***Needle-Felted Angel***

Needle-felted Angel

My mom loves angels, so it just wouldn't be Christmas without giving her an angel. This year I made her this needle-felted angel.

Needle-felted Angel

Needle-felted Angel

Needle-felted Angel

Needle-felted Angel

You can never have too many angels watching over you.... ♥ ♥ ♥

***Tea Cozy***

Tea Cozy & Tea Pot

Wet-felted tea cozy with needle-felted cardinals and teapot.

Teapot

I found this cute teapot to give as a Christmas gift to my son's mother-in-law. She loves cardinals so, of course, I had to make a felted tea cozy with red cardinals.

Wet-felted tea cozy with needle felted red cardinal

To make the tea cozy I used the same resist process as seen in my felted vase blog post:

http://lisasfeltedart.blogspot.com/2013/03/felted-vase.html

After making the felted cozy, I added a handle on top using wet-felted wool. Once the cozy was dry, I needle-felted a red cardinal on each side.

Wet-felted tea cozy with needle felted red cardinal

Here is the cardinal on the other side of the cozy.

End view of tea cozy

Here is the end view of the tea cozy.

Tea cozy & teapot

There is nothing like a tea cozy to keep your pot of tea nice and warm. ♥

***Felted Vest***

Felted Vest

This is a wet-felted vest I made for my brother this past Christmas. As I am new to making felted clothing, I opted to create wet-felted material and sew it onto a preexisting vest.

Felted Vest

Here is a closer view. I attached the wet-felted material in a way to still utilize the buttons and the satin back on the vest.

Felted Vest

Felted Vest

Here are side views.

Felted Vest - back

Felted Vest - open

Here is the back and a front view of the vest open.

Felted Vest - open

The next step will be to make a wet-felted vest completely out of wool roving. That said, it worked very well sewing the felt I created onto the vest and it fit my brother perfectly!

***Pixie Fairy Felted Skirt***

Pixie Fairy Felted Skirt



My latest felting inspiration was this Pixie Fairy Felted Skirt for my sister-in-law for Christmas. It was my first attempt in blending felting and sewing. While it was challenging creating my own pattern, it was very fun creating this whimsical piece of felted clothing.

Front view

Back view

Front and back views. I cut out varying size triangle strips of chiffon material, hemmed the edges and then layered the pieces to be sewn onto the inside of the belt.

Natural Wood Button

I attached a natural wood button to the outside of the top of the wet felted belt but actually used a strip of Velcro sewn on the inside to attach the wrap-around skirt, which allowed for variation in sizing.

Sewn on felted vines

I used a zig-zag stitch to attach the wet felted vines with leaves.

Sewn on felted vines

A closer view of the zig-zag stitch used to attach the wet felted vines with leaves. This also shows the detail needle felting on the leaves.

Needle felted leaves

Needle felted leaves and vines.

Back view

View of the back showing the belt made from two pieces of wet felted strips sewn together.

Pixie Fairy Felted Skirt

Skirt showing wet felted belt, decorative wooden button, wet & needle felted vines & leaves and layered chiffon triangles.