Ukrainian crafter Hanna Dovhan (previously) continues to produce squeal-inducing felt sculptures of foodie friends like this new egg design as well as pairs of cherries, bananas, and pears. She shares new designs on her Tumblr and occasionally sells new designs on Etsy. More
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This week’s guest post is by none other than Jacey Boggs Faulker, editor of PLY Magazine. She has spent the last decade falling in love with fiber, writing a book (Spin Art, Interweave, 2012)…
Happy Jul everybody! The Christmas season in Denmark is called Jul, (pronounced “Yule”) and starts on December 1 with a variety of traditions, foods and activities that will continue until the evening of December 24th, a day known as Juleaften. I come from a long line of Scandinavians. We’ve got Norwegians, Danes and Swedes in …
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I have just finished two sessions of introduction to needle felting with my students at Rathmines College. There was a question asked ...
Felt dogs hand-made by Domenica More Gordon (the UK). http://domenicamoregordon.com
Sewing Eyes Onto Your Needle Felted Animal - in just 4 steps and 5 minutes!
Since I'm still enamored with needle felting, the challenge was on to find a new small gift or ornament to share with co-workers and friends this holiday season. I love the inspiration of working on small, handwork goodies while listening to audiobooks or just relaxing in the evening. If there can be a kitty on my lap at the same time: bonus! Last year's gifts were felted Lake Superior stones and the year before, fairy sparkle felted acorns nestled in hand-gathered Canadian forest caps. They were all hard to part with. Many years ago I saw a tiny felted ring bowl for a wedding gift. It was signed with the couple's initials and a little heart. I never forgot it, and since I have a general bowl/container obsession anyway, I researched how to make needle felted bowls. Several people mentioned using styrofoam balls to get the shape started, so that's what I did. Worked like a charm. It's important to keep flipping the roving as you work it, so it doesn't become permanently attached to the ball. Some of the styrofoam will crumble and attach to your work, but I found that if I kept felting, it fell off or disappeared into the wool. Once the bowl shape was somewhat established, I just worked it in my hand, particularly around the rim. Near the end I added angelina fibers and embroidery, plus beads to add some bling. The felted bowls are lovely just plain, soft and warm, but I can't help myself. What will next year's felting bring? There's a new yarn shop in town, so it seems likely that roving will continue to make its way into my supply stash. Hoping 2016 will be the most creative year ever.
this japanese craft book brings a new and adorable idea to the world of needle felted goodness. this book represents a trip around the world, including small needle-felted items representing 14 countries. it includes small animals, food, motifs, decorations, holiday and other miniature scenes, and mini flags. projects include: a girl, wooden shoes, and windmill scene from holland: playful pandas from china; mama and baby koala and mama and baby kangaroo from australia; sheep from new zealand; matryoshka dolls from russia; mini donuts, hamburgers and coffee cups charms from the u.s.; a monkey with maracas and cactus from mexico; an elephant from india; tropical fish mobile from palau; a rabbit gondolier from italy; santa claus and bag of toys from finland, and a little house scene; bears and trees from canada; teddy bears and a castle from germany; bagette and eiffel tower charms from france; scottie dogs and bobbies and bus charms from the u.k. all written directions are in japanese, but the excellent and detailed step by step photo instructions, and diagrams for each project that shows the shape and size of each part mean that if you are familiar with the basics of needle felting (which you probably could pick up in a couple hours with online directions) you should be able to do most of these projects. a few techniques that are included are felting around a foam base (for the small vignettes with buildings); adding eyes (plastic, not felted) to teddy bears, and sewing a cord to make the small felted items into charms. the animals and characters are made with solid forms, and don't require any wire armature.
Love making cute woodland creatures? We've got a new one for you! Follow our simple tutorial to make your own needle felted fox.
Now I don't profess to be an expert on this, but Louise asked if needle felting was hard, so I'm going to show you how I do it. I didn't use an armature on Hyacinth, but I am using one here for this dog. Cut two pieces of pipe cleaner 4" long and one piece 3 1/2" long. Bend them into the shapes shown. It should end up looking like this. See, two leg parts and one head/body/tail part. Now twist the leg parts around the body part. With a few bends in the right places it's already starting to look like a dog. It almost takes on a life of its own. "Bad dog, stop that! Don't embarrass me in front of the nice ladies." Now take a piece of roving about 5" long and starting at the hip, wrap it around the leg working down to the foot. At the foot turn and start wrapping back up the leg. Now a word about the needles. I'm just a beginner and only have two needles. I don't know anything about size or type, and even with my little pink glasses, I can't see the barbs, but apparently there are barbs on these wickedly sharp things that sort of "tangle" the fibers together. The barbs are up a ways from the tip so you have to poke the needle through the fibers at least 1/2" to make the magic happen. Now start poking through the leg from all angles to secure the fibers. Try to avoid poking the pipe cleaner because that's bad for the needle. You can use the foam block to work on the little parts, or if you're brave and like blood, hold it in your hand. Because I guarantee, sooner or later, you will poke yourself. And like I said these things are WICKEDLY sharp. So be careful if you work in hand. Repeat that routine on all the legs, then do the tail and head and maybe two layers on the body. Your dog should eventually look like that bad dog's sister here. By the way, she is quite well behaved and would never embarrass me in front of you nice ladies. So this is the first part of making a felted dog. Tomorrow we'll start the details and work on house training here Amongst The Oaks.
STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL Do you like craft but want something that comes together in a couple of hours rather than several days? Well then, you are my kind of crafter and I guarantee you're going to love needle-felting! Taking just a handful of wool fibres and stabbing them with a special needle, you too can make gorgeous little sculptures! And who knew that repeatedly stabbing something could be so bloomin' therapeutic? If you would like to have a go for yourself, I am sharing
Since my brain is full of Maker Faire, I thought I'd leave you with this fabulous needle-felted brain specimen in a jar! (Via Knithacker.) More: aKNITomy
By Felting Dreams on Etsy.
Description Learn the art of needle felting with this fun, step-by-step Needle Felted Bee kit! This kit has been designed for beginners. No prior knowledge of needle felting is necessary! This kit provides everything you need: Full color instructional booklet with clear steps, photos, and an introduction to felting for beginners 3 color coded felting needles (one each of sizes #36T, #38T, #40T) High density needle felting foam block Enough wool to complete two bees Additional photos in listing show the materials you will receive in each kit, as well as the cover and a sample page from the instructional booklet.
For your loved ones who have earned a spot on the Nice List this year, a charming gift constitutes the perfect reward.
You and the kids can make these adorable felt pencil toppers using these fab patterns from handcrafted lifestyle expert Lia Griffith.
Hello! This tutorial has been updated (as of April 2013) Please click here for the new version *************************************************************** This tutorial will show you how to make a 3D felted pod using a resist. A resist is usually a piece of...
As a grownup, it may not be considered entirely apt for you to be found drooling over cute cuddly stuffed animals unless you wanted to be seen as an eccentric one. However, let us admit that most of us do drool over these and do tend to have a cuddle or two when you are out buying cuddly stuffed toys for kids. However, this article will make you feel good because it is about felt animals’ art, which means that you can make cute animals using felt but label it as an art or craft. The best aspect of felt animals’ art, is that you can create the animal in the way you want it instead of the standard cutesy stuffed animals that you get in the market. If you want to get inspired, you can look at cute pictures of baby animals to make your heart smile. This will send your thoughts and creativity in the right direction. And the best part about working on felt animals’ art is that it need not always be a toy. You can use it to decorate other things and use it for other purposes.
Wow! It’s December already! This year has really flown by. This week I have three little ones on eBay. The first two have auc...
The pink puppet master is about 7" tall. His little green friend is 1.5" tall, and removable. Entirely needle felted from scratch.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Without this beautiful love, life is nothing but a burden. Breathe in, breathe out. Enjoy.
the deep blue and the amazingly shiny lilac are super buttery soft merino. it's harder to work with, but so luminous i couldn't resist it. please do not tell the others, but this is my favorite finger puppet of all time. for reals.
Domenica More Gordon is a proficient textile artist working in Edinburgh. She has perfected the art of felting, and constructs beautifully quirky and lifelike dogs from just balls of wool and a nee…
Sometimes inspiration for a piece comes in kind of a round about fashion. I was kind of stumped as to what I was going to make next. I c...
(via Bunny Mobile Needle Fellted 6 Bunnies door BondurantMountainArt)
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Beautiful Needle Felted Scottish Highland calf sculpture by Teresa Perleberg of Bear Creek Felting. Needle Felting inspiration.
Homemade toys that your toddler will love! These home made toys are perfect for kids under four years old and include pictured tutorials for softies, felt toy patterns, super hero capes, hobby horses, a play kitchen and a toy workbench. As always, the Tip Junkie Homemade Gifts site has over a THOUSAND pictured tutorials with free patterns so you can always search there if youre looking for something specific. {wink} Homemade Toys 1. Mini Memory Game Tutorial ~ Small wooden disks stamped with animals to make a mini memory game. This would make a great gift for a toddlers birthday party, or
Oh my gosh… it’s SUCH a joy to watch the birds begin to build their nests. We are hoping like mad that a bird will build a nest in our garden. More than anything, we are preying that one of the hundreds of hummingbirds that visit us will build a nest in our avocado tree. […]
I think it’s lovely to welcome a little one into the world surrounded by thoughtful…
This is digital files and not the finished products. No refund on any digital files. *This is a pattern, not the actual product* This pattern is inspired by poppy playtime, I present to you my version of Cat Nap! You will need: - Any worsted weight yarn in lavender and dark purple - Cabochon, Acrylic or felt eyes - Felt in black, yellow and purple or you can use needle felting - Black zipper or black ribbon -fabric or hot glue -stuffing -crochet hook 4 mm, yarn needle, scissors... If you have any questions, send me a message! Enjoy!
