I so enjoyed making my own soap and needle felting it, I decided to game homemade felted soap for all the females in my family for Christmas. When my sister and cousin came into town to visit, I recruited their help as well. They turned out absolutely adorable!
I couple of months ago I decided to needle felt our cat. Well not actually stick needles in our cat. I wanted to make a needle felted replica of our cat. I had made a couple of simple needle felted projects, but I really wanted to try to make an animal. I had seen gorgeous projects on Etsy and was dying to try my hand at it. I started with a pipe cleaner frame and just reform added wool fiber until I had the shape and colors I desired. I loved how this turned out! The pictures really tell the story.
Difficulty: Difficult
Time Required: 6 Movies
Overall Experience: Excellent
I had been wanting to try a technique where one knits an object using 100% wool then washes it to create felt. I found an adorable house slipper pattern and decided my friend needed them for her birthday. I knew that the slippers would shrink during the felting process, but I couldn’t believe how big they were knitting up! They ended up shrinking down to the perfect size. Here they are next to a pair of my Toms pre-felting. Huge, right!?!
The pattern called for straps to simply be sewn on the toes; however, the stitching was quite obvious. I used the needle felting techniques I used for my soap and pumpkin to make the seam nearly invisible.
Lastly, I added vintage-looking buttons. I love them and need to make some for myself!
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 3 Movies
Overall Experience: Good
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