Felt at the fair

Hand-felted bags by Harriet Appleby.

There were some fantastic felt artists at the Contemporary Textiles Fair today, Harriet Appleby has a website with more of her beautiful designs here.

Lizzie Houghton makes stunning jackets, hats and cushions - each one a unique work of art. Prilly Lewis makes clothing, accessories and homewear from felted knits. There was also a stand, handprinted.co.uk selling materials for dyeing and printing and other textile related crafts, you can buy from them online.