LIVING FELT Felting Friends Fun!

Happy Holidays – Lovely Father Christmas by Marianne Oberbillig

livingfelt — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:17:04 +0000

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

Needle Felting: Santas from Around the World by Barbara Traficonte

livingfelt — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:43:27 +0000

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 and Wet Felting – Wonderful Felted Slippers by Shelley Gerber

livingfelt — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:58:28 +0000

We are delighted with these sweet hand felted slippers by Shelley Gerber of San Diego, California and share them with
you as great inspiration for holiday gifts and guests! Felting over a resist is fun and a slipper shape is easy
to work with. For resist material, some people like cardboard or cereal boxes and some like heavy duty 6mil plastic.

Here at Living Felt, we use thick, rubbery material often used to line shelves…but without any holes.
Trace around your foot to get the proper size, then give yourself 1/4 to 1/2 inch extra to allow for shrinkage.

Once the felt is holding together (remember your pinch test) and you have a soft felt, cut out the resist.
Shaping can be done by hand, on a bamboo blind, rigid mat, wash board or even a plastic lid or tray that has ridges.

Have fun make your own booties and slippers this winter…and be sure to send us pictures!

Wet Felting: Lovely Millefiori Beads by Georgina Phillips

livingfelt — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 06:00:56 +0000

We love these felt beads made by Georgina, they look perfectly symmetrical and very
well felted. We’d love to see your holiday themed beads as well! Send us a pic!

“This fall I have been making felt beads, quite a lot of them.
I wanted to use the same technique as I do for making polymer clay
beads – the millefiori cane technique. After a lot of hard work and with
the help of your mesh fabric that kept all the fibre beautifully in place,
I’ve made some great wet felted flower beads!”

Kind regards,
Georgina — Cornwall, UK

Needle Felting: Jack-o-Lanterns Pincushion & Tape Measure by Sharen Johnson

livingfelt — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 06:00:20 +0000

Sharen Johnson of Rutledge, TN felted these amazing Jack-O-Lanterns!

“I have been listing my specialty pincushion/tape measure novelties on www.sharryJo.etsy.com in the past
and they have been well received so I am excited to be back to felting once again.

I am so grateful for Living Felt’s quality products. They bring out the creative gene in me.

Next is a stackable pumpkin pincushion and tape measure. I needle felted
them out of the same great Merino core wool and topped them with dyed
Merino top wool. Meet Meanie, Miney and Mo.

Meanie is on the bottom and is perplexed with the heavy weights above.
Miney is holding up well and a little better natured,
but Mo is oblivious to all below and enjoying the view from the heights.
They are a pin cushion also and entirely out of Living Felt Merino wool.
The tape is hidden under the leaves on Miney and is retracted by squeezing his sides.
He really enjoys that as he considers it a hug.

I am limited to dial-up internet so I cannot enjoy the video workshops to give me ideas for other felting.
I have mainly just gotten an idea in my head and grab my 3 types of needles
and poke away until my idea becomes a reality.

What a fun way to vent anxieties! These 3 projects were mainly done
with the #36Triangle needle,starting with the #38Star on the core wool.

I didn’t add armature in any of these 3. They really didn’t need it and can stand alone on the felt base.

I make sure the core wool is felted pretty solidly. I sometimes add
marbles for stability embedded in the base.

Thanks for looking at my latest efforts,
Sharen Johnson“

Happy International Day of Peace!

livingfelt — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:55:24 +0000

Thanks to all joining us in PEACE FELT 2011 this year!
There is a lovely article by Peace Felt participant Fiona Duthie on the Living Crafts blog
today, I hope you will stop by and check it out.

http://www.livingcrafts.com/blog/

Visit the Peace Felt facebook page

Needle Felting – Adorable Needle Felted Golf Cart by Lee Humphrey

livingfelt — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:34:22 +0000

We fell in love with this adorable and DETAILED needle felted golf cart created by Lee Humphrey. She needle felted this with Living Felt Merino Cross Batts, and here is what she had to say about it:

”My summer neighbors have a golf cart. As soon as they get to the cottage they get it out and are on the go. Their now two year old son loves it and is usually sandwiched between them on the seat. It has a pipe cleaner armature with straws so the wheels will go around. Black, white, three grays from your natural pack, and Katie and I think Chianti from your fun pack are the wool colors.”

Needle Felting: Angry Chemo Man by Sue Piscopo

livingfelt — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:57:16 +0000

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

livingfelt — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:23:24 +0000

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

Read the newsletter

Felting & Needle Felting: Living Felt International Felting Contest

livingfelt — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:12:59 +0000

Just 2 weeks left to enter the 2nd Annual Living Felt International Felting Contest!! We are hoping for more Dr. Seuss Inspired entries…all entries that are coming in are really fun! If you are “still thining about it”, jump in! and have FUN with it! Winners will be featured in Art Doll Quarterly Magazine! More on the contest at the link below, please share with a friend http://feltingsupplies.livingfelt.com/Win-_ep_41.html