Spring has sprung and brings a taste of summer...

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Well today I thought I would share some recent pictures I took of our amazingly beautiful development, this is the view our lovely felt-makers have been able to experience whilst on their courses and whilst enjoying the sunshine over their alfresco lunches.

Heart of The Country Shopping Village is a truly wonderful place to come and spend the day shopping or felt-making, taking in a leisurely lunch allows you time to browse the many wonderful shops we have here including the much coveted designs that Boutique 11 stock.

Come be inspired and set free your creative streak... we all have one!!

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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.

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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 :)

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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 :)

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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.

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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 Celebrity Interviews Marvyn Williams

Designs courtesy of Sew Much Fun and subject to copyright

Hello lovelies, well as promised today is the 2nd of our celebrity interviews. Featured today is Roz from Sew Much Fun in Primrose Hill being interviewed by the adorable Marvyn Williams, alongside one stunning model modelling Sew Much Fun designs.

Marvyn is pictured showing the audience on of the much coveted cushions that Roz from Sew Much Fun has designed.

Roz has a great eye for colour and design with a difference making a smart distinction between the high street and individual bespoke style.  Sew Much Fun designs are so fabulously easy to make as Roz is the queen of making things simply and easy to follow.

Our thanks go out to Marvyn whom was a wonderful interviewer and made the whole process so much fun.

Marvyn Williams (10th April 1981) is an English born presenter / Dj and Columnist for News of the Worlds Fabulous Magazine, who is best known for decorating our screens on channel 4's hit TV show Shipwrecked. He has most recently presented at the Clothes Show Live 2009 and co-presented the News of the Worlds, Fabulous Magazine Road Show 2009.  You can keep up to date with Marvyn on his facebook page.

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Rosa Rosa Felt Bag Kit

Hi everyone, just a quick one this morning as I have loads to do, just thought I would share one of the new felt-making kits I will be launching at The Clothes Show Live next week.

Hope you like!!

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Photo Shoot went really well...

Hey lovelies, just a quick one to say the shoot went really well and we got some lovely shots... hoping to give you a sneak peep later :)

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Julia H and her fabulous makes...

Introducing the fabulous makes of Julia H with her multi tonal rose and beads using the Heather Blend available from the Tigerlily Makes shop. 

Julia then went for completely different colours with the contrasting teal and greens for her flower pins.  I am sure you will agree they look fantastic.

Thank you Julia for being such great company.

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Sue's Plum and Green Heartfelt Felt Tea Cosy

Hi all well as promised featured today we have Sues beautiful tea cosy, so sue went for a dotty side and she has her heartfelt side to choose from as well.

We all had such a lovely day and my thanks go out to Janet, Sue and Jacqui for being such wonderful company.

Back tomorrow with Jacqui's amazing bag.

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Janet's Felt Apple Tea Cosy

Hi all, well today is the first of 3 related posts featuring the makes of some of our felt-making ladies from yesterdays course.

Pictured above from top is Janet's apple design which could be the front or the back of her cosy, below is the dotty side of the cosy again depending on how you feel you have two lovely but different sides to choose from.

Tomorrow I will be featuring Sue's gorgeous plum and green heart led cosy and Friday you will get to see Jacqui's stunning bag.

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Featuring 3 very talented artists/artisans...

Good afternoon lovely creators and makers, having had my first Sunday off in I don't know how long!!! I was able to attend the Staffordshire open studios event at Ridware Arts.

I went to support a fellow artisan and jewellery designer Lyn Kendal on the opening of her new studio on the development, it was lovely to see Lyn set in her new studio and to see he amazing creations.  For more information about the pieces she designs and the course she runs contact Lynn.

I also had the pillage of meeting two of the most inspiring artists I have ever met:

Kara Strachan who creates the most amazing floral paintings, being a felt-maker and a lover of all things floral I was really moved and inspired by Kara's amazingly life like interpretations of natures best.  I was so inspired in fact to bring my felt pictures a whole new meaning to book myself on one of Deb Walkers courses!!! You can see Kara's stunning work on her website http://www.karastrachan.com/ however you really need to visit her studio and meet this lovely warm and welcoming woman in person.

Last but not least Deb Walker and her amazing landscapes, I was so excited to meet Deb as I have managed to secure myself a place on one of her much  sought after mixed media courses... Yay lucky me, I am looking froward to getting back to basics and developing my skills with Deb to incorporate techniques into my felt-pictures.  You can see a collection of Debs work on the Ridware website www.gallery-ridware.co.uk or visit Debs website www.walker-art.co.uk

Thank you ladies for a truly uplifting and inspirational visit, am all renewed with get up and go!!

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Today lovely lilacs and lovely lilac blends, I adore working with blends they instantly add interest, light, shade and depth to your project.

More coming tomorrow :)

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 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.

Reminder Whittington Countryside and Craft Fair and Feeling with Felt Group

Hi everyone, just a quick seond post today, I am going to b exhibiting at the Whittington Countryside & Craft fair this Saturday 4th September if you would like to pop by and see what felt-making is all about for yourselves.

More details can be found here :)
Don't forget the Feeling with Felt Group tonight 6.30-9,30pm :)


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Whittington Countryside & Craft Fair

Hi everyone, just a quick seond post today, I am going to b exhibiting at the Whittington Countryside & Craft fair this Saturday 4th September if you would like to pop by and see what felt-making is all about for yourselves.

More details can be found here :)

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