Needle Felting Next Steps 2D Picture-Based - Stapleford Library and Learning Centre - Adult Learning

Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford

Date	12 January - 2 February 2026
Sessions	Mondays: 3pm - 5pm
No. sessions	4
Venue	Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Stapleford View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 12
Cost	FREE - £32

About this course

Take your 2D needle felting skills to the next level by focusing on two specific themes: floral designs and animal or bird portraits. You’ll explore how to create a layered, expressive floral composition using wool, learning to blend colours, build form, and add fine detail. We will then look at how to create animal or bird studies—learning how to capture shape, texture, and character.

You’ll use techniques like directional felting, fibre blending, and shading to bring your subject to life. This course is ideal if you’ve completed a beginners’ 2D felting course and are ready to explore more complex felting techniques.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

Create a needle-felted floral composition using layered wool and blended colours.
Use fine needle felting techniques to add detail and definition to petals, stems, and leaves.
Plan and design a small animal or bird picture using a reference image.
Use fibre direction, texture, and shading to capture features such as fur, feathers, or eyes.

Please bring to the course with you:-

Needle Felting Wool in a variety of colours - we will be looking at some flowers and then creating an animal or bird portrait, so try to get a good range of suitable colours.
Needle Felting Needles – these come in different sizes: look for size 38 (medium) and size 40 or 42 (fine)
Base Fabrics – these can be felt sheets (preferably wool or wool blend, buy any will work) or a loose weave cotton or linen.
Needle Felting Needles – these come in different sizes: look for size 38 or a medium.
Foam, dense sponge or felting brush to felt onto. An offcut of blue upholstery foam at least 20cm by 15cm and 5cm thick ( 8inches by 6 inches and 2.5 inches thick) is ideal.
If you struggle with grip or dexterity in your hands, a felting needle holder (for single or 3 needles) can be helpful.
Some tailors chalk, soft pencil or heat erasable pen.
A drink, notepad and pen

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Liverpool City Region
Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
Tees Valley
West of England
West Midlands
West Yorkshire

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014