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Earth Friendly Felting Mat 'Earth Mat'

Earth Friendly Felting Mat 'Earth Mat'

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Earth Friendly Felting Mat or as we call it EARTH MAT!

Finally a solution to a lightweight environmentally friendly felting mat made from wool. 

We recommend using one Firm Base Felting Mat and one Soft Top Felting Mat together - this also gives you a £1 discount over buying each mat separately. The Earth Mat comes in many convenient sizes, each layer is 10mm thick:

  1. Small:              10 x 15cm (about A6)
  2. Medium:         15 x 20cm (about A5)
  3. Large:              29.7 x 21cm (A4)
  4. Extra Large:    42 x 29.7cm (A3)

  5. Special Edition: Large Square: (30 x 30cm)
  6. Special Edition: Extra Large Square (42.5 x 42.5cm)

The Soft Top Felting Mat is made from: 100% wool which makes it compostable when it wears out and needs replacing - the wool is dense wool so will last a long time particularly if you rotate the mat occasionally so you use different areas. The Firm Base Felting Mat is made from 70% wool and 30% man-made fibre but will last for a very long time and may not ever need replacing!

This way you save money and the planet. It doesn't get any better and you get a instruction sheet too. We have found that you can use the Earth Mat from both sides (firm and soft) depending on your project. 

The great advantage of the Earth Mat is that it is durable unlike foam mats or similar and versatile in its use: flat needle felting, shaping, single needle use or multi-needle tools are all possible. 

We have trialled the Earth Mat for some time now, in-house as well as with our customers, and the feedback is brilliant! It has become our best selling product. See the reviews below.

You may also be interested in our Rubber Brush or Silicone Brush for removing fluff from your Earth Mat. We also recommend to cover it with a felt sheet to minimise fibre contamination.

 

Also visit our Free Tutorial page for 'How to use our Earth Friendly Felting Mat instructions'

How to use the Earth Mat:

The Soft Top Felting Mat is where all the action takes place. This is the mat on where you felt whether it is a flat piece or a shape you are making; whether you are using fine, medium or coarse needles or any kind of multi-needle tool. 

The Firm Base Felting Mat goes underneath the Soft Top Felting Mat as an extra buffer. You can also felt directly into the Firm Base however the use of needle sizes and tools is limited, and only fine and medium needles can penetrate the felt.

We recommend to use one Firm Base Felting Mat and one Soft Top Felting Mat together. However, you can also use several layers and we would love to see how you use yours! Please email us with photos and comments to info@themakerss.co.uk

Reviews:

"Work well with both single needle and multi needle tools. Used for a... 2D picture and there was no hollow made where working on which happens with foam mats. Don't break up leaving bits of foam in your creation, easier to clean."
- Donna S.

"I thought they were great, less weighty than a rice bag and more sturdy than the usual foam which is prone to breaking up."
Anita G.

"The mat was a great surface to work on and much better environmentally... Fantastic solution, a lighter bag and a lighter conscience."
- Lesley R.

"I really loved the Earth Mats ...much easier to work with than the foam or rice mats... Nice and flat, no falling away at the edges, versatile, light, great workspace, durable, adaptable, eco friendly - can't think of any negatives at all!"
- Margaret M.

"Durable, eco-friendly and no annoying squeaking! Love it!"
- Emma J.

"Really good to use... Also easy to wipe off any wool left on the Mat"
Penny H.

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Do you need digital versions of instructions so you can increase text size or use a screen reader? No problem, please email us at hello@themakerss.co.uk and a member of the team will send you the instructions digitally.

Customer Reviews

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Sarah
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I had the other eco Matt before which is more fibrous and found it released too many strands. This is fabulous. Works well. Soft and strong. Comfy to rest on. Solid and not shredding. Buy a size bigger than u think u need for practicality and comfort and your own progression to bigger projects.

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Loraine M
Great Product

I purchased the A3 size and it's a lovely surface to work on and great size too. Sarah and Sheena went out of their way to sort out the order. Postage was very quick as well. Very happy with all the products received.

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Michaela
Earth Mat

Very pleased with my mat - I bought the top and bottom and they work well together.
Fibres from the wool do transfer to the mat as you are felting, so I’m using one side for light and the other for dark and have had no problems at all.
Would recommend.

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Lin
Fabulous quality

I brought an A3 earth mat and cut it down to 8 smaller mats to use in my needle felting workshops. They work well on top of my small foam mats.

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Jane
Great Product

Great to find an eco friendly product. Has a different feel to using a foam mat but is more substantial and doesn't break up. Early days but loving it. It feels like it will last a long time and was well worth the price.