Felt is cloth-like material that is used in many different fields in the modern world.
Felt is used in number of industries like automotive, production of musical instruments, house constructing and more. In the crafting field,
felt can be used as well.
Felt that is used in craft is five basic types:
craft felt, eco- friendly felt, blended wool felt, 100% wool felt and felting wool.
Craft felt or pressed felt
This type of felt is actually polyester man-made synthetic felt. It can be found in many colors and usually is sold in sheets with size
9”x 12” or by meter. The craft felt is very good for kid's crafts, holiday crafts, school crafts and others.
Eco friendly felt
The eco friendly felt is polyester fiber made from recycled plastic bottles. This felt has pretty much the same look and touch like the original craft felt. And still it is a bit stiffer. It can be found in any color, with embossed patterns and as the craft felt, is sold in sheets or by meter. It can be used for the same crafting projects as the craft felt, the embossed patterns give the great opportunity to make great decoration with excellent shapes.
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Eco friendly embossed felt shape
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Blended wool felt
This is a fabric, that usually contains around 20 to 35 % wool and the rest is rayon. Its made by blending the fibers of the wool and the rayon, so that why it cannot be called wool fabric. This kind of felt is usually sold in sheets or by meter and can be found in different thickness (up to even 7-8mm). Its great for crafting projects. It is very suitable also for crafts for kids.
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| blended wool felt |
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| 100% wool felt |
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felting wool
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ReplyDeleteGlad to have passed by this blog, it looks great! Do you happen to know of places in Singapore to buy felt at a low cost? I know Artfriend and Spotlight sells them, but its pretty costly and has limited choices. So if there's other places which you may know of do you mind sharing? Thank you in advance!