Stab Things Into Existence Blog (Anna's Place of Holding)

Anna Walker · April 29, 2019

WHAT IS FELTING?

Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp-based rayon. (Source: Wikipedia) Clear as mud, right? Felting is a way to create things of beauty, both fabric and sculptural, through the use of a barbed needle (needle felting) or by changing the pH of the wool and using friction in a soap and water application (wet felting). Here on Stab Things Into Existence, I’ll teach you how those...

Anna Walker · March 25, 2019

YOU MIGHT BE A FELTER…

Not sure if you're a felter... You just might be if you do any of these things...

Anna Walker · February 21, 2019

Keeping It Real

All of this is to tell you that you should just have fun-enjoy the exploration regardless of the outcome. Play. Discover. Create. That’s all. And that’s everything.

Anna Walker · June 26, 2018

Coming Soon!

designsbyanna · February 28, 2018

Dear Randy…

Hi sweetie. Happy Anniversary. Today would have been our 26th wedding anniversary, and it’s the second one I’ve recognized without you by my side. This year has been rather low key, and not as emotional as last years was, but then, you had only been gone for a little over four months last year, and it was our silver anniversary.

I’ve been in Iowa since the end of January helping Mom and Dad. Daddy...

designsbyanna · June 22, 2017

@deadorcs at GenCon50

I’ll be carrying on the tradition of going to GenCon in Indianapolis in mid August. Randy and I missed last year because we decided that buying a house finally was more important than going to the convention-we didn’t have funds for both. We closed on the house the day after Randy had been released from […]