Category: Felt Alive Needle Felting Projects

I made some needle felted worms today over wire. I rarely use wire but this was easy and fun! UPDATE - You can learn how to make these silly little creatures and more in my new FUN, Easy (and free) needle felting video workshop. Garden Art

Yes, Shakespeare said "wool of bat"! I didn't use bat wool, but I did use wool batt. 😉 This Needle Felted Witch has so much attitude! She is definitely influenced by the witch I grew up with watching Wizard of Oz. She stands on her own and is about 14" tall - no wire armature,… Continue reading Felt Alive Needle Felted Witch

Little Daisy is my latest needle felted doll. She stands about 7" tall and is solid needle felted wool. Her hair is made from handspun wool yarn. Those of you familiar with my work know that I rarely offer my dolls for sale. As living conditions for my needle felted collection gets more and more crowded, I… Continue reading Daisy – A Felt Alive Needle Felted Doll

I made Clementine for a VERY special project. She made a long trip to China to a doll manufacturer to study her for possible mass production of my designs. Well, it was no big surprise to learn that they cannot be easily reproduced - the style does not lend itself to the assembly line. I… Continue reading Clementine

I challenged myself to capture the essence of Hilda - A vintage plus-sized pinup caricature by artist, Duane Bryers.

My largest needle felted doll to date. Cyrus stands 23" tall

It started with one needle felted Droit (the little white one,) and they just keep multiplying. They really do have fun playing in the trees. UPDATE This little guys are so fun to make, I decided to teach you how. Felt Alive DROITS is a great way to learn the basics of sculptural needle felting, making jointed… Continue reading Tree Droits

My nephew and his girlfriend stole away into the Talkeetna Mountains here in Alaska the other day with several of my characters in tow. They returned with the most fabulous photos! My Felt Alive DROITS seemed to have the BEST time! You can learn how to make these magical creatures come to life. Learning how to needle… Continue reading Escape to the Mountains

This is my latest needle felted soft sculpture. This guy was so fun to create! I used undyed wool batting for his core body parts. The fun adventure for me was blending 4 colors of Norwegian C1 wool batting together to give him this wonderful skin tone. He is anatomically correct. My niece has two… Continue reading Doc Treeboat – a needle felted soft sculpture

Meet Mindy! A sweet little felt alive needle felted doll. She is solid needle felted wool and she flexes and moves nearly like she is alive.  Mindy loves to play outside in the yard! She is an adventurous little thing; climbing trees and dreaming of sailing away to explore far away lands!  What a sweet little addition… Continue reading Latest Addition to my Felt Alive Family

This is my first attempt at needle felting a dog without the use of a wire armature. He is soft and flexible and seems nearly alive.

This is little Gladys! She is such a silly little thing! As I'm learning to create needle felted art dolls, I am discovering the magic of blending colors for blush and shading to really bring the wool to life. Little Glady's is about 12" tall and stands on her own (with a little help from… Continue reading Little Gladys an original Needle Felted Art Doll

This is Alice. He looks like a laid back old surfer dude to me and I just love him! It never ceases to amaze me what comes to life in needle felted wool. I started out (as usual) without knowing what or who I was going to create. Needle felting is fun for someone like… Continue reading A Dude Named Alice in Needle Felted Wool

I sat down with the intention of needle felting a character doll. Not just any doll, but a buddy for another doll I just finished. I was so in love with Alice, I had to make him a buddy. Let me introduce Crackers (on the left.) A fun loving Australian beach dude livin' it up… Continue reading He’s Totally Crackers! Needle Felting a Character Doll

Meet Mac! He is my crazy little Scotsman with a penchant for Irish Whiskey. Developing a needle felted character has its challenges. What I planned to create was a grumpy little man in a wool suit and what actually came to life is a Scotsman named Mac with a bit of attitude. When I was… Continue reading Mac – Extreme Needle Felting – developing a needle felted character

These needle felted moon characters were SO FUN to create. They are each roughly 8 inches tall and are 100% wool. They are both rather soft and flexible.

I've just made some adorable needle felted baby dolls. It was a challenge, but I love making them. Check out my creations! Also, I have a 10-hour tutorial available.

This is Skye. She stands about 12" tall and is my first completed and dressed doll.  I spent countless hours needle felting over a wire armature. Not bad for a newbie!! Having a blast with this needle felting stuff! Here is a work in progress - Her name is Gertie - she stands about 16"… Continue reading New felt creations