Meet Patrik! to be sure, to be sure

Hi everyone, Well i've had so much fun making this Character, he wasnt supposed to turn out like an Irish Dude but i'm not complaining, I really like him although i kinda think he drinks to much lol   He's all Needle Felted and i will change his clothes  to something similar, i'm waiting on my order for some pre-felts that i wanted to try from Kay & Patti so when they arrive i'll keep playing. So anyway Meet Patrik , my Irish Beer Lovin Mate lol

                                                               Happy Felting Everyone

Needle Felted House

So ok this is something different for me, Not really sure if i like it but i'll keep going.

I love the story of the old woman who lived in a shoe so maybe a different kind of shoe is needed. I enjoyed making it but now i have this whole other idea for another shoe, first i need to order some felt squares from Patti though for the next one!!

I really love Fantasy so as i'm thinking more and more of what to do maybe i could get into something more in a Fairy Tale kinda way  . mmmmmmmmmmm thats perking my interest lol
Happy Felting xo

Questions for you

Hi Everyone
I just have a question for you, this might sound a silly question but its been bugging me big time,
 i was wondering how you all found your thing lol  I'm just getting back into felting and i love just about everything i see and think ooooo i'd love to try this or that but what i really need to do is to find MY THING and i dont know how to do that !!  Its so frustrating, i learnt to make sculptured dolls and although i love them i dont want to make them all the time. I'm trying to work out in my own head what i'd really love to do and its an empty space lol   Some of the felted thing i see just blow me away, i get so inspired to create something but its usually something i've seen first and not my idea.  I seem to be getting more angry then creative so does anyone have any idea's of how i dig in and find my niche ?????
You all must have started somewhere, like Kasey and her amazing Goblins, Barby and her mice, Kay and her dolls.
How did you know what you wanted to make ?????

WannaBeeBaby

Hi Everyone, been having fun making these Wanna Bee's , this time a smaller one so he's a wannabeebaby lol  I'll have a change now though and make something else

There fun to make, i did have trouble with his wings though, dont really like sewing so used my glue gun, think next time i'll have to sew !!

WannaBee for me

Oh boy i know its been so long since i've been on here and i'm sorry about ignoring all my felting friends. Weve had lots of things happening on the family front thats taken me away from all my crafting fun. All is very good now though so i'm trying to get back into the swing of things.  I've missed everyone so much that i feel kinda funny at coming back in here and starting again.  I hope you can all understand that sometimes we have to do what we have to do !!!

                                                                      BeeCareful

So anyway this is the first little guy i've made for what seems like a lifetime and i so enjoyed every minute of making him. He's a little WannaBee from the latest FELT magazine that Jenny Romano put up as a tutorial and i just couldnt resist. She looks a little worried but i think thats just me right me now lol  So the next one will have a happier smile on her face.  She's all needle felted and has wire attached for her legs, and i just realised that i forgot to put her antenna on but i did add a flower to her hat
Happy Felting Everyone

Come Here My Pretty

Well its been a long time since i've managed to do any Needle Felting. I started a Santa then realised that i'd run out of Red and Black so while i'm waiting for my order from Patti (DreamFelt) i decided to have a play and make a Witch, I had so much fun. She's made using Merino x , her hair is Merino Roving's and her Nails are a prefelt i had,

                                                      She's a bit Freaky, But i Love Her lol

Wet Felted Cuffs

I thought instead of trying to make something big i really should start with something a bit smaller, so i made these little wet felted cuffs and flowers. I loved making them and definitely be making more. They all have press stud closures with either flowers or buttons on the top but not sure what to put on the green on yet.

                                                                     Happy Felting xo

Yes another Wet Felted Bag !!!!

OOO i get kind off obssessed occasionally and have to keep making the same sort of thing lol   So anyway lol  here's another small Wet Felted Bag. This one is using my merino x batt that was blended with sari silk and i put a whole silk hankie through the Batt. I really liked it so thought i'd see how it went. I think i'm getting better with the opening as this one is much neater and stronger. I added a little wooden button but it also has a press stud closure, Dont like doing button holes lol 

Happy Felting Everyone xoxo

Maybe a little Adventurous for Me !

I am on L-Plates after all in the Wet Felting Stage
Ok i had to try again and make another bag, i'm kinda fixated with them now lol  I've taken pics of the process i used and not sure i did it the right way but it kinda worked  sooooo !!!!
So this is the finished bag, still wet but i really like it.  I really wanted  2 different colors and it took me a while to work out how to lol

The handle is a long piece of roving made into a cord and the a tiny slit made through the bag, tis strong

Red on the inside

So i started out laying 2 lots of fibre. 1 for the back and 1 for the front . Didnt know how else to do it lol Then i had to let it sit for 2 days until i had it in my head what i was trying to do  lol .

So with the back side of the bag, i wet down and folded the edges over a resist

Neaten them up with more red

and wet down again, i just started to roll the top pointy thing until it was firm enough to hold its shape

Placed the other half on top and wet down , added more green to the sides and turned the edges over to the front , smoothed out

Rub a dub dub, and added some gorgeous silk from Jacinta at Spiral Dyed Downunder, yum

lots of rolling and rubbing for about an hour and then i cheated and put it in the wash for a cycle

Tadahhhhhhhh  its not perfect yet but i'm getting there. 

Happy Felting Everyone !!  

Wet Felted Bag

This is another bag i started this weekend,  it has 4 layers of Gotland Fibre and then the top layer is my dyed merino cross,  its really thick which is good. I decided to use wooden handles for this one and it has a press stud closure inside but i am going to line this with some nice material and gift it to a friend of mine. My camera doesnt show it much but it is more chocolately with some copper highlights than it looks !!

                         What will make it even better is if i could learn how to embellish properly lol

Small Wet Felted Bag

Ok i'm just trying my hand at another little Bag, this one is using my Gotland Fibre and it was so much easier to felt with than the Polwarth.   The sun was actually out this morning to so this was a bit hard to photograph, or is it just me and my camera ..  more than likely me lol  

                                                                I'm enjoying it anyway xo

Wet Felted Cuff

I really wanted to try the Polwarth again so decided to make something small, This is a cuff using the Natural White Polwarth and a Tussah Silk Top layer.  It feel so soft and delicate, I love it.

               My Daughter (Shayna) is already fighting me for it lol  so i guess i'll have to make some more  

Wet Felted Wall Hanging

I've just finished another Wet Felted Wall Hanging and although i do have to learn how to make different flowers i love it.  The Background is my hand dyed and carded merino x , the 2 flowers are merino x with a silk hankie on top. Zed (Felt by zed) sent me some of her gorgeous dyed silk hankies and while ago and i've never wet felted with them till now.  I added colored beads to the centre of the flowers.   I'm off to try to make some different flowers now lol   xoxo

Happy Felting

OMG What a bag lol

Well this is the first time i've tried to make a wet felted bag. What a laugh.  I used Polwarth Fibre and had so much trouble felting it although i think it was me and not the fibre.  After about an hour of rolling and rubbing i gave up and threw it in the washing machine and then the dryer.  It came out all nice and crinkly of course so i had to iron it lol  I could NOT get the handle right so i'll try that bit again but i still had fun and i'll try again using different fleece.  What do you think the best fibre is for bag making. I'd really like to be able to make myself and nice big bag but after this practise one i'm not sure i have the patients lol 

                                           I'm loving it all though and glad i'm back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Felted Flower Hanging all finished

I think i've finished.  I had so much fun with this but as i dont usually do wet felting i think i needed to make the background a bit thicker but i'm so happy with it anyway. Now i just need to figure out how to hang it.  I've just put in on some black card to take the pic but i think it needs a frame of some sort. any suggestions ??

I've used Merino x , sari silk,  i did put some angelina in the centre of the flowers but its so hard to see in this pic.  All wet felted seperately and then needle felted together although i did have to put a stitch or 2 in to hold things in place. How does anyone usually combine multiple pieces together. ?

 I'm ready for my next one lol 

It seems so long since i've felted anything but this week i've been so inspired by Artist's blogs and flickr and Well just about Everything., I dont usually do much Wet Felting but today i did and loving it. This is my W.I.P and i know i still have a lot to do but thought i'd show and tell since its been ages.  Its not the best pic either but you get the idea.   OK back to the table i go and its good to be back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Happy Felting xoxo

Awww Poor Lil Gary

This is what happens when Ike the puppy goes into my room,  He had a ball and poor Lil Gary needs some serious surgery hehehe !!

I came home to find my felting room absolutely trashed from one end to the other lol

He got into bags and lower shelves, i just made a really nice batt but couldnt find it. Part of it is the orange and blue and the rest was outside in the dirt ripped to shreds lol  and poor lil gary is a mess
arrggggg  puppiesssssssssssssssssss
Dont worry I now have a lock on the door lol

Ahhh Winter Blues

I'm sorry i havent been here or anywhere for a few weeks now, I dont cope very well in the winter months and i'm having a bad case of the winter blues.  Usually i enjoy having the wood fire burning and the house all nice and cosy but this year is already colder than normal and i'm having so much trouble coping with that, and we dont even have snow here, lol  i'd be no good in England or anywhere that is cold enough to produce that white fluffy stuff, Gorgeous to look at but not live in lol 
I'm trying to snap myself out of this mood and Zed really helped (thankyou zed) by sending me some of her gorgeous coasters for my never ending cups of coffee, i love them zed. Also Tess ( Asset Crafts) on flickr has also just really inspired me with her Gorgeous Fibre Batts, i'm in love with them lol 
ahhhhhh somebody slap me out of it, I'm missing far to much  lol   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

New Puppy

This is our son Chris's new puppy Ike, we've had him for 2 weeks now and this first pic is the first couple of days at 9 weeks old. Came to us fully toilet trained , couldnt believe that and its been great. His gunna be a big Baby,  His Father is a Bull Mastiff cross RidgeBack and his Mother is a Bull Mastiff cross Great Dane , Tiny little thing isnt he  lol 

Now at 11 weeks old

And when he's to pooped to pop lol

Wool Dying Weekend mmmmmmm delish !!!

Had a really great weekend this weekend and accomplished a fair amount of Fibre dying and carding. I wish i could just stay home and do this everyday, i love it, Why wasnt i born rich hehehe 

There's still more Dying and Carding to be done during this week and i do have tomorrow off,   No-one home cept me and the puppy , so guess what i'll be doin lol

Blend of the mossy green and orange, love this combo

First lot of Dying,