The Aetna Felt Blog http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog Industrial felt products manufacturer. Supplier of wool felt fabrics, materials and craft felts including needled felt and polyester felt. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Gorgeous Bowls From Michelle Jaffe!! http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/04/19/gorgeous-bowls-from-michelle-jaffe/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/04/19/gorgeous-bowls-from-michelle-jaffe/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:19:19 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/04/19/gorgeous-bowls-from-michelle-jaffe/ jaffe-blue.bmp

Michelle Jaffé’s Nesting Bowls in Our 5mm Thick 100% Virgin Merino Wool Felt are simply amazing! The Fjord Collection, available in two color schemes,  is functional beauty at its best! Read more at www.MichelleJaffeArts.com or www.ArtWareEditions.com.

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/04/19/gorgeous-bowls-from-michelle-jaffe/feed/ NEW!! Printed Synthetic Felt in 8 Fun Patterns! http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/02/05/new-printed-synthetic-felt-in-8-fun-patterns/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/02/05/new-printed-synthetic-felt-in-8-fun-patterns/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:12:07 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/02/05/new-printed-synthetic-felt-in-8-fun-patterns/ printed-felt-group.gifThese soft and colorful prints add a new level of fun to our synthetic craft felt offerings!

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/02/05/new-printed-synthetic-felt-in-8-fun-patterns/feed/ Look who is using Aetna Felt! http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/01/14/look-who-is-using-aetna-felt/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/01/14/look-who-is-using-aetna-felt/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:32:41 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/01/14/look-who-is-using-aetna-felt/ design-bowls.jpgCongrats to feltplanet on the launch of their new website. They’ve been using our Designer Felts to make wonderful bowls, coasters, trivets and more!  Let us know how you use Aetna Felt and we’ll add it to our blog!

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2010/01/14/look-who-is-using-aetna-felt/feed/ Larger Samples of 2mm, 3mm and 5mm Felt! http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/06/11/larger-samples-of-2mm-3mm-and-5mm-felt/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/06/11/larger-samples-of-2mm-3mm-and-5mm-felt/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:19:58 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/06/11/larger-samples-of-2mm-3mm-and-5mm-felt/

designer-felt-ring-his-res.jpgdesigner-felt-ring-his-res.jpgFor a while now we’ve been sending out sample ‘rings’ of our Designer Felts containing the various colors and thicknesses in 1.5″ x 1.5″ swatches. But for some, the small swatches, while handy for color and basic thickness, were not enough to determine if Designer Felt would work for their application. So, we are pleased to announce that we now have larger samples available! Approximately 11″x 11″ for 2mm and 5mm, and 12″ x 12″ for 3mm. You can find them in our Samples and Brochures section. Cheers!

                                                                                                         

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/06/11/larger-samples-of-2mm-3mm-and-5mm-felt/feed/ NEW! 2mm 100% Virgin Merino Felt http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/05/06/new-2mm-100-virgin-merino-felt/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/05/06/new-2mm-100-virgin-merino-felt/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 15:12:57 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2009/05/06/new-2mm-100-virgin-merino-felt/ 2mmWe’re now offering 2mm thick 100% Virgin Merino Wool felt!  Available in 14 fantastic colors and  natural white.

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We are now carry thick and soft plush felts in 6 furry colors! Great for stuffed animals, apparel, costumes and appliques.

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We’re going GREEN with our 100% Synthetic Craft Felt!        

Our 100% Synthetic Craft Felts are now being made with Ecospun®, a fabric made from 100% Certified Recycled PET bottles. You get the same great washable, dryable colors, without the environmental baggage. How great is this? It is estimated this switch to Ecospun® may keep almost 3 billion bottles out of landfills, saving over half a million barrels of oil and eliminating 400,000  tons of harmful air emissions, per year.   We are not 100% through our old inventory, but all new inventory will be Ecospun®. Cool change….

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2008/01/17/clean-and-green/feed/ From the creative mind of Martha… http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/12/07/from-the-creative-mind-of-martha/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/12/07/from-the-creative-mind-of-martha/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:43:00 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/12/07/from-the-creative-mind-of-martha/  toadstool stocking  From Martha Stewart……two great crafts using our 100% wool felt. I love the useful whimsy of the toadstool! And the stockings are just great! What do you think?

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/12/07/from-the-creative-mind-of-martha/feed/ A Natural Choice http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/a-natural-choice/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/a-natural-choice/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:20:07 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/a-natural-choice/ One of the first projects to use our new Designer Felts came from Teroforma, a start up, higher end, tabletop Design Company based in Norwalk, CT. Their neTeraforma uses Aetna designer felt for leaves trivets and coastersw line of 100% wool trivets and coasters are at once basic and beautiful. A feast for the eyes, they bring the simplicity and splendor of nature to the tabletop in the form of reversible leaves using 3mm Designer Felt. (more…)

]]> http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/a-natural-choice/feed/ Think Green!!!! And red, orange, yellow, blue… http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/think-green-and-red-orange-yellow-blue/ http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/think-green-and-red-orange-yellow-blue/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:04:07 +0000 Tracy Vrana http://www.aetnafelt.com/blog/2007/10/30/think-green-and-red-orange-yellow-blue%e2%80%a6/ Designer Felt RingWe are so excited by the interest we’re seeing in our new line of 100% Merino Wool Designer Felts in 3mm and 5mm thicknesses!

Felt is an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, sustainable, recyclable material that was first crafted thousands of years ago and remains irreplaceable in its uses and unique characteristics today. While some man made materials have been substituted, none match the wear ability, flexibility and ‘Green-ability’ of Felt.

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