Wet Felting!

I have had an idea for a Christmas gift, I want to make a Tobacco Purse for my Cousin, and thought it would be great to felt one! However that would involve wet felting, which I have never done before & have no idea how to do!

So I've been busy 'Googling' and have just found a really great tutorial on wet felting. There is a video showing how to make a felted flower (I might have to have a go at making some of those too!) It looks great, and so I thought I would share it here with y'all. Follow this link to see the video; Wet Felting Flower.

(Another) Needle Felt Santa!

I've been using cushion stuffing for the core of most of my projects, simply because I have loads & am trying to use it all up. Anyway, there are loads of curly bits inside and I thought I'd have a go at using them for a Santa Beard, so I made another Santa!

He is much bigger than my previous Santa decoration, so maybe not good for hanging on a tree, but he looks good as a standalone decoration.

Needle Felt Purple Fairy Princess.

I made this one to hang in my daughters bedroom. This was a much quicker project, as you will notice, she has no arms. Oops!

Needle Felt Christmas Tree Top Fairy

I made this to go on top of the tree, I used a paper cone inside the skirt -which to be honest, was a bit of a mistake. Well, not the cone itself, but the way I did it - I have learned a lot should I do it again! I didn't leave myself a lot of room round her middle to be able to felt her skirt. I'm afraid that she may fall apart any moment, ha ha. She looks nice though, I like the colors.

Needle Felt Festive Fairy.

I had a dabble this weekend at making some more fairy's, and even a Christmas tree topper. This was the first fairy I did, I mostly wanted to practice making the arms from Pipe cleaners, as my previous attempts have been ok, but not great - I find wrapping the ends of the hands a bit fiddly, but she came out ok.

Needle felt Berk!

Not sure who remembers this? Totally random, but I used to love it as a kid; Berk from Trapdoor!

Don't you open that Trapdoor, coz there's something down there!!!!!

More Needle Felted Snowmen!

Here are some more Christmas tree decorations that I made last week, cute little snowmen!

Needle Felt Christmas Robin.

Here is the most 'technically challenging' item that I've made so far. I used pipe cleaners to make his legs and feet (wrapped in embroidery thread) and he has glass eyes.

I'm super pleased with him, he looks very proud!

Needle Felt Santa

And here is a Santa made from Needle Felt, anther one for our Christmas Tree!

Needle Felt Snowman

Here is another Christmas Decoration to add to my collection, a Needle Felt Snowman.

Needle Felt Poppy

For Remembrance Day, I thought it would be nice to have a go at felting my own Poppy, and with help from my trusty glue gun, glue it to a badge pin so I could pin it to my coat.

I'm super pleased with it!

Needle Felt Nativity; Mary & Baby Jesus

Here are my latest creations to add to my nativity figures, Mary & Baby Jesus in a manger.

Needle Felt Pumpkin Patch Fairy.

Here is a colourful little fairy that I made to go with my pumpkins.

Needle Felt 3 Wise Men

I have made a start on these funky chappies! 2 of what will soon be the 3 Wise men. I'm really happy with these two, but I seem to have lost my mojo whilst working on the third one, so I'm taking a break for a day or two & will hopefully be feeling more inspired when I get back to finishing the last one.

23.09.13 - So I did eventually get back around to the third wise man! He is very oriental!

Needle Felt Pixie.

Here is a Pixie I made last night, I will probably use it as a Christmas/winter decoration.