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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

Step-by-step guide to creating a simple needle felted rainbow ideal as a beginner project and perfect for some spring or St Patrick's Day inspired crafting.

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So cute and super easy, I am just in love. This DIY 2D needle felting gnome wool painting is just the coolest gnome craft. You can make a gnome with any look or style and it just takes a few mintues.

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HOW TO NEEDLE FELT FOR BEGINNERS - Super easy video tutorials. My straightforward needle felting tutorials will quickly set you on your creative path.

It's time for needle felting! If you haven't tried this before, needle felting lets you take beautiful soft wool and use a felting needle to 'stab' it into shape. We've taken inspiration from the colours of heather and bluebell covered woods for this kit.

HOW TO NEEDLE FELT FOR BEGINNERS - Super easy video tutorials. My straightforward needle felting tutorials will quickly set you on your creative path.

This project was long overdue. My mom gifted me a needle felting kit for my birthday, and I had set it aside for a few months. Those poor kitties were waiting to be crafted, meowing endlessly (well… not really, but it did make me feel a bit guilty) until I finally opened the package. I... Read more »

Needle felt hearts are a lovely craft to make.They're quick, relatively easy, wonderfully tactile and make the cutest gifts and decorations.

Have fun creating your very own sideways walking Sea Crab! Crafters of all levels can enjoy creating this mini masterpiece Sea Crab, which includes clear instructions and materials sourced in the UK where possible. Perfect for making yourself, or as a lovely boxed gift. - Suitable for beginners - Recommended age 10+ - Approximately 3 hours of crafting enjoyment - Finished size 10cm - B1G1 - your purchase enables us to support global charities - Designed and made in Scotland by The Crafty Kit Company Your Under the Sea Crab Needle Felting Craft Kit contains: 100% Corriedale wool, top quality German felting needles, wool mix felt fabric, mini easel with stand, full colour instructions.

When I tell people that I needle felt, more often than not I have to explain what that is. At shows, a lot of folks walk into my booth and assume that I'm using boiled wool or I have knitted then felted (by way of washing and drying) my products. I always keep some unfinished products and supplies on hand so that I can demonstrate the process: "See, I gather the wool into the general shape, then I poke it with these special, barbed needles, and the fibers tangle together. The more I poke, the more I can shape and sculpt the wool..." Once they see how things are made, then it seems as though they have a better appreciation of the total work and time that goes into each piece. Needle felted pieces are not something that can be mass produced--at least very well. I'm just a one gal show over here (plus the work my husband puts in). As much as I wish I could make more things, my time is finite, which means my productivity is finite too. Sometimes I'm envious of graphic designers and artists who can make prints--they can produce so much product. They can send their work to shops across the states--out of the states even. I struggle to renew local consignment orders. Thank goodness the shop owners are patient. But I digress. Below is the step-by-step process with short descriptions of how I made the wool painting from week 3 of 52 Weeks of Felt Paintings. Enjoy! 1. Blank needle felted canvas on my felting foam with my 6-needle tool. 2. The four shades of blue I used for the sky. 3. The entire background was covered in one blue. 4. Other blues laid out on the canvas to determine how I wanted the gradient. 5. All the blues are felted down. 6. Playing with composition with shades of pink and purple for the balloons. 7. Started with the the balloons in the back.... 8. And worked my way toward the front of the bunch. 9. All balloons are felted in place. 10. Placing lighter colored felt for balloon highlights. 11. Balloon highlights are felted in. 12. I also added some white into the highlights. Determining string placement. 13. "Stretching" the wool into long pieces for the strings. 14. All the strings are in place. 15. Adding flesh colored wool for the hand and arm holding the balloons. 16. Adding small balloon details. 17. Small detail work on the hand. 18. The edges of the painting are still pretty messy... 19. ...so I cleaned them up with my felting needles. 20. Edges smoothed. (Side shot to show dimension.) 21. Finished! I didn't time myself while making this. It's not terribly detailed, so I guess it took a total of 1.5 hours (give or take a bit) not including all the picture taking. More detailed pieces take up to 3 or 4 hours. It truly is a lot of layering, and it's easier to build up the felt rather than take it away. Does anything about this process surprise you?

How to Use Wire for Needle Felting? Easy Guide Firstly, it's important to note that for many projects, a wire armature isn't necessary at all.

Felt is a non-woven fabric that occurs when fibers like wool are pressed and matted together to form firm and thick materials.

This diy tutorial breaks down the whimsical, creative craft of needle felting using the dry felting method. Learn to create cute needle felt creations by following the step-by-step instructions below! This post contains affiliate links,

Stiffening felt is a simple and satisfying DIY project with dramatic results! In this article, I demonstrate how to stiffen felt using supplies you probably already have in your kitchen! You can stiffen felt just a little (to add just a little more body) or a lot (to make it stiff enough to take on

This darling little needle felted baby mobile is so endearing! It would be delightful over a crib and so fun to watch it spin :) “Needle felted beehive for my adorable grandson who loves to s…

HOW TO NEEDLE FELT FOR BEGINNERS - Super easy video tutorials. My straightforward needle felting tutorials will quickly set you on your creative path.

My ‘Ultimate Guide To Needle Felting’ is jam packed full of how to, top tips, do's and don'ts, written tutorials and videos. Just click on the drop down menus above to get started. Every page is designed to guide you on your needle felting journey, step by creative, confident step. All you need is a

DIY Bunny Scene Wool Needle Felting Kit

 A full DIY handmade starter kit, including all the tools you need! Great for children or adults wanting a DIY project. Please Note: This is not a completed product. This is a DIY craft with materials to recreate the final product shown. DIY kit contains: Multi pack of soft wools in the colors needed 1 Frame Hoop 1 Stamped Pattern 1 pc foam pad workplace 3 pcs metal needle Instructions Size Before Felting 9.05x9.05 inches Size After Felting: 7.84x7.84 inches Note: Mini easels for display not included Can be purchased separately or you can hang on walls without easel. Extra notes: Expect the total Processing + Shipping time to take 2-3 weeks, so please order well in advance! We ship with help from a Chinese supplier, so sometimes there are delays or long ship times, especially during holiday months! Please be accepting of this before purchasing, and we will be working hard to get it to you as fast as possible! If you have questions about the specific needs of the delivery date, please send me a message before the order. The best advice I can provide is to plan in advance and place orders 2-3 weeks in advance to prevent any unexpected delays! Please feel free to send me a message with any questions or ideas, I would love to hear from you!

'KEEP IT SIMPLE' is my mantra and the video tutorials on this page are designed to do just that. They are the building blocks of needle felting; a perfect beginners introduction on how to get it right from the very start. As well as standalone video tutorials they also perfectly compliment my range of needle

A curated list of beginner needle felting projects! Fun ways to learn how to needle felt with wool roving.

At last, a book that tells you everything you need to know about needle felting!This is the book authors Roz Dace and Judy Balchin wish they had been given when they started out on their felting journey. A complete course for the absolute beginner, it is packed full of useful tips and techniques to help you on your own felting adventures.Learn how to sculpt miniature teacup worlds, animals and birds, and even your friends and family. There are 12 varied projects, starting with the easiest and progressing in difficulty. Master the basics, then learn how to use wire, embellishments and armatures in your work, and even how to capture expression in faces. You can use the techniques you have been shown to create your own variations.Pick up that felting needle and you are guaranteed to have fun with this much-needed book.A new beginner's guide to a popular and easy techniqueAuthors are experienced crafters with a good following on social mediaCovers a diverse range of subjects that will inspire needle felters of all abilities