Going Batty for Bats
with Gayle Mathues
$65
This felting bat workshop will take the student through the entire process of making a realistic bat. This is a multi-step project and involves a number of simple skills to create the bat.
Instructor will furnish the following at no charge:
- Boot tray for wet felting
- Felting needles and surface
- Iron and ironing surface
- Bubble wrap used in wet felting
- Voile fabric for wet felting
- Hot wax for toes and fingers
What will be included in materials/kit ($15):
- Wool fiber
- Silk fiber
- Bat template
- Written instructions for the steps in needle felting a bat from making the armature to finishing the wings with a coating of cold wax
- 22 and 26 gauge wire
- Reference photos of bats
- Cold wax
- One sheet of parchment paper
Materials student should bring from home or purchase.
- Small needle nosed pliers
- Small wire cutters
- Small sharp scissors
- Two or three hand-towels (used in wet felting)
- Spray bottle for wetting the wool/silk
- Hair dryer to dry wet felted fabric quickly
- Bar soap, olive oil based preferred, for your hand’s sake
- Palette knife (to apply cold wax to wings: not required but highly encouraged)
- Sewing needle and some pins with plastic heads
- Sewing thread in black or brown
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Oct 25th, 2025
from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
