26TH MAY

TRhursday 30th June

Summer Bunting

Thursday 12th May

SATURDAY  28TH MAY

Thursday 9th June

THURSDAY 21ST JULY

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Saturday 19th February

Thursday 14th April

SATURDAY 14TH MAY

Thursday 19th May

THURSDAY 14TH JULY

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15

Saturday 26th March

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.

100% Fairly Traded Hand Felted Die Cut Flowers

Well good morning lovely makers and creators, pictured above is a selection of the 100% Fairly Traded Felt Flowers currently available to buy in the Felt Boutique!!  They really are 100% fairly traded and the supplier I have sourced them from has actually been out to the site where the women make them and has spoken to the women first hand to confirm that they have decent and fair working conditions.  Not forgetting to check the validity of the company owners.

All the felt for the flowers has been hand felted and is of exceptional quality, once in the UK the sheets are cut down and flowers are die cut.

I am just thrilled to be able to support these impoverished women and help them earn a living.

I will be selling these ready to make flowers on the website in approximately 4-6 weeks.

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.

Sally's blooming lovely first time felted bag...

Morning lovely makers and creators, today we are sharing with your this blooming lovely creation as made by Sally on a Tigerlily Makes felt-making day. Gorgeous tones of plum and duck egg were chosen, a combination we have chosen over and over.

Sally created a lovely flower design in duck egg, the petals of which you can see peeping out and finished it with the 100% fair trade hand felted and die cut flowers that we have in stock here at the boutique.

I think you will agree that this is the perfect combination of UK hand crafted items married with the fair trade work of the women of Nepal. 

My thanks to sally for being such a great company, your bag is blooming lovely!!

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.

Julia's fab first time felted bag...

Hello lovely makers and creators, today as promised we are showcasing this fab olive green and plum delight that Julia has created.  Great colour choices and a fabulously felted bag.

Thank yo so much for being such great 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.

Charlotte's chocolate delight first time felt-maker makes up a treat!

Good morning lovely, makers, creators and just plain lovely people, this morning sees the fabulously chocolaty and sweet first time creation by Charlotte made at a recent Tigerlily Makes workshop. Rich chocolate tones were chosen together with fresh cream tones and beautiful soft mellow mustard tones, just like biting into a caramel slice mmmm!

My thanks go out to Charlotte for being such great company and for sharing her wonderful creation.

Course for this term are almost full, so if you want to get your felty fix then contact Lisa Olson 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.

Felty fun at Tigerlily Makes

Hi lovely makers, creators and designers extraordonair!! just thought I would share some of the felty fun that we got up to at last weekends felt-making course, we had such a great time that I could hardly keep a straight face when demonstrating!!

We all had lots of lovely teas and cakes to keep us going throughout the day and all of the newbie felt-makers made stunning creations... I will be posting these over the next few days :)

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.

Peeko Crochet Workshops you won't want to miss out...

Images courtesy of Peeko Crochet and subject to copyright

Hello lovely makers and creators, just to let you know the brand new and fabulous Peeko crochet has now been released please see Peeko for details and to book.

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.

Tigerlily Makes will be at the Big Green Fair

Good morning lovely makers and creative and general loveliness's :) This morning I am bringing you news of the Big Green Fair in Whittington Village Hall on Saturday 16th April 2011, the fair plays a vital part in the village calendar and is a collaboration of people playing an active part for a greener footprint.

Whittington and surrounding villages have an incredibly strong sense of community and because of the efforts of the villagers it has proved to be a great event.

The event is very successful and all manner of green exhibitors will be there from self sufficiency to a totally green fashion show.  I will be there promoting the green benefits of wool craft and will be launching a new green range of accessories.

The event will finish with a fabulous green fashion show which hopes to be a collaboration from the participating exhibitors.

With that I hope to see many of you thee to show your support for this very important issue.

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.

Felt-making courses are fast running out limited places let please book yours now!!

Hello lovely makers and creators, well I can't tell you how thrilled I am at how well my lovely felt-making days have been going and I have to say I have been flooded with bookings and enquiries. Places are going fast so if you want to get in on the action you need to act fast.

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am

Saturday 22nd January  

Thursday 27th January

Thursday 10th February

Thursday 24th February

Saturday 26th February

Saturday 12th March

Thursday 17th March

Saturday 19h March

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Thursday 3rd February

Thursday 10th March

Saturday 23rd April

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Slippers 9.30am-5pm arrive 9.15am

Saturday 29th January

All the  above course cost £69.00 fully inclusive of materials, slipper lasts to keep, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Small 3D Vessel/Vase 9.30 am-5pm 9.15am start

Thursday 20th January

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Saturday 19th February

Thursday 14th April

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15

Saturday 26th March

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Children's Half Term Workshop Mini Wall Hanging Thursday 17th February 1.30-4pm (15.00 inclusive

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.

Tigerlily Makes is soon to celebrate it's 1st Birthday...

Well hello lovely makers and creators, well the Tigerlily Boutique has some great news to share with you this morning.  in just a couple of short months Tigerlily Makes The Felt-making Boutique reaches its 1st year of felty fun!  Yes its been nearly a year since the Boutique opened hasn't it gone quickly.

In light of current times Tigerlily feels that this is a fabulous achievement and therefore the occasion should not be passed by without celebration.

Saturday 9th April is the day and Tigerlily Makes is the place to be for a wonderful day of free demonstrations, raffle prizes and an champagne reception to finish the day off in style.  In recognition of Tigerlily's loyal customers and to help support local charities, Tigerlily Makes will be hosting a charity fundraiser in support of the wonderful work that St Giles Hospice do not only with their residential units but their day centres and the care that St Giles nurses provide out in the community. The day is a non profit making day and all proceeds raised from the raffle and collections will go directly to the charity.

Tigerlily Makes is also part of the St Giles Lottery Discount Card Scheme, which entitles participants 10% of any purchases within the boutique.

Hope to see many of you there as it will prove to be a fantastic day with free demonstrations from Sally Williams of Hug Knitting, Mary Halbert of Crazy Mary Crafts and Tigerlily's own designer Lisa Marie Olson.

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.

Dates for your Diary...

Hello lovely makers and creators, just thought I would share a few dates for your diaries as follows:

• Tigerlily Makes 1st Birthday St Giles Hospice Fundraising event, lots of free demos, raffle prize and fizz reception at 5pm full details of demos coming soon. Saturday 9th April
• Big Green Fair Saturday 16th April many major green activities and green handmade products.
• Newborough Well Dressing Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May where I will be demonstrating the art of felt-making and sharing the benefits of wool craft.
• December sees Tigerlily Makes return to The Clothes Show Live for the 2nd Year Running

I hope to see many of you there and keep your eye on the blog for more detailed information on the events.

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.

Courses are really filling up fast....

Just a quick reminder that courses are filling up fast detailed below is the New Year Listings:

Beginners Bag/TeaCosy/Hot Water Bottle  9.30-5pm  arrive 9.15am

Saturday 22nd January  

Thursday 27th January

Thursday 10th February

Thursday 24th February

Saturday 26th February

Saturday 12th March

Saturday 17th March

Saturday 16th April

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Beginners Jewellery 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Thursday 3rd February

Thursday 10th March

Saturday 23rd April

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Slippers 9.30am-5pm arrive 9.15am

Saturday 29th January

All the  above course cost £69.00 fully inclusive of materials, slipper lasts to keep, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Small 3D Vessel/Vase 9.30 am-5pm 9.15am start

Thursday 20th January

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Wet Felted Needle Embellished Pictures 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Saturday 19th February

Thursday 14th April

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Mothers Day Special, needle embellished card and matching corsage 9.30-5pm arrive 9.15

Saturday 26th March

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Spring Flowers  9.30-5pm arrive 9.15am

Thursday 17th March

All the  above course cost £59.00 fully inclusive of materials, use of equipment, tuition, printed course notes, after care leaflet, lovely teas, drinks and cakes not forgetting your finished project.

Children's Half Term Workshop Mini Wall Hanging Thursday 17th February 1.30-4pm (15.00 inclusive)

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.

Tigerlily Makes in Partnership with St Giles Hospice

Well hello lovely makers and creators, today I wanted to share with you the wonderful work our local St Giles Hospices do both in their specially designed centers but also  in the community.

St Giles Hospice and Tigerlily Makes are working in partnership, Tigerlily Makes is participating in the St Giles Hospice discount scheme. This is a scheme set up by St Giles in order to help those seriously ill patients and their families, the scheme issues patients with a discount card which they can then use to redeem special discounts in the various participating retail shops. As we all know illness can not only have a debilitating effect on our health it can also affect our pockets too.

These hospices are play vital support mechanisms within the  local community to both patients and their families.

The care facilities includes residential care, day care and community nurses that care for patients in the home.

Fundraising is a vital part to raising funds to continue the care in the community that St Giles provide and Tigerlily Makes is proud to support St Giles.

Tigerlily Makes is turning 1 year old in just a few short months and plans are already underway for a fabulous St Giles Charity event on April 9th 2011, with fabulous free demonstrations, drinks and nibbles and so much more.

For more information about the St Giles please visit http://www.stgileshospice.com/

My thanks to

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.