Summer workshops in Orimattila, Finland 24.-29.7.2023
Felt Faction organizes 2 summerworkshops in July 2023
Buttonfelt Blizzard 24.-26.7.2023
Teachers: Elina Saari and Oona Jakku
Location: Salusjärvi campsite, Orimattila Finland
Duration : 3 days
Price: 320 €, includes teaching and accomodation
In this workshop we are having a ball with buttonfelt! You ́ll learn to make buttonfelt
suitable for garments, lacy buttonfelt and semifelted buttons that you can easily add
to spice up any design you ́re going to felt.
Since we only have got 3 (very intensive) days ahead of us, we cannot make a full
length coat but instead we can modify and decorate some ready made garments and
give them a new absorbing look!
The official teaching hours are from 9 am to 5 pm, but this has never worked since
the participants lodge in the same building and they can work as late as they wish.
Elina does however recommend taking a sauna & wine break at some point/ points.
If you are customed to a workshop with steady meals and regular time frame you are
in for shock but if you like borderline hysteric laughing episodes, great company and
fabulous felt making in the middle of Finnish nature – this might just be your thing!
You can buy all the materials needed for the workshop on the spot. The main material
we use is Ohukainen. Naturally you ́ll need basic feltmaking tools and button bases
aswell + a good sense of humor. You can check the material prices from our web
pages www.feltfaction.fi
Enrolling time has started and it will end in the end of this month after which we will
send the invoices. We will help out our foreign felt entusiasts any way we can and
provide more information when needed.
Sign up with the form below.
Felt Whisperer’s Hat-tacular 27.-29.7.2023
Teachers: Elina Saari and Oona Jakku
Location: Salusjärvi campsite, Orimattila Finland
Duration: 3 days
Price: 320 €, includes teaching and accomodation
This workshop is a hat ball! Elina has come up with a super simple hat
pattern that can be easily modified and with a very minimum use of
materials you can maximize your creativity! Making exquisite and fun hats
just cannot become easier than this. All the hats you see in the workshop
inspirational pictures are made with the same pattern.
During 3 intensive days the students will make 2-3 unique hats depending
upon their working stroke and ambition regarding the 3-dimentional
details on the design.
The official teaching hours are from 9 am to 5 pm, but this has never
worked since the participants lodge in the same building and they can
work as late as they wish.
Elina does however recommend taking a sauna & wine break at some
point/ points.
If you are customed to a workshop with stedy meals and regular time
frame you are in for shock but if you like borderline hysteric laughing
episodes, great company and fabulous feltmaking in the middle of Finnish
nature – this might just be your thing!
You can buy all the materials needed for the workshop on the spot. Main
materials on this workshop are Jääkarhu, Ohukainen and Uusi Lumi.
Naturally you ́ll need basic feltmaking tools and a good sense of humor.
You can check the material prices from our web pages www.feltfaction.fi
Enrolling time has started and it will end in the end of April after which
we will send the invoices. We will help out our foreign felt entusiasts any
way we can and provide more information when needed.
Sign up with the form below.
Sign up
More information of the workshops and venue
For over 10 years time Felt Faction has organized international summer felt workshops in Orimattila, Finland. Typically felt workshops take place at the end of July.
People call these workshops an once in a lifetime experience as they take place in an idyllic Finnish scenery; middle of a forest and by a beautiful lake. Saunas are heated every night and you are accompanied by a bunch of likeminded individuals all crazy for felt making.
Also Elina’s style of teaching is rather unique – she and her team throw themselves into feltmaking frenzy and nobody leaves the felt workshop without fabulous designs to show and the knowledge of Elina’s techniques.
If you are planning to organize a felt making workshop and wish to invite Elina to give master classes please feel free to enquire.
Summer workshop venue info
The course will take place at Salusjärvi campsite owned by the town of Orimattila. The campsite has a fully equipped kitchen with good possibilities for cooking, so please bring groceries along with you, because the shops are located 13 km away at the Orimattila center. There will be Finnish students arriving by car, so you can also do your grocery shoppig together with them.
Out of experience I can tell that what people really do need is lots and lots of juice, water etc. To drink. Wine might be a bliss for recovering after a day of heavy felt making. You will also appreciate having ice cream + fast and easy meals.
Important: The kitchen is used by everyone, so please take care to clean up after yourself so the others can find the kitchen clean and ready to use. That way we can all focus on what we came for: making the best felt designs possible!
The building is not a 5-star hotel, but has proved to be very functional. It has one big open hall, kitchen and two, large, dormitory-style bedrooms. There are also toilets and showers for ladies and gentlemen.
Down by the lake there are two big saunas. We will be working in the main hall and outside on the terrace. You can continue felting all night long if you wish. There is enough space for everyone, but in case you know that you are not comfortable sleeping in a dormitory accommodation, please bring a tent with you.