Welcome to my gallery of needle felted dolls!
Felt Alive original needle felted dolls are each hand-sculpted from wool batting using barbed felting needles with no sewing, no stuffing, no wire armatures and no paint! Even their eyes, teeth, clothing, hair and accessories are needle felted wool. The dolls stand, flex and bend nearly like they are alive.
The needle felted dolls in my gallery are not available for sale but I do have limited openings for commission work. Call for more information. 541-592-3499
Felt Alive Needle Felted Dolls
Celebrity Caricature Collection
This is li’l Spinal Tap
This is Spinal Tap is a hilarious fictional mockumentary about England’s loudest band. These go to ’11’
Li’l Dr. John
The Li’l Coneheads
The Dude (aka Jeff Bridges) from ‘The Big Lebowski’
Li’l Mick Jagger
PSY
Korean Pop Singer / YouTube Sensation
Dial ‘M’ for Man in the Moon
My (slightly greenish) tribute to Alfred Hitchcock …in the moon.
“Good Evening”
The late, great Freddie Mercury
And Here is with his dear friend, Li’l Elton John
Li’l Whoopi
Such an amazing face to bring to life in wool

this is my original Whoopi – I made her on commission for a fan of Whoopi.
Li’l Bob Dylan
This is my second version of Dylan
Li’l Wille Nelson
Felt-Headed Stranger
Li’l Willie Nelson #2
This is my second version of Willie
Kathryn Williams and The Pond
Here is a talented and fun group of musicians with their mini Felt Alive dolls.
Li’l Weird Al
Li’l Rabbit with John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick
legendary keyboardist for The Who photo courtesy of http://www.rabbitwho.com
As a longtime fan of The Who, this project was such a thrill for me – and would you believe that I didn’t know Rab owned a red and black western shirt until I saw this photo? Uncanny, is what I say! When Rab’s doll arrived early in the morning, he dug through his closet to find his matching red shirt to pose for a photo for me! (Can you see his pajamas under his shirt 🙂 Thanks for being such a great sport, Rab!!
Lil Lyle Lovett
I’m a huge fan of this man’s musical talent
Li’l Jay Leno
Li’l Bono
Felt Alive needle felted wool dolls are made without the use of wire armatures!
Li’l Springsteen with Li’l Bono
Li’l Donald Trump
circa 2009
Li’l Ellen DeGeneres
The Li’l Beatles
The Beatles are some of my earliest caricature work.
Li’l Spock

Li’l Travolta
Li’l Mr. T
I Pity the Wool!
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Li’l Jackie Chan
Li’l Johnny Cash
Li’l Elvis!
Li’l Marilyn Monroe
Li’l Bob Dylan
version #1
Li’l Janis Joplin
What can I say? She’s my li’l rock star for sure!
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Li’l Elton John
Li’l Conan O’Brien
What fun it was to bring Conan’s quirky look to life in needle felted wool!
Li’l Conan dreams of meeting Big Conan some day!
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Li’l Willie Nelson
version #1
I’ve been a fan of Willie for many years and it was a great thrill to bring him to life in wool!
Li’l Sarah Palin
Needle Felted Wool Doll
I actually grew up with Sarah in Wasilla, Alaska. She was my very first celebrity caricature doll – I made her during the election in 2008 and sold her on eBay to a political doll collector.
And that’s concludes my collection of celebrity needle felted dolls but stay tuned – there will be many more!
Custom Needle Felted Caricature Dolls
Every so often I make custom look-alikes of friends and family
This is Saige and Li’l Saige!
Gabe & Carly
Gabe & Carly and their li’l wedding couple.
Patti & John
The real Patti & John
Li’l John & Patti
Jessica & Li’l Jessica
Aren’t they gorgeous?
felt alive original designs
The next group of needle felted dolls are purely from my imagination! And if you want to learn how to make needle felted creations of your own, I offer several fun workshops of my designs.
Felt Alive Needle Felted Witch
She has some attitude for sure. And like all of my dolls, she is fully jointed with a natural range of motion. And she stands on her own without the use of wire armatures – all without sewing even one stitch!
Needle Felted Santa

Andy
Needle Felted Wool Doll
This little guy came to life while I was teaching a 3 day long doll workshop!
My student’s tell me he looks like Clint Howard, Ron Howard’s brother.
Petal
Clementine
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Jim Timmie
Needle Felted Wool Doll Jim Timmie came to life while filming my needle felted dolls video workshop. That’s why he has one shoe on and one shoe off! I had to demonstrate making both bare feet as well as feet with shoes.
Kay Petal
Katie
Needle Felted Wool Doll This is as close to a self portrait as I’ll likely ever get. I was a mushroom in a ballet when I was 5 years old.
George
Needle Felted Wool Doll
A first Felt Alive Doll with removable dentures!
Evelyn
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Daisy
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Hilda
Needle Felted Wool Doll
(Well, Hilda was not from my imagination totally, she was inspired by a pin-up caricature
by Duane Bryers.)
Cyrus (with my Great-Niece, Chloe)
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Droits!
Needle Felted Wool Elfin Creatures. AND the subject of my latest video workshop
Doc Treeboat
Needle Felted Doll
Mindy
Needle Felted Wool Doll
I finally made a Felt Alive Dog
Rufus
Needle Felted Wool Dog
And One Dog Led to Felt Alive PUPS!
Crackers and His Bro’, Alice
Needle Felted Dolls
Gladys
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Mac
Needle Felted Wool Doll
Igor
This is my needle felted tribute to the late, great Marty Feldman.
His Igor character in the comedy Young Frankenstein is just classic!
Older Works
the following photos are of my earliest projects.
Little Girl in Pink Jammies
Soft sculpted little girl – she is holing her little teddy bear. I made this little girl for a charity auction so her name is up to her new family.
Cupid
I set out to make a sweet little cupid and this rather silly looking character showed up instead. The song “Stupid Cupid” kept running through my mind as I created him.
Baby Brother
This little pair was donated to a charity auction.
Lena
This is another little cutie in her jammies
Moon Man
I made this for a felting challenge.
Little Girl
This is little Hazel. She sits about 6 inches tall. She is wearing a yellow dress. Click the link to watch a video!
Santa
Santa is about 20 inches tall. He is enjoying some down time in his red long-johns and wool socks.
Elf
This is Chieder. Check out his video!
Young Love
This couple is young at heart. And yes, it’s true Granpa’s in his Superman Underoos! Make sure to watch their video!
Grandpa Vern
My niece named him after my late father. The resemblance is a bit uncanny!
Grandpa Vern’s Woman
She doesn’t have a name – my niece just calls her Grandma.
Cookie
The sexiest distance between two points is a curve!
Hailey
I made Hailey in a workshop. She was supposed to be sunbathing but really, she looks better flying.
Kleebus
I made Kleebus in a class with Birgitte Krag Hansen. He is quite a character. The class was Funny Theatre Figures.
A. Einstein
Here is a needle felted over wire armature caricature of Albert Einstein.
Skye
This is Skye – A very early work. She is over a wire armature. Her handbag is needle felted as well.
Mush
This is my little tribute to my home town’s sled dog racing heritage. I even needle some of my husky mutts’ fur into the little dogs.
Nuno Felt Scarves
Wool felted onto silk
These are my first attempts but I think there can be no doubt where I got my inspiration. Photos taken in my front yard.
I have never seen such clever work in needle felting!!! They are all nothing less than amazing !!!
Beautiful, whimsical and spot on in their physical looks.
I am in love with this craft. You are the first one I found when trying to find a craft to relax me (per doctors order). I just started and I’m so excited to learn from your videos. I just made my first one of the finger puppets. I can use them (when I make more) in my Sunday school class for the preschoolers while teaching in a fun way. You truly are an inspiration and I am ready to dig in this deeper. It’s so addictive! Thank you for sharing your talent! Michelle Wyatt
Thank You Michelle!
So I just stumbled into felting recently and I am hooked👅
Your work is just so passionately crafted, it will be my go to for inspiration for sure.
Can’t wait to start use your videos to make my pieces come to life as yours.
One of my better addictions for sure.
Your work is amazing. Do you sell any f it?
Thanks Joan! Mostly I keep my dolls but I do make custom dolls from time to time.
Thanks Shelly and welcome to the club! It’s a great addiction and I know you are going to love it!
Hi Kay My dream is to make dolls as professional as yours. I would love to win a doll like this.
Where’s the great Howard Stern??
Hi Kay, Just fallen onto your site while felting your little Pixies. I am speechless with awe and wonderment.
What a talented lady you are.
Hi, I just noticed I could leave a comment here. Sorry I didn’t see this sooner, as I have jusy emailed you. Well now I know and next time I will comment here.
These are BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!
I just checked out this web site..Very nice…the photos of work are Fantastic..I am interested in felting..but i not sure i have the ability.My hat is OFF! to all who does the Felting…I am also interested in doing wall hangins
I was looking at making sock gnomes when I stumbled onto your tutorials for needle felting. I AM in AW!!! I have got to try this and could only hope to be half as talented as you.