Fabulous first time Hottie Covers!!!

Chris & Verity on a recent Tigerlily Makes course

Morning lovely makers and creators, well today I am featuring the lovely Chris and Verity a mum and daughter team who attended a recent felt course together.  They both decided to make hot water bottle covers and what fantastic results, Verity is a textile student in Bath and is loving every aspect of her degree. Verity has been practicing all sorts of textile techniques and mediums and loves embroidery and now felt... so I am sure we will see the two mediums being brought to life very soon.

Thank you both for being such great company and for making such fab hottie covers!!

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Sally's truly tropical felt-tastic picture...

Hello lovely makers and creators today we are featuring Sally's truly tropical wet felted needle embellished pictures.

Sally has a regular spot abroad which she likes to visit and has taken many pictures of her favorite vista and it is this view that she based her picture on.  I think you will all agree that Sally has captured the essence of the scene.

Thank you Sally for choosing to come on another Tigerlily Makes course and for being such great company, you picture is stunning.

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Dawns plum plumptious first time felted bag is plumerific...

Hi lovely makers and creators and generally lovely people, today we feature Dawns beautiful plum bag with a fab contemporary grey spot detail on the front.

Thank you dawn for being such great company and your first time felt bag is felt-tastic!!

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First time felt-makers heartfelt lilac dream of a bag...

Morning lovely makers and creators, just thought I would share another fabulous first time make from one of our recent courses, introducing Rebecca's heartfelt lilac dream bag.

My thanks to Rebecca for being such great company and for doing such a great job on your felt-tastic bag!!

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Dont forget our fabulous felt-making kits...

Just a quick reminder that we have replenished stocks of our fabulous felt-making kits and there is a special 10% discount off all felt-making kits this Saturday in celebration of the 1st Birthday Charity fundraiser.

We will be adding to our fabulous range of kits over the coming months and hope to have the complete range in place for this years Clothes Show Live.

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 Mothers day corsages and cards...

Good morning lovely makers, creators and generally lovely people... today I thought I would share with you the fabulous Mothers Day corsages and Mothers Day greetings cards that were made on Saturdays course. it was a fab day and we had a lovely group, including Sharon and her Husband Lee yes thats right Lee as in male!! it was so lovely to see husband and wife working together as a team and supporting each other and both made stunning corsages.  With such lovely corsages being given away I wanted to make sure that our lovely makers had time to make a little something for themselves. after all that hard work it was nice that they each could get to take away a little something to remember the day by.

My thanks to all the lovely makers for being such great company and for making such wonderful 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.

Another blog giveaway...

Hello lovely makers and creators, in the run up to the first birthday celebrations on Saturday 9th April I will be giving one lucky winner per week some fabulous blog candy in celebration.  This weeks give away is the above and includes a Little Experience Build it Kit, Felt Christmas Kit, quilled flower stickers and a fabulous array of Bo Bunny Ribbons and Petals Corsage. Prize value approximately £30.00

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is the following, winners will be selected at random using random org:

• leave a comment
• join our facebook page
• join our twitter page
• become a follower of the Tigerlily Makes blog
• join our blog network on facebook

Entries must be made by 12.00 noon Monday 21st March and the winner will be announced later that day. 

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.

BLOG GIVE AWAY WEEK 1 OF 1st BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

Hello lovely makers and creators, in the run up to the first birthday celebrations on Saturday 9th April I will be giving one lucky winner per week some fabulous blog candy in celebration.  This weeks give away is the above and includes a Little Experience Build a Boat Kit, Felt Mittens Kit, quilled flower stickers and a fabulous array of Bo Bunny Ribbons and Lace Petals Corsage.

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is the following, winners will be selected at random using random org:

• leave a comment
• join our facebook page
• join our twitter page
• become a follower of the Tigerlily Makes blog
• join our blog network on facebook

Entries must be made by 12.00 noon Monday 14th March and the winner will be announced later that day. 

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.

More Raffle Prizes coming in....

Hello lovely creators and makers and generally lovely people, well as promised I said that I would keep you up to date with raffle prizes as and when they came in and today is just that.

My thanks to Mary Halbert of Crazy Mary Crafts for donating this fantastic creative stitched textiles prize.

We feel very blessed to have Mary join our team of talented designers and tutors, Mary will be hosting creative stitched textile classes on the 3rd Friday of every month 10.30am-1pm.  Mary will cover a whole range of techniques with hand dyed threads, felt and fabric. Please see Tigerlily Makes for course details.

Charity Fundraiser celebrating 1 year of felt-making success Saturday 9th April

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Tigerlily Makes Celebrating 1 year of Felt-making Success

Well hello lovely makers and creators its official, I have been in the boutique exactly 1 year today and what a year its been... over 50 felt-making days and over 200 fabulous hand felted projects from over 200 wonderful customers. Whoop Whoop its been absolutely marvelous!!  I am in the process of putting together a little slide show of all the wonderful projects that have been made over the year so watch out for that :)

We will be celebrating on the 9th April with a fantastic  Charity fundraising day with free demonstrations from specialists in felt-making, creative stitched textiles and knitting.

Fabulous raffle prizes are flooding in from very generous supporters including St Giles themselves who have supplied a fab hamper full of goodies plus lots of other lovely goodies.

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School girl Beth felts her way to a comfy cushion...

Designed by Beth image and design subject to copyright

Hello lovely makers and creators, well today I am extremely excited to share with you this wonderful creation school girl Beth has made with lovely felt sheets and embellishments that she bought on a recent visit to the felt boutique. The cushion is completely hand stitched and the letters have been hand cut, it was simply a pleasure having Beth visit the boutique who is incredibly passionate about making and no wonder when you can see the end result.

Thank you so much Beth for bringing in your creation to share with us all, great job.

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.

Little Nerissa Marisa Felt Bag Kit

Hello lovely makers and creators, introducing Little Nerissa Marissa Felt Bag Making Kit.  Shes an absolute stunner and she could be yours if your purchase the kit.

For more info please visit: http://www.tigerlilymakes.co.uk/shop_kits.html

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Even more fabulous first time felts....

Even more lovely first time felt creations, today we are showcasing the gorgeous grey and lilac tones chosen by Eleanor with the Little Nerissa bag shape.  I think you will agree that its a lovely combination.

My thanks to Eleanor for being such great company your bag is  felt fabulous :)

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.

More fabulous felt by 1st time makers...

Hello lovely makers and creators, as promised another gorgeous make from 1st time felt maker Ruth on a recent Tigerlily Makes felt making day. Ruth chose a classic bucket bag shape with a colour scheme of plum and dug egg, Ruth plans to embellish the project with some of the vintage buttons she has been collecting over the years.

My thanks to Ruth for being such great company, your bag is beautiful :)

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.

Its a bag.. No its a cutie hottie cover!!!

Good morning lovely makers and creators, over the next few days I will be sharing with you some of the lovely makes our newbie felt-makers made on Saturdays bag making course.  Yes I know the above is not a bag but a fabulously co-ordinated hot water bottle cover,  this fabulous make is an example of things you could be making on one of our lovely courses.  You can choose to make either a bag, tea cosy, hot water bottle cover or even a pair of baby booties, you do not need to choose before hand you can simply choose on the day and bring your hot water bottle just in case.

Gemma's hottie cover is just so cute, I love the fresh colours to brighten up cold winter nights, it was a great day and my thanks go out to Gemma for sharing her creation and 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.

Tigerlily Makes Winter Sale... starts 27th December 2010

Morning lovely makers and creators, well I thought I would give you a heads up about the Tigerlily Makes in-store winter sale.  Tigerlily Makes is offering a very generous 20% off all felt-making, supplies, tools, equipment, quilt hangers, trims, Christmas decorations and felted accessories, whilst stocks last. Sale starts Monday 27th December 2010 and will run until 31st January 2011 only whilst stocks last.  In addition to this glorious sale any felt-making course booked and paid for by 31st December will be held at the 2010 price of £49.00 except the Slipper course which is currently £59.00.

So don't miss out on some really fabulous felty bargains.

wishing you a very merry Christmas and a very happy New Year :)

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After yesterdays post loads more course places have been booked and wishing you a very Merry Christmas

Good morning lovelies, well after yesterdays post many more of the felt-making course places have been booked, so you will need to move fast if you want to secure yours.

Huge thanks to all our followers and lovely felt-makers for their continued support throughout 2010.  Looking  forward to the New Year and lots of new courses :)

In the meantime I and everyone at Tigerlily Makes would like to take this opportunity to wish you a very merry Christmas and the very best of everything for 2011.

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.

2011 Felt-making courses going fast get yours at this years price...

Well hello lovely makers and creators, with the 2011 course list off to a flying start I just thought I would give you a heads up as they are going fast, I have taken several confirmed bookings in the last few days alone.

If you would like to secure your place and get a 2011 course at this years price, here's what you need to do: Look at the list below, pick a course, call to book and pay for your course before 31st December 2011 and you can take advantage of the £10.00 difference between this years and next years course price of £49.00!! Happy Days :) 

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 (make your very own flower complete with stem) 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)

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New Kits Launched at the Clothes Show a great success

Nerisa Marissa Felt Bag Kit

Rosa Rosa Felt Bag Kit

Little Nerissa Marissa Felt Bag Kit 

Tillie Tullie Cobweb Scarf Kit

Images & designs subject to copyright Lisa Marie Olson Tigerlily Makes 2010

Well good morning lovely makers & creators, today I thought I would take a moment to share the launch of the brand new felt-making kits.  All of the above together with the Very Berry Corsage kit were launched recently at the clothes show and I have to say that the first batch was very well received. 

From the top down we have Nerisa Marissa felt bag making kit adorned with no less than five flowers, 3 roses and 2 daisies.  Nerisa Marissa and Little Nerisa Marissa were inspired by my childhood memories of family days out at Brighton beach, the colours of the pebbled areas and the silvery grey's of the docking platforms are highlighted in Little Nerissa Marissa and the rich blues contrasted with the strong white represent the colours of the sea and the crests of the waves.

Rosa Rosa so aptly named again from childhood memories of grandma's visits to Spain, the strong contrasting reds and blacks of the flamenco dancers which were frequently brought back.  The soft round curves of the bag base to represent the dancers curves. 

Finally Tillie Tullie cobweb scarf kit inspired by my love of flowers from tulips to anomie's, name arriving from Lily in that my mascot is called Lily the Lamb.

Well I hope you like and if you wish to buy one we are happy to honor a 10% discount exclusively to TM blog readers.  quote TMBlog at the check out point.  The first batch of kits has been selling really well so don't miss out.

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Clothes Show Diaries Continued....

Hello lovely makers and creators well Saturday and Sunday had a different vibe all together and brought a heavy footfall to the show.  I was privileged to have close friends and family helping me out over the weekend.

I was able to take some much needed time out to go and see the Fashion Show in the fashion theatre with VIP seats courtesy of the organizers. The show was fantastic and boasted a host of stars and celebrities, I had the Pleasure of seeing Sunday Girl, Lucy Jones from the X Factor (a personal favorite), Injustice and the star stoppingingly fantastic Gok Wan!! Gok was every bit the fashionista and was full of life, it was a real treat.

The whole show was amazing, the themed dance scenes set the stage for the following fashion collections and really set the atmosphere alight.

All in all one of the many highlights of the show.

Tomorrow one of my first interviews on the Company Catwalk with a stunning model to model the latest Tigerlily Makes designs.

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