Make your own felt animal pocket pals! This project includes the patterns to make a tiny koala, sloth, and red panda — each with their own little leaf.
Brighten your home with our felt echeveria succulent! We will also show you how to make the adorable felt pot it comes in.
Do you ever wonder how professional textile artists achieve a smooth, even finish to their needle felted artwork? Does your work look a little fuzzy, blobby or matted in comparison? Read on for three effective tips to get you felting like a pro.1. Stab Sensitively!Have you ever looked at your work and though "that looks a bit...stabby"? Have the holes made by your felting needle really left their impression on your work? The chances are that this is because when you stab down with your needle, y
These beginner-friendly needle felting kits are a great way to learn the art of needle felting. You'll love these cute felting projects.
This post follows on from my last one where I shared a little felt house I made. Since then I've been working on some other designs. A...
Finishing up work on the apple pins for a custom order. They're made of felted wool sweater material and reclaimed leather for the stem. They're completely handsewn. The first one is finished and his buddies are waiting for their finishing touches. I think each of these little guys has taken me roughly 2 hours to complete, not including the time it took to felt the sweater material and dye the green wool.
Kids love toys, but buying things from the local chain store can be quite expensive and some tend to not last very long either. Have you ever tried making felt toys? It is very quick and easy, be…
Mark your page with these adorable DIY felt bird bookmarks. They're a great way to use up leftover felt from other felt crafts!
Discover the versatility of felt fabric! Learn about different types of felt, from classic wool felt to craft felt made with synthetic fibers.
INSIDE: The best tips for sewing felt for beginners, from what needle for sewing felt, what thread, to how to cut felt and how to wash felt. For a while, you've been planning to start a new sewing project using felt. You've been gathering materials, colorful felt sheets and matching thread. You've gathered enough inspiration,
I love this felted fox that I found while searching around google because it looked simple and cartoonish, since I can't for the life of me, and will never be able to, felt a lifelike one. It was pretty easy to complete. It was originally done by Abby Emerson and is for sale on her etsy shop (http://www.etsy.com/listing/96722692/needle-felted-fox) Her's is much cuter and this is jus tmy version. Hope you enjoy!
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20 really cute free felt animal patterns. Free patterns for nautical animals, woodland animals, magical creatures and more!
This felt red fox stuffie is part of a new series of woodland creatures we're working on. Learn how to craft it here with our pattern and DIY tutorial.
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Needle felting is a craft that sounds way more complex than it actually is—and most of the time, it also gets super cute results. What’s not to love?
Our embroidered felt insect banner would make really cute decor for a kid's bedroom or playroom. Just follow our pattern and tutorial!
It’s been such a long time since I introduced myself and talked about the background of Shirley Rainbow, I seem to do it regularly on other social media, but for some reason not here on my my blog!…
Let me share how I made these cute little flowers. Anyone that has tried needle felting will tell you what a hugely satisfying craft it is. There's something strangely therapeutic about stabbing a big ball of fluff and watching it turn into a solid piece of sculpture. It's the perfect craft for letting off steam. My first attempt at needle felting resulted in these funny looking chaps. They were excellent fun to make and really, you can't go wrong when you're putting silly faces on pumpkins... One of the easiest techniques for creating needle felted shapes is using the cookie-cutter method. Basically, you just stuff a cutter shape with loose roving, tops, or carded wool and then keep prodding and poking it with a felting needle until all the fibres felt and mesh together into a solid shape. I'd still class myself as a novice needle felter, but you get pretty passable results even as a beginner. These flowers are the perfect starter project if you want to try out needle felting for the first time, as they combine both cookie-cutter needle felting and some simple sculptural needling techniques. Needle felting is pretty inexpensive to get started, and the supplies are becoming easier to find. Materials needed Wool tops, roving, sliver or shredded pure wool yarn. I buy mine from World of Wool in the UK. Felting needles. A lot of needle felters use thicker felting needles to begin with and then gradually reduce the width of the needles so that the holes become less prominent as the piece is finished. I tend to use just a size 38 triangular needle, but I use 4 or 5 at a time to start with. I then reduce it down so that I'm doing the final sculpting with just 1 needle. Thick foam or felting brush to felt on. I use an old memory foam pillow, (hence the unattractive towelling cover). Carders or wool combs are optional, but they do help with blending colours and seperating the fibres before you begin felting. Cutter shape. I use this sugar flower cutter as it's sturdy and there's a ridge of plastic to hold onto How to needle felt cookie cutter flowers Firstly you need to prepare your fibres for felting. I have a stash of dyed merino tops as I do quite a lot of spinning, however the fibres are a little too neatly lined up for felting, so I need to tease them and mix them up a bit. I hand card the fibres, but just separating the fibres with your hands will help in the felting process. I blended 2 colours together to get a more natural look. I've used a sugar flower cutter as opposed to a cookie-cutter as it's just a bit more comfortable to hold and the extra circle around the base of the cutter keeps your fingers a little further away from the felting needles - watch out, those needles are sharp! Stuff your combed fibres into the cutter, making sure that they all pass across the centre, so that all the petals are firmly attached. With practice it's possible to get a finished flower that has lighter outer petals and a darker centre (or vice versa). Now take your felting needles and just keep prodding inside the cutter until all the fibres have reduced down and are just filling the bottom of the cutter. Here's a short animated gif showing my needle felting technique. The felting needle has little tiny barbs on the edges causing the fibres to become tangled and compacted with each insertion. The more you poke and prod, the denser your wool will become and the more it will shrink or felt. I found that turning my flower and repeating the felting process when it appeared to be quite compacted at the base of the cutter helped to create a nice dense flower. Here it shows the flower becoming more and more felted with each turning. By the end of the 4th stabbing it was time to move onto the next stage. This process combines 3 steps in 1 - adding additional colour to the petals, creating a flower centre and further felting of the petals. I use just a single needle for the remainder of the flower. Pull out a thin wisp of fibres in a contrasting colour and lay it over one of the petals. I tend to place it so that one end is positioned just past the length of the petal I want to work on. Now insert the needle repeatedly at the base of the petal and gradually work your way up the petal until there is no more contrasting fibre left to secure into the petal. Secure the tail end of the contrasting fibre by needling it into the flower centre. Try to work it into a dense circle. To speed up the process of bringing the long, loose tail together I use a combination of gently swirling it around the needle end and prodding the loose fibres into a circle shape. The flower centre will become bigger, denser and higher as each petal is worked. Work your way around each petal, adding a thin layer of colour and needling the remainder into the centre. Keep working on the centre until it becomes quite dense with very few fibres sticking out. Once the centre has come together, the flower just needs a little neatening around the edges to get rid of its slight fuzziness. I tend to do this by lifting the loose fibres with the end of my needle and almost 'folding' the stray fibres in. Needle felting is not an exact science and everyone's style is different. Some people leave their pieces quite loose, while others keep working until it is very dense and solid. I tend to keep poking and prodding until it feels like a fairly durable piece, with very few fibres sticking out, but it's still fairly soft and squashy. I added this one to a headband for my daughter and I'm thinking of stringing a rainbow of pastel flowers into a garland to decorate her bedroom. If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy my post about making a Remembrance Day poppy. or my post on how to make a slightly more advanced layered flower using the same sugar flower cutter. ---------- Please be sweet and share the love. Leave a comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel, like my Facebook page for regular updates or follow me on Pinterest, Bloglovin' or Instagram
Moscow-based artist Nastasya Shuljak transforms packs of wool into sculptures of small animals and other whimsical creatures. Plants sprout from the heads of smiling trees and other natural spirits. Polar bears, foxes, hares, and other critters stare through inquisitive eyes applied to their tiny woolen faces. Shuljak’s toys are an exercise in the flexibility of the material and also a way to bring joy to all who meet them. Shuljak, a former theater artist and art teacher, tells Colossal that the practice of making creatures began when friends gifted her some wool. More
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For the early part of this week, I was consumed with the "Loki" costume I posted about here . It was a big success, the only dra...
Something that is junk to us, is often a treasure for somebody else. For example, Simon Brown (or thegentlemanfelter) collects old and worn out brushes that anyone else would think of as useless. But he turns them into meadows for foxes or tree branches for birds, and he fills these creations with curiosity and life.
You and the kids can make these adorable felt pencil toppers using these fab patterns from handcrafted lifestyle expert Lia Griffith.
For a long time I had my many needles jammed in a bin with a lot of other little embroidery odds and ends, and I really wanted a more convenient (and cute!) way to store them. So I set out to create a needle book, and a tutorial to go along with it!
In this detailed craft tutorial, we show you how to make darling sweet peas out of felt! Free printable pattern and Cricut cut file available for purchase. Perfect for your alternative wedding bouquet or long-lasting home decor!
Needle felting is a craft that sounds way more complex than it actually is—and most of the time, it also gets super cute results. What’s not to love?
As I mentioned in my last post , I love having activities lined up for summer rainy days, especially back when my kids were younger and finished with camp for the summer! These felt bookmarks are a perfect NO-SEW project to use your stash of fabric scraps, ribbon scraps, and yarn. If you can get yo
Check out our step-by-step photo tutorial and live workshop to learn how to make your own felt Japanese anemones.
Looking for some cute kids' decor? Learn how to make this beautiful felt applique swan banner for a kid's room or nursery with our DIY pattern and tutorial.
The perfect pop of yellow for your dining room table or a fun craft for pretend play — the choice is yours! Learn how to craft these cute lemons with our DIY template and tutorial.
Our felt woodland pocket pals project includes the pattern and tutorial to make a fox, bear, and squirrel — ready for a snooze in their fall leaf beds.
