Projects
Felted Wreath
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
Topic
Home Decor
Felted pieces for the house: garlands, coasters, bowls and wall hangings.
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Felt Garland
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
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Felt Coasters
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
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Felt Christmas Tree
How to make a felt Christmas tree, from the children's wall tree with detachable ornaments to felted cones and tabletop trees, with sizes, materials and what holds the ornaments on.
7 min read Beginner
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Felt Christmas Stocking
How to make a felt Christmas stocking: a pattern that holds its shape, the felt that survives being filled, names and appliqué, sequin kits, and a seamless wet felted stocking.
6 min read Beginner
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Felt Flowers
Three ways to build a flower from felt cloth — rolled, stacked and petal by petal — which suits which bloom, and the cutting that decides whether it looks made or bought.
6 min read Beginner
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Needle Felted Pig
Felted pigs go wrong in two predictable ways: a dip above the snout that makes a bear, and pink wool that makes a sweet. How to avoid both, which ears belong to which breed, and how much wool a piglet really takes.
6 min read Beginner
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Needle Felted Cow
A cow face ends in a broad flat pad, wider than the bridge of the nose above it. Taper the face towards the nose instead and you have made a deer in Holstein markings.
7 min read Intermediate
Needle Felting
Wool Painting
Flat needle felting onto a background, built up like an oil painting — dark to light, back to front. The method, the materials and the framing.
5 min read Intermediate
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Needle Felted Sheep
The one animal where the material and the subject are the same thing. How to build the body, and why curly locks beat any amount of needling for the fleece.
4 min read Beginner
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Needle Felted Owl
An owl is a rounded cone with a face on the front. Why that makes it the easiest bird to felt, and how the facial disc turns a lump into a barn owl.
4 min read Beginner
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Needle Felted Hedgehog
The body takes twenty minutes. The spines take the rest, and there are four ways to make them — only two of which look right.
4 min read Beginner