Frog Friend: *animal felting for beginners*
Learn to felt a fuzzy frog - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB March: Felt Club Book Club
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Carrot Cars & Bunny Ears: Easter Felting Workshop
Come play with Easter imagery: rabbits and carrots! Open to beginners ages 9+.
Fun and Functional Wet Felting @ Wildcraft
Learn to wet felt by making fruity pot holders/trivets!
This class is hosted by Wildcraft Studio School.
Evening Frog Friend: *animal felting for beginners*
Learn to felt a fuzzy frog - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB April: The Buzz
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 18+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Learn to Felt Animals - Sheep Friends Workshop
These sweet simple sheep are a great start if you want to learn to make felted animals! Just a little challenging but still open to beginners ages 10+.
Felt a spiky friend *easy cactus felting*
This class has been postponed! Look for another session in June.
Mini Breakfast Needle Felting Workshop (February)
Sunday brunch, but make it crafty! Learn to felt your very own miniature wool brunch using the craft of needle felting. Beginners ages 10+ are welcome.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
Felt Club Book Club *no meeting*
No Felt Club in February! Instead, read this sweet Japanese novel (which features a needle felting librarian), and we’ll discuss it at the March gathering!
Heart Garland Needle Felting *easy for beginners*
Learn to felt a heart garland out of wool! This is a beginner-friendly class open to ages 9+.
Hosted in sweet Montavilla neighborhood cafe, Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB January: Tiny Plants in Pots
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Mini Breakfast Needle Felting Workshop
Sunday brunch, but make it crafty! Learn to felt your very own miniature wool brunch using the craft of needle felting. Beginners ages 10+ are welcome.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB December: Mini Christmas Sweater Ornaments
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Hand-Felted Mushroom Ornaments @ Wildcraft Studio School
Learn to needle felt sweet little wool mushrooms. With an optional thread loop, these fun-guys make great ornaments.
Wildcraft classes are open to ages 18+.
Hand-Felted Ornaments Workshop @ Wildcraft Studio School
Take a textile twist on classic tree decor with hand felted ornaments! This is a needle felting + wet felting class.
Wildcraft classes are open to ages 18+.
Festive Cats! *easy for beginners*
Festive felines are an easy and fun way to learn felting. We’ll make holiday felines that have the option of becoming ornaments or magnets. This class is open to ages 9+.
This in-person class is at Zuckercreme in Portland, Oregon.
Penguin Ornament Felting *easy for beginners*
Penguin felting is an easy and fun way to learn felting! This class is open to ages 9+.
In person at Montavilla's cafe of epic cuteness, Zuckercreme!
FELT CLUB November: Cows
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Hand Felted Slippers Workshop @ Wildcraft
Felt a pair of cozy wool slippers custom fitted to your feet.
Hosted by Wildcraft Studio School.
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[CANCELLED] Slime Trails - Banana Slug Felting *easy for beginners*
An intro to felting class that’s open to ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
Fungi Party Felting Workshop *easy for beginners!*
Learn to needle felt sweet little wool mushrooms. With an optional thread loop, these fun-guys make great ornaments. No experience necessary! For ages 9+.
Fun and Functional Wet Felting @ Wildcraft
Learn to wet felt by making fruity pot holders/trivets!
This class is hosted by Wildcraft Studio School.
FELT CLUB October: Witch’s Cauldron
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Halloween Ghosties *easy for beginners*
Learn to felt a Halloween ghostie - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Spooky Slowpokes - Halloweeny Snail Felting *for beginners*
An intro to felting class that’s open to ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB August: Ice Cream
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB July: Narwhals
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Strawberry Snail Felting *easy for beginners*
Learn to felt a Strawberry Snail or two - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
FELT CLUB June: Strawberry Cottages
It’s Felt Club! This is a monthly crafty gathering for people who have taken at least one felting class with LeBrie. For ages 16+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Strawberry Shortcake Felting Workshop *beginner friendly*
Learn to felt a shortcake that fits in the palm of your hand - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Strawberry Snail Felting - PM class
Learn to felt a Strawberry Snail or two - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Strawberry Snail Felting *easy for beginners* - FULL
Learn to felt a Strawberry Snail or two - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at a cute cafe called Zuckercreme.
Learn to Felt Animals: Frogs! *easy for beginners*
Learn to felt a fuzzy frog - this class is friendly for beginners ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
Felting Realistic Sushi Workshop
Learn to felt a pair of beautiful wool sushi with the craft of needle felting. Open to beginners and experienced felters, ages 9+.
This in-person class is located in SE Portland’s Montavilla neighborhood, at cute neighborhood cafe Zuckercreme.
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FELT CLUB April - Circus Animal Cookies [special field trip edition]
It’s time for a field trip!
Sunday, April 27, 2025
12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Nine Gallery, 122 NW 8th Ave. Portland, OR 97209
It’s a Felt Club field trip!
April’s club meeting will take place at Nine Gallery amidst my felt sculpture exhibition, Crackers & Cookies. The gallery will be closed to the public, so we will have a private space to work.
The project is Mother’s Circus Animal Cookies (that classic pink and white frosting!!). I’ll teach you simple strategies for enlarging objects accurately and the felting-on-felt technique that I developed to keep complex shapes precise. Your animal cookies will be about the size of your hand or smaller and would make a great garland/mobile, fridge magnets, or pins/earrings.
Group size limited to 14
Open to ages 14+
Crackers (& cookies) Last Day
Crackers (& cookies)
Wool felt snack-inspired sculpture by LeBrie Rich
April 3-26, 2025 Nine Gallery
This is the last day to see “Crackers (& Cookies)” at Nine Gallery. I am contemplating doing an event for this last day of the show, but haven’t firmed up details on that yet. If you know you want to visit with me in addition to seeing my work, come to the opening reception or Cheez-it shirt pop-up. :)
Continuing with my visual explorations of mass-produced food and its cultural significance, I am presenting large-scale felted sculptures—including some snack-inspired furniture—featuring iconic brands of crackers and cookies. Stripped of their familiar outer packaging and magnified well beyond life-size, each object’s formal elements move to the forefront, although the resemblance to the original product is never lost.
In addition to these larger sculptures, the exhibition will include two-dimensional textile pieces I created while living in Amsterdam in 2022. These works contain felted Ritz Crackers, Cheez-Its, Oreos, and other modern snack foods applied to vintage embroidery samplers and textiles sourced from Dutch antique markets. By bringing together art forms from two different cultures and time periods, I illustrate the global reach of American food products, while the countless hours required to create each object offer a pointed critique of our throwaway consumer culture.
LeBrie Rich
CRACKERS (& Cookies)
April 3–26, 2025
Nine Gallery (located inside Blue Sky)
122 SW 8th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
Hours: Wed.–Sat. 12–5pm
