I recently posted on felt designer Barbera Keal and her fantastical headwear… the envy of every child’s dressing up box. Barbara has kindly agreed to an interview to tell us a little about herself and her influences.  So sit back have a cuppa (and a slice of the chocolate cake below!)…Have a great weekend How would you describe your work and style? My work as a feltmaker mainly consists of tranformative animal headwear – hats. The hats feel very genuinely animal because they

How much fun would it have been as a kid to have one of these in your dress up box??? Welcome to the whimsical world of Barbara Keal and her felt work. The Keal “sheep family” Barbara creates her quirky and fairy tail style hoods from felt.  Usually having 8 or 10 different bags of local fleece open and mixing and layering freely to achieve a wide range of colours and textures. The creatures come from both her imagination and from pictures of animals…. creating everything fro

Initially starting a business making baby booties Carola began to play around with the offcuts and her collections of vintage fabrics which were later to become the start of a new venture. Carola now creates hand made cushions and character filled animal heads (my favourite) with an eclectic mix of modern and vintage fabrics.  Carola started off as a one man band but now employs a number of people from her local community which makes for an all-round more homely business. Car