Mastering Wet Felting: Create Decorative Wool Items
Shaping and Assembling the Cushion 2
A course by Natasha Smart , Wet felting artist
Joined July 2024
Joined July 2024
About the video: Shaping and Assembling the Cushion 2
Overview
“Let's rub the fiber gently to secure the yarns and tighten the edges. Once stable, we’ll increase agitation by rolling in bubble wrap, keeping the design intact. This process strengthens the felt and prepares it for final shaping.”
In this video lesson Natasha Smart addresses the topic: Shaping and Assembling the Cushion 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Mastering Wet Felting: Create Decorative Wool Items. Learn wet felting techniques to transform wool fiber into decorative home items like lampshades and seamless cushions.
Partial transcription of the video
“So again, we're only talking about small wisps. But now is definitely the time to do it whilst we're still in the layout stage. So that feels much better along that edge now. It was a bit more padded. So I want the two sides to feel and look even. So I think I'll just flip that around again. Okay, those edges now feel about the same. So what I'm going to do is just flip over to the reverse and to finish off, we're just going to neaten up that overlap that we tucked under. So that's our cushion construction complete. Everything's nice and neat. I've got the right amount of fiber, I think, up...”
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Course summary for: Mastering Wet Felting: Create Decorative Wool Items
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Arts & Crafts, DIY, Fiber Arts, Needle Felting
Natasha Smart
A course by Natasha Smart
Natasha Smart is a wet felting artist, teacher, and author based on the south coast of the UK. With a lifelong passion for textiles and creative crafts, Natasha transitioned from a career in training to full-time feltmaking in 2021. Her work is inspired by the textures, colors, and forms of the natural world—especially the sea and landscapes surrounding her coastal home—and is known for its vibrant color palettes and use of wool yarns as decorative elements. She has authored two books, Wet Felting and Three-dimensional Wet Felting, and continues to share her expertise through in-person workshops and online platforms.
In her creative practice, Natasha specializes in turning raw wool fibre into structured, decorative objects for the home. She is particularly drawn to practical, functional design and enjoys the problem-solving involved in felt construction. Her courses are grounded in clear instruction, thoughtful design choices, and a strong belief in making wet felting accessible and enjoyable for all skill levels.
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