So, the felting continues. I am blessed that people seem to like my creations and purchase them so I can continue making more! They are great fun and absorbing to make and a change from making functional items like dog show leads and beds! My latest three are:
a little mouse in an apron, holding a piece of cheese
a trotting wire haired dachshund
a new witch to replace the one that is now in her new home!
The mouse was great fun to make. I needle felted her around 2 pipe cleaners to keep her legs straight and used a pipe cleaner for her tail, which also keeps her standing steady! I machine sewed her little apron, felted a flower in front of her ear and felted some bright yellow Perendale wool batting for her cheese …… I used pink nail varnish to colour her black polymer clay nose and I used a long doll needle to stitch her whiskers through, then dabbed them with a bit of glue to keep them in place. The whiskers are Icelandic Top Wool.
Mt trotting wire haired dachshund has been in my mind for a long time but every time I tried it, the leg positions looked all wrong. So, after several attempts I completed this red, which I am moderately pleased with. I looked at lots of videos and pictures of dachshunds moving and found a really good video of a European Champion that helped me finally crack it!
The witch was a pure indulgence. She literally took weeks to make. Her body, arms and legs are all sculptured from Shetland wool batting and her face took a long time as I knew how I wanted her to look ………….. she had several heads before I settled on this one! Her skirt is beautiful – wet felted merino wool. Her top is fine gauge tulle with purple merino wool nuno felted on. Her cloak is black velour with a purple satin lining and has a hood, purple ribbons and 2 Pentagrams embroidered on. She wears a crescent moon bracelet and a moon and stars necklace. Her hair is needle felted in and is a mix of Icelandic Top Wool and synthetic hair extensions. Her broom is twigs from our garden, bound with brown plaited leather.
