Tabletop Workshops Purr & Wag It, textiles teacher

Tabletop Workshops Purr & Wag It

Tabletop Workshops Purr & Wag It

location_on London

local_activity classes: FeltingFlower WreathTextilesFloristry

5.0 (20)
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Tabletop Workshops is the teaching arm of Purr & Wag It and is run by Heather Fiona Martin.

A graduate of Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is an experienced wet felt maker who for well over a decade has been making felt with people of all ages and with widely differing abilities in educational and community settings across Greater London.

Purr & Wag It (PaW), her wet felted pet portraits and landscapes small business was born out of a gift for her brother. It marries her love of animals with her love for making and in particular pushing the boundaries of fine detail in wet felt making.

Tabletop Workshops, the teaching arm of the business affords Heather the opportunity and the great enjoyment of facilitating others creativity in the relaxed setting of her home in Camberwell. She lives with her daughter and 3 cats. Winnie and the boys will be elsewhere in the house during the workshops but if you have cat allergies Tabletop Workshops may not be the right creative space for you.

Heather holds an enhanced DBS certificate for children and vulnerable adults.






Classes


3D Wet Felting Class: Felt Planters

5.0 (5)

date_range 27 Apr, 18 May

location_on South East London / Mobile

1 to 6

label £60 - £66

Wet Felting Class

5.0 (8)

date_range 27 Apr, 18 May

location_on South East London / Mobile

1 to 6

label £49 - £54

Felted Collage and Word Art Class

5.0 (2)

date_range 28 Apr, 19 May

location_on South East London / Mobile

1 to 15

label £52 - £56

Wet Felt Making Experience

date_range 27 Apr, 18 May

location_on South East London

1 to 6

label £113

Animal Baby Mobile Needle Felting Workshop

date_range Your choice of time

location_on South East London / Mobile

10 to 25

label £50 - £55

Sustainable Mistletoe Christmas Wreath Making Class

5.0 (1)

date_range Your choice of time

location_on South East London

4 to 6

label £35

Festive Christmas Nordic Tomte - Gnome Workshop

5.0 (2)

date_range Your choice of time

location_on South East London / Mobile

4 to 15

label £48 - £52

Festive Felting Class: Everlasting Mistletoe

date_range Your choice of time

location_on South East London / Mobile

3 to 10

label £45 - £48

Felted Collage or Word Art Craft Kit

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

local_shipping Craft kit delivered

label £25 - £49

Felted Wool Pebbles or Stones

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

local_shipping Craft kit delivered

label £25 - £47

3D Wet Felting at Home: Felt Planter

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

local_shipping Craft kit delivered

label £25 - £47

Sustainable Mistletoe Christmas Wreath Making Video Kit

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

local_shipping Craft kit delivered

label £45

Festive Christmas Scandi Tomte / Gnome Video Kit Workshop

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

local_shipping Craft kit delivered

label £33

Festive Everlasting Mistletoe Sprig Video Kit Workshop

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

local_shipping Craft kit delivered

label £46

Make a Cosy Felted Hottie Bottle Cover

ondemand_video

Pre-recorded

label £20






Reviews

(20)


Isobel Feb 2024


I booked a class with my friend as a gift, and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Heather sent an email well before the class with additional info and instructions on finding the venue and was very welcoming on arrival offering tea and biscuits. The instructions for the class were clear and the materials were good quality. The atmosphere was relaxed and we both came away with something we made that we really liked. Ideal!

Lynn Jan 2024


Really enjoyed the class. Heather was an excellent teacher & host. The home bakes were a delightful added bonus. Would certainly recommend.

Toria Pagan Dec 2023


What a fantastic team activity - we are all thrilled with our Tomtes! Heather was brilliant; very welcoming, relaxed and informative. She is clearly a brilliant artist and is at complete ease sharing her skills and knowledge. Great response from initial enquiry, booking and managing the session and really lovely atmosphere on the day. Thank you Heather!
Our little tomte friends have settled in to their new homes and had their first virtual team meet on zoom this week!
With huge thanks, The Affinity Team

Textiles class review by Toria Pagan - London

Teacher's response

Belated thanks, Toria, for such a lovely review!

I'm so glad to hear that you and the rest of the Affinity Team had such a fantastic time at the Tomte workshop. Loving that the Tomtes joined in on a zoom meeting too. Thanks again for choosing one of my workshops for your office Xmas event; you really were all such a pleasure.

Wishing you all the best for a healthy and successful 2024 and I hope, at some stage, to see you again!

Best
Heather

Tara O'Regan Dec 2023


Great workshop with a lovely host! Love my tomte and learnt so much about the felting process.

Kate McCarthy Dec 2023


Great session
Inspired me to do more creative projects
Great way to spend time with friends

Trish Cloud Sep 2023

2 ClassBento workshops attended • 2 reviews


I would highly recommend this workshop. Heather is welcoming, fun, knowledgeable and patient. Working in a small group with one other person Heather demonstrated step by step how to make a small wet felt planter. There was a wide variety of materials available in every colour imaginable. Such a lovely afternoon in Heather’s beautiful home.

Julie Jackson-Hales Sep 2023

4 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews


Very enjoyable class. Vanessa explained everything really well and we came out with a bit of art. Very relaxing and the flapjack and tea were delicious!

Kate Allen May 2023


Fantastic felting with Heather - she was incredibly friendly, knowledgable and patient. Her house is so lovely and the materials provided were excellent. Thoroughly recommend!

Textiles class review by Kate Allen - London

Caroline Lindqvist May 2023

2 ClassBento workshops attended


Heather’s workshop was so much fun! It was all new to me and she was going through the wet felting process step by step alongside with us working on our vessels.
This is truly and amazing craft and Heather made it both fun and exciting :)
There was also tea and delicious homemade cakes provided. I recommend this workshop to anyone who’s interested and want to try something new :D

3D Wet Felting Class: Felt Planters review by Caroline Lindqvist - London

Alison Jury May 2023


I had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon learning how to make a felt planter. Heather is a very good teacher, explaining clearly every step of the process. Everything was well set up for us, we had an amazing choice of coloured wool. I liked that there was only 3 of us, so it felt relaxed and intimate, in great surroundings.

Textiles class review by Alison Jury - London

Heather Mar 2023


We loved this class. A really fun activity, well organised and taught by a lovely teacher who had even baked goodies for us.
Even with no prior experience we produced felting that we were really pleased with.
It was a very relaxed, enjoyable way to spend a Saturday morning. I’d definitely recommend and would book to do it again.

Helena Benzinski Jan 2023


Excellent workshop: friendly, helpful and welcoming teacher, delicious cake, a great range of materials and a lovely space. Thank you very much!

Sharon Bierer Jan 2023

4 ClassBento workshops attended • 4 reviews


Laura and Barbara had a ball. They were both delighted with what they made and what they learnt about the processes. They had a good day out and felt they had been made very welcome. So sorry I was ill and missed the course.

Vania Almeida Nov 2022


Fantastic class woth the desired redults achieved. Beautiful colours provided, thourough explanations and a great atmosphere. Everything top and I made my first wet felt over a resist and my second successful ever wet felt so bravo. Delicious cake as well!

3D Wet Felting Class: Felt Planters review by Vania Almeida - London

Fritz Nothnagel Jun 2022


All great. A wonderful way to spend a day. There was a generous supply of materials used for the class. A small intimate class with one on one attention. Perfect. I will definitely return for a more advanced tutorial. After viewing tutorials on line with no success this is the way to go. Thank you to Purr and Wag for a great day and delicious chocolate torte to end. Fritz.

Maya King May 2022


This class was excellent and surpassed all of my expectations. Neither myself or my mum had ever done any felting before and we aren’t particularly artistically inclined. Heather was an excellent teacher and even made cake for us! She talked us through the process of creating the felt as we went, and provided us with everything we needed and every colour of felt under the sun. We were both able to produce a piece of felt that we were happy with thanks to heathers tuition. and now have the building blocks to be able to create more. We may book on to the course again, and we would recommend the course to anyone!

Textiles class review by Maya King - London

Paula Couzens May 2022


Heather was a great teacher and even made cake for the class! Wet Felt Making was lots of fun. None of us (6) had ever done it before and we were shocked what we could produce and take home after 3hours. Would definitely recommend!

Wet Felting Class review by Paula Couzens - London

Clare Wates Oct 2021

3 ClassBento workshops attended • 3 reviews


I attended a wet felt class and I enjoyed it a lot! Heather was very friendly and welcoming! She’s clearly very talented and knowledgeable about the craft and gave clear instructions/tips when teaching me about it! I would definitely attend another class!

Carol Parsons Aug 2021


The lesson was great and Heather was a patient and inspirational tutor. Highly recommended- thank you Heather

Rona Munro Apr 2021


This was a really informative and enjoyable workshop. I had done other felting workshops before but I’m confident this would be also be suitable for complete beginner. I was guided through a range of techniques and was able to complete a picture working alongside Heather in the second half of the video. I’d suggest not starting with a design but pausing in the middle to assemble it once you’ve seen the various ways this can be achieved. I came away with the understanding of how to make further pieces on my own and feel inspired to keep going! Highly recommended.

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