Topic
Felted pieces for the house: garlands, coasters, bowls and wall hangings.
How to make felted acorns the classic way, with real acorn caps: baking the caps to kill weevils, sizing a wool nut to each cap, gluing it with a hanging loop, and all-felt caps for when you have none. With a sizing table, garland spacing and ornament ideas.
9 min read Beginner
How to size, build and mount a felt tree topper: a two-layer or five-panel stuffed star, a felt angel on a cone, or a needle felted star, with the sleeve that fits over the top shoot and the stiffening that stops it drooping.
10 min read Intermediate
Felt snowflakes from a folded-paper template with six points, not eight: which felt holds open spokes, how to cut them cleanly, sizes and times, two-layer embroidered and beaded flakes, and spacing for a snowflake garland.
8 min read Beginner
A three-layer felt poinsettia pattern with bract sizes, a beaded center and a wire stem for picks and wreaths, plus a spiny holly leaf template, a holly garland layout and pale felt mistletoe with white berries.
8 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
How to make a felt advent calendar three ways: a 28 x 24 in wall hanging with 24 numbered pockets, a felt wall tree with a pocket strip of ornaments underneath, and 24 mini stockings on a string, with the sheet count worked out, three ways to make the numbers, and fillings that are not candy.
9 min read Intermediate
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
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
How to make a felt mobile for a nursery or a window: choosing a hoop, branch or crossbar, what to hang and how heavy it is, drop lengths that look right from below, balancing it, and hanging it safely over a crib.
6 min read Beginner
Felt ball, rolled rose, fringed and felted wreaths, with how many balls or roses a ring takes, which base to use, and how to keep a wool wreath looking good on a door.
6 min read Beginner
How to make a felt garland that hangs properly: how many balls a length takes, how to get a needle through a hard felt ball, spacing that stays put, and Christmas, Halloween and Valentine versions.
8 min read Beginner
Three ways to make felt coasters that lie flat and do not lift with the mug: the right felt thickness, how many felt balls a coaster takes and how to sew them, and wet felted coasters with a design laid in.
5 min read Beginner
