Time has once again whizzed by with one thing and another and for the last week or so I've been getting absorbed in a new craft. Do you remember I posted a teaser pic of some wool fiber I bought... well I thought I'd update you on how I've been getting on with it!
A visit to a lovely local craft shop had reminded me about a wet felting kit I bought a while back but hadn't been very interested in but, I had been wondering about needle felting so when I saw all the accessories in the shop I couldn't resist!
I bought a few more colours of wool that I didn't have in the kit...
and a few of the special needles you need...
I also tried out a couple of different types of needle felting 'mats' to see what the difference was; one is soft like a sponge and one is more like polystyrene (to be honest I tend to swop about between both with no real preference at the moment)
One of my first experiments was a simple little felt heart. I know some people use cookie cutters to help with the shaping but I just did this one by eye.... I also learnt very quickly that you have to be careful with those needles.. they are very sharp!
I feel it needs a bit more embellishment to really finish it off but, eager to try something else, I then made the little blue 'duck' pictured at the top (it started out with the intention of being a bird but decided to take on its own life form!)
As I began to get the hang of it, I wanted to try something larger so made four huge individual poppy petals that were then joined together to make large flower. I'm thinking I'll add a clip to the back and a large vintage button for the centre to finish it off...
I do love the brightness of poppies so I also made this little poppy fields picture brooch which was embellished with some simple black stitches...
and finally, with today being the 70th anniversary of D-Day, I was inspired to make a smaller lapel poppy that has been embellished with jet black crystals and seed beads.
It's actually quite addictive and it's great to have something different to play with - I can't wait to experiment more :)
Happy Making!
All pictures & text (c) Addicted to Making 2014
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