Felt a Robin's Nest and Egg: Art and Nature

In this beginner felting class, you will create a robin’s nest with those iconic blue eggs. No experience is necessary. Spaces are extremely limited.

For many, the robin is one of the first birds people learn to recognize. They can often be seen in lawns. Their iconic eggs is a unique color all their own – Robin’s Egg Blue. While thought to be a harbinger of spring, robins stay put during the winter. They just aren’t seen as often in winter as they hunker down perched in trees.

Course cost includes materials you will take home to further your felting endeavors, needles (single) and felting surface (foam squares).  Additional felting tools assist in the project, but aren’t necessary. They can be added on at check out at a discounted price – punch tool (5 needle tool) and/or a 3- needle pen. The punch tool at my discounted cost is$14.00. (Retail at $16.00) The 3 needle pen tool at my discount is $12.00 (retail at $14.00) 

More about Robin’s Nests and Eggs:

In a robin couple, a male brings his female partner nesting material as she constructs the robins’ nest. The female builds the cup-like nest with mud as its foundation and lines it with grasses, twigs and other plant material before laying bright blue robin eggs.

The birds may use flower petals or scraps of paper, string, or cloth on the outside of the nest. It may look like they are simply decorating, but these things serve as camouflage by breaking up the dark outline of the nest, helping it to blend in better with the patchy light and shadows.

Female robins lay only one bright blue egg per day and typically lay three or four eggs total, seldom a clutch of five. Robins raise up to three or more broods a year, especially in the southern part of the United States. The female incubates robin eggs for about two weeks. https://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-birds/bird-nesting/robins-nests-robins-eggs/

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:Gayle Mathues has been needle-felting since 2014. She is a Sarafina Certified Instructor and has a felting business called Animal Faire. She has taught several years at Common Ground on the Hill at McDaniel College. Her specialties are realistic animals and gnome –type figures. Her work can be found at Off Track Art Gallery and at various craft shows throughout the area. Read more about Gayle in the Baltimore Sun article from 2020

TERMS and CONDITIONS: This is an adult only class. Because materials are prepared for each participant, cancellations with refund minus the cost of the materials ($10) will be applied if cancelled within 7 days of the course. Cancellations not accepted within a week of the course date.