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November 5, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for a fun and relaxing 2d needle felting class, learning how to make a bookmarker.
In this class you'll learn about the best needles and wool to use for your bookmarker. You can choose from designs provided in class, or create your own original design. Some very basic sewing machine skills will be taught, as well, to help you embellish your designs. This class will work well for beginners who are completely new to needle felting, as well as to those with some experience who are looking for some refining tips. Once you make one of these, you'll want to make custom bookmarkers for everyone! Share in the creative energy of others in the class, all in the beautiful setting of the Avon Hills Folk School.
Start with this small bookmark project, and if you love needle felting, keep learning and fine tuning those skills to make all sorts of custom items. It's easy to fall in love with the magic of wool!
“I've been needle felting for 10 years, and love teaching people the things that I've learned over the years. If you find you love needle felting, like I found when I started, I'm here to help you grow your skills and give you good resource info to get you pointed in the right direction. Needle felting is 100% my happy place, and I love to share it with others.” Karen
This course is offered at a discounted price due to the generosity of the instructor, Karen, who is volunteering her time and materials for this course. We hope this allows this course to be accessible to anyone who is interested in learning more about needle felting.
Tuition: $15
Materials: $0
This course is for students 18+, or students 10+ with accompanying adults
Your Instructor
KAREN STORKAMP
(she/her)
Learn the magic of transforming wool into 2 and 3 D objects from an experienced needle felting artist. Karen has been an avid needle filter since 2016. She finds working with wool to be a very tactile and sensory experience, and the process of felting wool is all hands on. Besides the texture of wool under her fingers, she also finds the repeated rhythmic motion of interlocking fibers extremely soothing. In her years of learning, teaching, and experiencing, Karen has come up with lots of tips and tricks, from what kind of supplies to buy, to how to create one of a kind pieces of art. Karen hopes her work will inspire people to look for new ways to create, and hopefully also experience the soul soothing calmness that comes form working in this art medium. If you’d like to know more about Karen’s work, you can find her on Facebook as ‘I Felt It’.