FELT CREATIVE

I stumbled upon needle felting about a year or so ago and decided it was a technique I just had to learn. I love learning new techniques and playing with new materials. Needle felting is a technique where you shape wool roving by stabbing it repeatedly with a barbed needle. The direction as well as the amount of stabbing dictates shape. I first started with a kit, "a sealed Ziploc of a everything" I would need to make a Boston Terrier. The results where good however I wanted to investigate more. I receive a great Japanese book from my thoughtful boyfriend (Animal Mascots Made of Wool) and picked up another great book (Sweet Needle Felts by Jenn Docherty) and then I was off. I gathered from these books certain techniques and began to create my own style. It is a wonderful technique, although quite painful when that barbed needle misses the soft felt and plants itself deep in your skin. Since that first Boston my technique and style has developed and become my very own. So I decided to open an Etsy shop, below are just some of my creations.A day or two after my first post I was thrilled to receive an order for a hedgehog family of three, a birthday present for the buyer's mother. So I came up the birthday card and packaging you see below.Each felted hedgehog set comes with a family album, that includes a photo of the hedgehog couple, followed by the hedgehog baby and then a family portrait. It came out quite cute and I was quite proud. I hope they loved it, but I guess I ll never know seeing as they left no feedback:( but honestly who couldn't love that adorable family unit above! Feel free to stop by the shop ifeltcreative.etsy.com and check back soon for some holiday felties as well as postcards, and mobiles. I also encourage everyone to out and get some needles, wool roving and stuffing or just go to the library/ local bookstore and start to read about and learn a new technique. You never know where it will take you.