The “Wow” factor.

Today the art teacher for whom Margie and I did the felt workshop came to collect the finished wall hangings. And her reaction – “Wow!” – was all we could have hoped for.
She was delighted, and so was I, and pleased with the final effect of the hangings. Mounting them like canvases gave them a superb crispness and finish.



I was happy with my craftsmanship. Happy with the use I made of skills I have learnt over the years I have been felting, and happy with the colours I dyed the wool, happy with the little finishing touches I added like the throwsters silk for the froth on the waves. Happy with the new skills I learnt over the last week, as I made the frames and stretched the felts.

Happy with the way my daughter assisted in the whole exercise – her design and colour skills, her inspiration, her patience with the children, and her valuable help in the woodwork side of making the frames.

But somehow I am happiest of all that I have taken about 80 children on another journey into creativity. Taken their small pieces of felt and cut-out shapes, their designs, their enthusiasm, and welded them into pieces that will, and justifiably, evoke a “Wow” from them at the Exhibition, too.

I can’t wait to see their faces!