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Small felted makes that work well as handmade presents.
Small felt purses three ways: a coin purse and zip pouch sewn from 3 mm wool felt with no hems, a seamless wet felted purse with the resist math worked out, and a knitted purse felted in the washer. Closures, straps, needle felted decoration and care.
8 min read Intermediate
How to make a dressed Christmas mouse ornament that hangs upright: a needle felted mouse with wire in its arms so it can hold a candy cane or a gift, a sewn version from sheet felt with every piece measured, plus ears, tails, tiny sweaters and scarves.
10 min read Intermediate
How to make felt letters: stuffed initial ornaments and flat letters for NOEL, JOY and name garlands. Letter sizes with felt and stuffing per letter, fonts that cut cleanly, the letters with awkward holes, freezer paper cutting, edge stitches, loops that hang straight, and garland spacing.
10 min read Beginner
Make a Christmas ornament that looks like your dog: trace a side-view photo into a felt pattern, show the ears, muzzle and tail of the breed, match the coat with layered felt patches, then add a ribbon collar, a name and the year. Plus a small needle felted version at ornament scale.
9 min read Beginner
A planner for felt Christmas decorations beyond the tree: wreaths, door hangers, garlands, stockings, tree skirts, advent calendars, napkin rings, place cards and gift tags, with time, skill and materials for each, and how to choose between sheet felt, needle felting and wet felting.
10 min read
Five felt bookmarks with real measurements: a heart corner bookmark from two 3 in triangles, a 2 × 6½ in strip with a tassel, animal heads that peek over the page, an elastic band, and a needle felted topper on a ribbon. Which felt to use so the spine is not strained, and how to keep glue off the pages.
8 min read Beginner
Sitting up on its big hind feet, a squirrel is mostly tail: nearly as long as the rest of it, curving up the back. How to wire and furnish that tail, shape the sitting pose, fit the paws round an acorn, and colour a grey or a red squirrel.
9 min read Intermediate
Most of a dragon's outline is neck, tail and wing rather than body, so the pose and the wire decide the build. Which pose balances, wire gauges, wool weights for three sizes, wired wings, scales, spines, horns, eyes and colours.
9 min read Advanced
A wool felt needle book with pinked pages, sized for three uses, sewn in an evening or made with a wet felted cover. Plus a felted wool pincushion: how much wool for each size, how firm to felt it, and tomato, strawberry, jar-lid and wrist versions.
8 min read Beginner
Four thin wings felted flat on a foam pad, a wire along each front edge so they hold a pose, and a body with clubbed antennae. Sizes, wool weights, monarch markings and five other species, plus brooch, clip and plant pick mounts.
13 min read Intermediate
A smooth pebble wrapped in a few grams of wool and rubbed in soapy water until the felt shrinks tight onto it. How much wool each size of stone takes, the stocking trick, cut-open geode stones, and what felted stones are good for.
9 min read Beginner
A 4 inch felt gingerbread man pattern with every piece measured, the cookie cutter trick for cutting it, white icing in rickrack or embroidery, and a needle felted version firmed inside the same cutter. Plus a gingerbread house ornament and a garland.
13 min read Beginner
