My Little Flower Garden !

This one is using my own dyed and blended fibre batt, wet felting the background, flowers and leaves and then adding some stitches and beads. I'm so in love with these i think i've finally found my thing lol

I'm getting quite a pile up and now trying to find a way to hang them that i like, what do you think of this, i like the more rustic look but i'm just not sure,  I may even put a couple on Etsy and see how i go. Pricing is another issue though as i usually give everything away lol  I want more wool though to feed this addiction lol

Or this one, i think without all the yarn is better??

                                                                   Happy Felting !!

First Beading Attempt

So this is my first beading attempt over a wet felted background of flowers,  i really love all the embelishing i see and decided to have a go.  I'm just about to start an online course with Susan Sorrell on fibre collage and thats starts on the 5th of July, Of course i couldnt wait and at least had to have a play with some beads. It's only a little piece about 6in wide and i know its a little wonky on one side lol but i love it anyway. I'll keep playing till my course starts cause i'm having heaps of fun

Happy Felting !!

I'm not sick of them yet lol

So more wall hangings from me,  i cant seem to stop at the moment , anyone would think that i have no       work or house-work or family to take care of  lol  
This one is re-worked from the last time with some added leaves and stems that were wet felted, much better
                                       

I really like the colors in this one and now i have to learn how to add embelishments properly with some nice beads and things  The flower and leaves were made seperately and then stitched on.

Hope i'm not boring anyone but i cant see myself stopping anytime soon hehehe  although my daughter says i really need to learn different flowers and not just swirls,  it will happen !!!

Happy Felting xo

Another one, I think i'm hooked

Sorry if these get boring but i think i'm hooked, This one i tried to do something different and i dont think its worked, i might take the white flowers off and do something else but my daughter likes them and told me to leave them on, there just some pre-felt i had that i cut into circles and then added a bullion stitch (or 2) in the middle of each one, i was trying to go for a cluster. ?     i'll think about it for a while first before i get the scissors out lol

And i'm still having trouble answering any comments when i'm at home, so thankyou Gina, yes get that book out hehehe                                                          Happy Felting !!

Another Wet Felted Wall Hanging

I think i've finally found what i really love to do, and all the time to lol   Wet Felted Background with the base being Gotland fibre, then lots of different fibres including, merino, merino silk, silk, silk waste, wool neps, different threads to including gold sparkle, Doesnt really show up in the pic but there is a fair bit of sparkle to this.  I'm still learning different embroidery stitches, i know 3 now   thankyou youtube lol were would we be without it !!!!

                                                                       Happy Felting

Yeahhhh i finally found some time to do some felting,  These projects are from the e-book i purchased from Rosiepink, Creating Felt Art,  Its a fantastic little book and for a beginner in wet felted wall hangings it was so easy to understand just what i wanted,  i really love it.
This one was my first practise one, just to get the feel of what i was trying to do. Everything is wet felted and then i've added some hand stitching in place. Just a ladder and running stitch till i learn more stitches, better get on youtube lol  But i really loved the whole process and i'd forgotten how much i loved all the hand stitching bits.

 The second one i was a bit more careful with the placement of everything and although i still have a long way to go i'm thoroughly loving the whole thing.  I've used some different fibres such as , merino, merino silk, silk, throwsters waste, nepps and my yarn and i love this one :)

I'm off to work on my third one now so Happy Felting :))

This is a link to Rosiepink's site for a copy of the e-book if anyone would like it. For some reason i cant reply to my comments at the moment ? not sure what's happening there :)

http://rosiepink.typepad.co.uk/rosiepink/2011/04/creating-felt-artwork-ebook.html

so thankyou Mattie xo

Oh No not again

OMG another month has gone by and still no blogging from me, I am busy i swear lol  Im hoping to start a new project this week from an e-book i purchased by RosiePink Textiles called  CreatingFeltArt and i cant wait to have a go. The book looks so gorgeous and i've read, read and re-read it quite a few times, waiting to start.  I usually only do needle felting but i'm being swayed so much lately by all the FAB wet felting out there that i might just have to jump the fence and become a wet felter, hehehehe.   Zed that should make you happy lol 
Anyway hope everyone is well and working hard on your own masterpieces,
i'll be back lol 

OOO Baby Baby

I know i havent blogged for a couple of weeks but i'm so excited now, My Gorgeous boy and is beautiful wife of a year and a half have just found out their having a baby. I'M GOING TO BE A NANA lol and i cant wait.  It seems a long time coming, they've been together for 10years now and married last year and their soooo  ready to be parents.  they'll make the best Mummy and Daddy ever, or is that just me being biased lol   The whole family ( both sides) are over the moon and its our first Grandchild ( on both sides to) so you can imagine how happy us 2 nana's are  :)  Bring on Christmas , she's due on the 28th of December, i'm sure it will fly by, hope so anyway lol

                                                           AND THE CIRCLE BEGINS
cheers Nana Kaz xo

My Happy Little Needle Felted Troll

Hi everyone
Meet my new Happy Little Needle Felted Troll,  He's made using my merino x lambswool fibre and his coat is merino tops from stefknits on Etsy her cupcake range, love it.  This guy makes me laugh, he's always so friendly and happy and now i need to make him a girlfriend,  I really love the way he turned out and i think i might keep to this theme for a while. He's my favorite already and he even stands all my himself

NEEDLE FELTED J.W

Hi everyone
Just finished my new Character Li'l John Wayne, my hubby has been nagging me to make him for ages. He's all needle felted using my fleece and his vest and neckerchief if pre-felt from Kay and Patti . I'm so happy with the way he turned out, i love him :)

Happy Felting

WooHoo

Zed made my banner for me and i love it. It will get changed again soon for my new character to be added in. 
I managed to get the facebook banner on here to , Thankyou Kay for making that for me. I just need someone to check and see where it goes. When i click on it then it goes to my get started page instead of the wall page and i'm hoping thats just because i set it up and when anyone else clicks on it hopefully it will go straight to the wall page. Could someone pleeeeeeeease just click and tell me where it goes lol     Ahhh i'm getting there.


Thankyou Ladies, its all working properly lol  i actually did something right lol

New Stuff

Hi everyone
Please excuse my banner at the moment, zed is helping me make a new one and were just getting the sizing and pics how i'd like them. i'm loving it so far though

I've also just created a new page on facebook  just for our Felt Creations
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Felting-Fun/112565655490638?sk=wall

If you'd like to share your Beautiful work then please feel free to upload some pic's there and have some fun. I just hope i've done the whole thing properly lol

I'm still trying to work out how to put the link to the new facebook page on this blog arggg i get so frustrated that i'm not very  literate with these computers yet lol  I'm determined to learn though lol

Another Wool Dying Day

Hi Everyone
I managed to get in some wool dying yesterday, i was hoping to have this all carded by now but while it was outside in the sunshine i got stuck into some felting and of course i didnt realise the rain came down while i was inside, i didnt hear it either i was engrossed in felting lol  oh hopefully i'll get this carded over the weekend.

I'm also out of core fleece so i've washed some of that with more washing now. The fleece that i dyed is from Baby merino cross and they were such babies to. very short fibre but it'll be perfect for needle felting and here's hoping i can get it all through the carding machine.
Happy Felting xoxo

I'm a little Teapot

You have to sing this ,  ready,  GO
I'm a little teapot
Short and Stout
Here is my Handle
Here is my Spout
When i get all steamed up
Here me Shout
Tip me over and pour me out  lol

I have a small collection of teapots and this one is a replica of one my friend found for me

                       I'm really on a whimsical roll, i have to get back into some serious felting lol

Yeah i found my other Shoe

Hope everyone is well and having fun :)

This is another Needle Felted Shoe House i made, its similar to the last one i know but i'm just practising and having fun. I use my yarn for the laces but i think its a little thick, i also used some of my coil yarn chopped for the flowers in the window and the pot plant. My next one i've started is completely different and i'm just lovin this

                                                                      Happy Felting

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 !!