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Happy Holidays – Lovely Father Christmas by Marianne Oberbillig December 25, 2011
Marianne Oberbillig of Lake Wills, WI shared her wonderful sculpture with us…
and we thought it just perfect for wishing you a wonderful Holiday ~~ Wherever you are!
- Your Felting Friends,
The Very Merry Living Felt Crew
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Needle Felting: Santas from Around the World by Barbara Traficonte December 11, 2011
Barbara Traficonte of Waterford, Maine shared her wonderful Santas with us!
“I too have been felting into the night!!
… Your wools are fabulous and your beard wools are the best.”
Barbara Traficonte
Needle Felting: Angry Chemo Man by Sue Piscopo September 12, 2011
We all have our methods for processing our emotions — and we thought this was quite unique,
and reminds me of a children’s story called The Worry Tree. Sue Pisocpo of Petersborough, NH sent us this.
“I’ve attached a picture of the latest needle-felted item I’ve made with your products. This is “angry chemo man,” and I made him for my dad.
My father is undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer, and he’s feeling a lot of frustration dealing with the side effects of the treatment. So I made angry chemo man to carry all those frustrations for him. And to make him smile. (He’s cute, don’t you think?)
Thanks for your great site, great products, great staff.”
-Sue Piscopo
In Today’s Newsletter….Needle Felting: Sweet Baby Boo Pumpkins by Lori Parker September 10, 2011
Featured in this week’s Living Felt – Felting Friends Newsletter:
Lori Parker of Preston, CT created these gorgeous “baby boo pumkins”
with needle felting. Plan for 1/2 oz to 1 oz of wool depending on size.
Try a core wool center, natural white NZ Corriedale for the outer shell,
MC-1™ in dark chocolate for the stem, and true olive for the vines.
“It is starting to feel like Fall here in New England already. As I was going through what was left
of my garden after TS Irene, I found a bunch of baby boo pumpkins that made it through the storm.
I was insired to make these baby boos! Needle felted from corriedale and alpaca, I love looking at them on my table!!
Thank you for your wonderful supplies!”
– Lori Parker , Preston, CT
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Needle Felting & Wet Felting with Kids! Wonderous creations from North Country School Children :) July 30, 2011
Felted Quilt Square – 5th grader Alice Weil’s The Lion and the Mouse
Needle Felted Quilt Square – 4th grader Jetty Fincham’s needle felted illustration of The Country Mouse and The City Mouse
9th grader Sage Morgan’s wet and needle felted book with Japanese stab binding
Felted Quilt Square – 5th grader Grace Graham’s needle felted fable of The Frog and the Mouse
9th grader Ivy Lee’s wet felted backpack with needle felted details. The backpack was made as a variation
with the wet felting purse kit from Living Felt
These fabulous student projects were sent to us by Laura Bill, Studio Art Teacher at North Country School in Lake Placid, NY.
Laura’s email identified each of these gorgeous works and also shared that she learned felting through online tutorials and videos.
“Here are some photographs of felted projects my art students did this year using Living Felt supplies. …
I love the website and the newsletters, I use many of the photographs as class examples when I teach felting and I buy all my needle and wet felting supplies for class from Living Felt. Keep up the good work!” – Laura Bill
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Crafts with Purpose – More Bunnies for Operation Bunny Drop! May 20, 2011
Felted and stuffed bunnies by Brenda Marshall.
All of the bunnies in this posted were crafted for Crafts with Purpose – Operation Bunny Drop!
Thanks to all of our felting and crafting friends who participated, over 700 bunnies were crafted for the children in Japan following the major natural catastophes this year. Off they go to spread love, hope and good cheer!
Tons more photos on our Crafts with Purpose facebook page.
Sheryl Lavezzo crafted this basket full of darlings…thank you, Sheryl!!
More cuties by our felting friend, Katie Stevenson…thank you, Katie!!!!!!!!!!
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Needle Felting: First Creations! Bunny & Dog by Jen Gorski
Your very first felts…or needle felts…are something to cherish and celebrate!
Today we celebrate these from Jen Gorski … great job, Jen…keep having fun! :O)
“I just started needle felting a few weeks ago and am loving [it]. I am excited at how my projects have been turning out.
Here are my 2 latest creations – a cute bunny and my dog, both made with the Merino Cross.”
Jen Gorski
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Needle Felting: B-day Card for Baby by Sheila Vanderslice May 13, 2011
This sweet card was needle felted by Sheila Vanderslice of Modesto, CA.
“I made this birthday card for my 1 year old great niece. I used the cupcake New Zealand wool.
… I’m just beginning but I’m so proud I could do this at my age. I feel alive again like a child. Thank you for introducing this craft on your videos. Love your website a lot!”
Kind Regards, Sheila Vanderslice
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A Family of Felters Needle Felting Together! ~ the Steve Kemp Family February 3, 2011
Needle Felted Totoro
Needle Felted Penguin
Thanks for sharing Steve! It’s great to hear that you and your entire family have caught the felting bug! Uh-oh! Sounds like you are in good company!
“The Living Felt package arrived this morning and we couldn’t wait to get started!My eldest daughter has been making little animals all day and after work (and school) my son and I made the two animals you see in the pictures, our first attempts. My youngest daughter loves Hayao Miyazaki movies so my first felting attempt is an “homage” to a Totoro, my son used Jackie Huang‘s instruction booklet I bought in San Francisco to make his little penguin.
P.s. As I write, my wife is making a charming little cow. Felting is officially a hit craft in the Kemp household.”
Steve Kemp ~ Fairfax, VA
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