Our guest artist/author is Zara Tuulikki Rooke. We’ve recently seen the beautiful fleece rugs she’s felted and shown us on the forum with her daughters. But she has taken it a step fu…
Felting local wool Annalies van Eerde is a Dutch feltmaker who started her own company at 2008. She uses the fibres of our own natural...
Our guest author/artist today is Zara Tuulikki Rooke. She generously offered to take us through the process of preparing fibers from her own sheep to use for felting. As I enjoy felting, I feel ve…
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It's time for another installment of Best of Etsy! This time, I've chosen to highlight some of the more realistic creature creations. I think I gravitate to
merino wool, raw wool, wool curles , hand dyed
It’s hard to beat the cuddly softness of a lamb’s fleece. That’s why I’m delighted to share with you this DIY Sheep Craft tutorial on how to felt a lamb fleece rug! P.S. No sheep were harmed in the making of this rug! Felted fleece rugs use sheep wool, from shearing (not the sheepskin), that […]
Summer is the BEST time for wet felting! And I absolutely LOVE wet felting big fleece rugs. These rugs look like a sheepskin rug, but only use fleece. These rugs are also called “vegetarian sheepskins.” Felted fleece rugs use sheep wool, from shearing (not the sheepskin), that is felted using a technique involving hot water, […]
Sorry the link I had where I learned about this doesn't seem to work anymore, so I'll try to describe it the best I can. This is a method of making textured felt by building up layers of wool and other fibres, sewing the whole thing up between two layers of netting used for regular felting, then simply putting it into the washing machine with your laundry
An easy DIY craft! Learn how to make your own needle felted sheep with roving wool, felt balls, and chenille stems.
Needle Felted Bunny by Jennifer Markens. This perfectly precious needle felted bunny comes to us from Jennifer Markens of Cranston, MA. She has captured an true innocence in this little scene. R…
(Zosterops japonicus) 1/1 scale.
These are the fantastic and imaginative creations of Richard Hanna of Ontario, Canada! This picture is of Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia. Amazing! “Being relatively new to the medium I a…
As a big Thank You for all the support I’ve had since I started felting and blogging, I’m giving away a copy of my new PDF e-book called Beyond Nuno. It’s all about using differen…
DIY 5 Blanket Stitch Variations and Tutorials from coletterie here. I post a lot of DIYs that use blanket stitch from clothing using fleece to embroidered felt. Spaced Blanket Stitch with Running...
Nuno felting is a technique developed in 1994 by the textile artists Polly Stirling and Sachiko Kotaka. By manipulating a small amount of wool fiber through a base fabric, they learned they could create a felted fabric with characteristics quite different from traditional felt. Nuno felt is thin, lightweight and drapeable. A similar process to wet wool felting, Nuno felting brings 2 different materials together to create a whole new textured fabric. While I was in Tucson for the Crystallized workshops, one class that I attended was Nuno felting. Follow along with my how-to photos to make some of your own! Step 1: start out with a base fabric (silk organza) a bit larger than the desired shape and size (the final product will shrink). Lay out a towel to keep your surface area dry and bubble wrap with bubbles face-up. Step 2: place a thin layer of merino wool roving over the base fabric using a shingling method (overlapping each section slightly) Experiment with designs. Step 3: place a piece of tulle over the entire piece. Step 4: Sprinkle the piece with a water and olive oil soap mixture. We used empty plastic bottles with sprinkle holes in the cap for the water mixture. Use your hands to pat the mixture into the piece. note: the piece should not be drenched with water, just slightly showered. Monica came around with an exterminator spray container and misted each of our pieces. She uses this when she is making many pieces at once. Step 5: with a styrofoam pool noodle cut down to size, loosely roll the piece up—the bubble wrap, base fabric, roving and tulle. Step 6: secure the roll around the noodle—we tied it up with panty hose. Step 7: roll on a flat surface, starting with both hands to elbows and back, about 100 times. Step 8: unroll and lift up the tulle to check the piece. The roving should have started to connect to the base fabric. Step 9: roll everything back up tightly this time and roll 100 times again. Step 10: Repeat steps 8 & 9. Step 11: after about 300 rolls, the piece should be almost completely connected to the silk organza. The final "felting" step is to lay the entire piece out, and with a more concentrated oil olive soap/ water mixture, sprinkle on and rub soap and fibers against the bubble wrap. The back side on the base fabric should begin to ripple when the roving is completely attached. Step 12: when complete, it should resemble this texture. Delicately rinse the piece under running water and soak in a vinegar/water solution for 15 minutes. Step 13: hang dry. Monica and Pat, the wonderful Nuno felt instructors, wearing their handmade scarves!
Occasionally I like to create a flower image with a black background, and my material of choice to do this is black fleece of some call it felt, which has a texture to it that helps to diffuse any …
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My Mom Made these Mooninites plushies specially for the Aquateen Hunger Force Fans. Place your name on the plush: https://www.etsy.com/listing/614160309/name-stitched-on-your-plush-at-the-back ●●● About these Mooninites plush ●●● ●Soft and Cuddly ●Made of fleece and felt fabric Size: Err: 16x19 cm = 6.2x7.4 in Ignignokt: 18x18 cm = 7x7 in ●●● Colors ●●● Your screen may reflect the colors with a slight difference from the real ones ●●● Cleaning ●●● To clean our plush, please, use dry clean or wet wipes. ●●●Message me, if you have any questions, please●●●
Svitlana was born in Crimea—a peninsula in Southern Ukraine surrounded by the Black Sea—but she currently lives and felts in New York. She began her work three and a half years ago and instantly fe…
The Brown is very slightly darker than the Oatmeal. Again, slightly different in handle to the Merino but felts and spins well. British too!British Sheep Breeds Wool Tops / Wool fleece for feltmaking and spinning100g (approx 4-5 metres)
Sewing with felt can be very simple because it's an easy fabric to work with. Check out these quick tips and tricks for using felt in your next project.
