You may just be here because you enjoy making things with your hands, and that’s certainly me as well, but I have been selling my work for over 20 years now in various place. The world has definitely changed … Read More ...
Making Glass eyes and more! How to Get Really Realistic!
They say the eyes are the window to the soul, I’m not so sure about that, but it certainly helps to add character, realism and depth to your work if you have spent some quality time creating artistic eyes.
The … Read More ...
How to Needle a Smooth Surface! Needle Felting Tips!
One of the things people often ask when they have been needle felting for a while, is how to get the surface of their work nice and smooth. It’s generally one of those things that comes with time and … Read More ...
The Pros and Cons of Needle Felting Mats
When you are working with a resource like felting mats, that tend to wear out over time, you will want to know as much as you can about your options. I’ve found over the years that I’ve used a … Read More ...
How to make Prefelt. A Fibrecurious Tutorial.
Wet felting has so many uses, and incorporating it into other crafts can be fun, experimental and problem solving to name just a few reasons for making your own wool ‘fabric’. With Prefelt you are wet felting to perhaps … Read More ...
Realistic Felt Flowers, Parts 1 and 2
Have you always wanted to make gorgeous flowers that will last and last? Even more, do you want them to be super realistic? Well this is the page for you, I am so impressed with the amount of knowledge, instruction … Read More ...
Artist Spotlight! Lindsey Thomas, Needle Felting Artist
Lindsey Thomas, Needle Felter
The best way to be inspired is to look for inspiration, and when we feel a bit stuck in our rut of making the same kinds of things over and over I love to get … Read More ...
Wet Felt a Beautiful Bracelet! Free Tutorial
As you know I’m always looking for something new and interesting we can do with our wet felting! I just love this one and would never have thought of wet felting a bracelet! They actually use both techniques with … Read More ...
Preparing your Fibres, an excellent resource.
Are you someone who has access to fleece? Or perhaps just an urge to buy direct from the sheep and really make your fibres unique and personalised from the first wash to the colour and then the final use … Read More ...
Fathers Day Wet Felted Slippers for Dad!
I’m sure you have already found that the Dad in your life is rather hard to buy for and even harder to handmake items for! We’ve been through the socks, ties and chocolates phase. The handmade cards and … Read More ...
Needle Felt Dad a Fun Family of Frogs this Fathers Day!
Ok try and say that 10 times fast! 🙂 But isn’t a Fun Family of Frogs a neat idea to bring some joy to Dads office, bedside table, or garden shed?
I really love the ideas that they come up … Read More ...
Wet Felt Your Own Beret! Free Photo Tutorial from New Zealand!
In my search for wet felting tutorials that create more than a flat sheet of felting, today I came across this awesome, well document tutorial, from a New Zealand website! Which is funny because I’m in New Zealand and … Read More ...
Let’s Make Something For Dad! Needle Felting for Rugby Fans
If you are a lover of all things crafty, like myself, you probably already know it’s super hard to create anything for the males in your life. If you’re lucky you have a few guys that just love handmade … Read More ...
Hand Dying Your Own Fiber! Great Tutorial.
Have you tried to dye your own fiber yet? It’s so much fun and so useful if you have a limited amount of coloured fiber you can purchase! How many more gorgeous colourways you could have in your fiber … Read More ...
Needle Felted Minion Tutorial! Free step by step tutorial!
I have to say I’m a big fan of this tutorial, I actually made one of these minions myself a while back and then promptly forgot all about this awesome page! But I’m making up for it now and … Read More ...