Make Your Own Felting Mat

Step 1 measure and cut the piece of felt to the size you want.

Make your own felting mat.

A large piece of felt. To make a small piece of pre felt you will need. Some kind of tube. For a child playing with natural wool fibres offers a beautiful sensory experience.

To make your own puzzle mat you re going to need two things. You put the puzzle together on the large surface of the mat then the felt can be rolled up with the puzzle sandwiched within. They are heavily felted wool. I have no idea if my felted wool pressing mat performs like the ones i left abandoned in my cart.

The organic properties of wool soothe the delicate senses and nervous systems of children. April 21 2017 categories how tos needle felting 4 comments on making your own felting pad you may recall when i took the needle felting class back in january 2016 the teacher introduced me to the idea of using felted wool pads to work on instead of the usual foam rubber option. For a video with complete instructions click here. You could use the blanket maybe as a base adding wool roving felting in layers onto the blanket.

Spread the sushi mat out on the towel and put a piece of bubble wrap bubbles up over the sushi mat. You could use your blanket as an ironing board cover like others have described. There is something special about a hand felted woollen play mat. I used a 2 ft length of pvc pipe i got at a home improvement store for about 4.

A mat that is custom made for a certain puzzle size should be at least 4 inches. I do know that creating this was fun and it felt kind of adventurous because i could find no diy made from scratch felted wool pressing mat tutorials on the world wide web. How do i make a rice bag to use as a needle felting base i have been using a blue foam pad since i started needle felting as featured in most of my tutorials which has been really great to use but i am finding that tiny bits of blue do come off of it now onto the piece i am working on and fibres tend to stick to it and the whole thing is looking a little fluffy holey and worse for wear. There is no wood in a wool pressing mat.

Spread an old towel onto your work surface then put a round stick sushi mat on it. This tutorial will take you through the process of making your own wet felted play mat. The ones i ve seen are about 3 4 thick solid felted wool. You could also use a cardboard tube from a tube of wrapping paper.

How to make your own puzzle mat. A support tube keeps the puzzle mat from collapsing and damaging the puzzle.