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psichick78 Flying Fur Studios
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Hey gals and guys.

I was searching the web for a picture of a felting needle to add my my website and I just stumbled across this site.

I haven't had time to check out the whole site, but this felted bird tutorial is amazing. Guess this was a bird on the whitehouse christmas tree.

http://gfwsheep.com/birdmaking/birdmaking1.html

I just havne't thought of felting this way. Something neat to try for my dragon wings......

Shelli SHELLI MAKES
Chico, California
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Heather, that's a great tutorial and full of photos.  Thanks so much for posting it for all our felters here.

bear_flower

psichick78 Flying Fur Studios
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Nice to have you back Shelli..........

BearBottoms 'Bear' Bottoms Originals
Ft. Bragg, NC
Posts: 2,465

HI Heather,

Yes, that technique is called 'wet felting' and it's something I just learned to do not long ago!  It's awesome!!!  You can make loads of stuff with that technique, and you don't have to 'stay flat', I got a book on making felted hats. Super cool!  Also, you can make dreads, etc with that wet felting technique.  I've made a few scarves and one 'test patch' to try out blending different colors.  Hold on, I'll take a pic of it.....

Kimberly W.

BearBottoms 'Bear' Bottoms Originals
Ft. Bragg, NC
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testfelt.jpg

Like I said, this was just a test piece to see if I could do it... lol

Kimberly W.

psichick78 Flying Fur Studios
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Kimberly, that's soo cool!

That's pretty nice for a test piece.

Gonna have to try it myself now. Thanks for the pic.

BearBottoms 'Bear' Bottoms Originals
Ft. Bragg, NC
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Awesome!  Go for it, girl!  Oh btw... in my felting book, it said to use quite a bit of soap.  I did about 1 part of dish soap to about 4 parts water, and it worked WAY better than just using a bit of soap.  The soap changes the ph, and it's what causes the wool to begin felting into itself, so if you only use a touch of soap, you'll be working it forever!

Kimberly W.

BootButtonBears BootButtonBears
Adelaide
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Such great information Heather - thank you for letting us all know about it.

rufnut Rufnut Teddy's
Victoria Australia
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Thanks for sharing this with us Heather.  bear_original

BearBottoms 'Bear' Bottoms Originals
Ft. Bragg, NC
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Hey Renae,

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back; I forgot about this post!!! lol  :doh:

The wool is dyed prior to doing any of the felting.  It wasn't dyed by me, I bought it dyed those colors and just kind of overlapped the colors as I went along.  It's really easy and fun!

Kimberly W.

doodlebears Doodlebears
UK
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Great information, thanks so much for the link. I will have to try this soon. Hats, shoes, animals etc. the list is endless to what we could make with the felt.

Hugs Jane.  bear_thumb

matilda Matilda Huggington-beare
WA
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thankyou for that Heather. Great ideas!!!!!!!!

patsylakebears Patsy Lake Bears
Sydney
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Thank you Heather .......

matilda Matilda Huggington-beare
WA
Posts: 5,551

Kimberly!!!! great felting. I tried to pre-felt some roving. Hoping it would be easier to NF with. But mine didnt turn out any where near as good as you have yours. Not that I was aiming to actually make a felted piece of cloth.
Did you use the bamboo mat to felt this with?  It will make great paws!!!
Wendy bear_thumb

fredbear Fred-i-Bear
Johannesburg
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Thanks to Wendy , I stock the "wizpick" needles in South Africa and have got more involved with the needle felting from people wanting to see what I was doing, sitting with these needles poking away.
I was at a craft show a few days back and introduded the needles there and had the weaving guild next to me. This was interesting as they were carding wool and I learnt so much. It is amazing what one can do with the needle felting we even felted a teddybear onto a piece of patchwork material I will take a picture as I want to make up a kit. Below is a Panda kit that we had at the show.
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Picture of teddy  felted onto patchwork fabric ( I still have to make it into a cushion perhaps)
Lynette

matilda Matilda Huggington-beare
WA
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Love the felted patchwork bear Lynette. I have seen something similar for a wee babies blanket.
Teddy bears in any form are just lovely :hug:  bear_grin

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