Fran's Bag

Here is another pretty bag from the workshop, this one is Fran's - you can see the ripples of silk hanky through the felt.

Just two more and we'll have a full house of photos - so come on Aniko and Kat, we'd love to see your finished bags!

Ali's Bag & Exam News

Ali has emailed me a photo of her finished bag, I love the wispy white against the blue. 

Ali's Bag

We had such a lovely day at the workshop and are now planning our next one so watch this space.

I've finally taken my ITIL exam and passed it so I can concentrate on converting my conservatory into the Savvy Sister's office.  First step was to move all of my husband's junk out of the conservatory into his shed - next step is to move mine in ;-).

Donna & Denise's bags

Wow, Wendy has just emailed me photos of Donna's and Denise's completed bags - they are a amazing and considering they were all the same style at the workshop each one is so different! 

Donna's Bag

Denise's Bag

Received - First Completed Bag

Sam, who attended our Felting Workshop, has emailed a photo of her complete bag and its wonderful - she says she is planning on making another at the weekend!  Its great when others love felting as much as us. 

Sam's finished bag

Success at our First Workshop

Seven lovely ladies attended our first Felt Making Workshop on Sunday and they all made wonderful felt bags.  Everyone was friendly and relaxed just as we had hoped and Wendy and I learnt loads that we can take forward to our next workshop.  What a great day!

Wool Fleece ready for Workshop

Rolling

Fulling

Drying Flat Pieces

Making Handles

Teasing the Fleece

Soaking

Laying the Fleece

Last Layer

Taking Shape

Fulling

Bags Drying

Supplies!

17kg of Wool Fleece arrived yesterday, 1kg of 17 colours - it was like Christmas all over again.  It took me 5 hours of weighing and rolling to get all 17kg into 50g hanks, it felt like a marathon but it was lovely to handle all of that glorious, soft wool.

The paper bags arrived this afternoon and I have now completed the instructions for a basic flat piece, we've all the ingredients for the Starter Kits!! 

Savvy Sisters Felt Starter Kits

The customer can choose the wool colours - these are just a sample.

I can't believe we are nearly there.  I visited the accountant today and will be setting up Savvy SistersLtd this afternoon.  Wendy is talking to a web designer about our plans for our website - next step is world domination :-)



My Clever Sister

Wendy and I have been planning our Oakham workshop today, we are so excited - we have 8 people already booked on and 2 possibles.  I've been out to buy some pink swimming noodles (sometimes called water woggles)  for the starter kits - these will be for rolling the flat pieces of felt. The starter kit bags will consist of:

• 1m bubble wrap
• 1 bottle of soap
• 1 bottle of white vinegar
• 0.6m tuile netting
• 1 water sprinkler
• 5x50g dyed merino ops (coloured wool fleece)
• 40cm swimming noodle
• 2 legs from a pair of tights
• Instructions for the bag we are making in the workshop

We've also been designing out website - we want to start simply with felt making, then expanding to other crafts and other areas that interest us and hopefully others.  Neither Wendy or I are particularly girlie - the Savvy Sisters' identity is definately very pink and art deco.

Wendy has sent me a range of photos of her beautiful crafting for our website - she is so talented.  We are very similar in many ways; however, Wendy is far more creative than me, I'm more of a technician and like to work with tools.  Just look at some of Wendy's completed pieces:

Blue Heart Bag - not sure why the photo turned 90 degrees :-)

Rose Book Cover

Silk & Felt Nuno Scarf