What Are Felt Materials?

If you are considering making felt products as a hobby, don’t go shopping before checking our felt materials list. Hobbies and crafts have enabled people for centuries to spend their free time more productively, develop manual skills, and even generate income. Felt fabrics, which have been used by humans since ancient times, continue to be widely used today both in the textile industry and for hobby purposes.

Especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have spent more time at home in recent years and turned to various hobbies during this period. Among these, felt art has gained a particularly special place. As Keçe Dünyası, we have prepared this article to answer your questions about what felt materials are needed and what you will need to get started. Keep reading to learn about felt art materials that can be easily and affordably purchased both online and in craft stores.

What Are Felt Materials? | What Is Used for What?

Anyone who wants to create aesthetic and functional products through felt art should first prepare a list of essential felt materials. Naturally, felt itself comes first on this list. However, it is important to remember that felt comes in different qualities and characteristics. Therefore, selecting the right type of felt for your intended product requires careful consideration. If you plan to use thin or thick felt, it is important that the felt is in flat sheet or strip form.

Wool Felt | Thin Felt | Thick Felt

Depending on the product you plan to make, you may need thin felt, thick felt, or wool felt. Determining the product type and color scheme before shopping will make the process much easier. We also recommend calculating how much felt you will need in advance, as purchasing additional felt later—even in the same color—may result in slight shade differences.

Felting Needle

If you are working with wool felt, you will need at least one felting needle to interlock the felt fibers properly.

Multi-Needle Felting Tool

If you plan to work on large surfaces, using a multi-needle felting tool will significantly speed up your work.

Tip: Always use the multi-needle tool in a vertical position. Otherwise, all the needles inside the tool may break.

Felting Brush

Another important tool for large surface projects is a felting brush. If you prefer not to allocate extra budget, a firm sponge can also do the job. Even a hard sponge taken from an old sofa works well.

Tip: You can request such sponges from furniture renovation shops. We recommend covering the sponge with a sleeve to make it easier to collect loose felt fibers from the surface.

Felt Scissors

If you plan to work with thin or thick felt, scissors are an essential item on the felt hobby materials list.

Tip: Don’t forget to have a ballpoint pen or marker ready to draw your patterns onto the felt before cutting.

Adhesive

Adhesive plays an important role among felt materials. It is commonly used to attach beads and decorative accessories to felt and can also be used to reinforce stitching in certain areas. Speaking of stitching, a sewing needle and thread should not be overlooked. Stitching is used to join felt pieces cut from felt sheets or to secure felt motifs onto the main project.

Felt Figures

How about turning your felt crafts into unique works of art by adding ready-made felt figures? You can either make felt figures yourself or order them in bulk from our store.

Felt Art Materials: Which Felt for Which Product?

There are various types of felt available for felt art. Felts are generally classified based on their properties or thickness. It is possible to create felt clothing patterns, coasters, and decorative felt ornaments. Thin felt is especially preferred for such products because it is easy to work with.

Another type is thick felt, which is commonly used for making bags, wallets, and pencil cases. The durable structure of thick felt allows products made from it to be used for many years. Both thin and thick felts are available in a wide range of colors, and color selection is entirely based on personal preference.

Additionally, adhesive-backed felt is frequently used in felt art. These felts have one self-adhesive side and are preferred when preventing slipping is required.

Looking for more ideas on what you can make from felt? Then our article “What Can Be Made from Felt?” is just for you.

Keçe Dünyası offers felt varieties wholesale for felt artists. You can also purchase our products in bulk and easily obtain the most suitable felt for your projects.