Little red box

Here's a box I made for a christmas present. Do you think Lori will like her new box?

It's made using different colors and finishes of red delica beads.

Hehehe, I think it looks a bit like blood dripping down the sides of the box.

Thanks for looking.

She's almost done

Meet Copy

I made this little rendition for my friend Laurie Erickson in Minnesota.

She measures 5 inches long and 3.5 inches tall. I need to do a few more things to her and she will be ready for her trip to Minnesota.

She's ready to play!

She is completely needle felted, has glass eyes and comes with her own needle felted mat.

More quilts

Yes, I'm still needle felting. In fact, I'm finishing up a Basenji for a friend. I should have it done this week.

On the other hand I'm still working on the fabric destash. So far I have made eight quilted runners. I have donated three of them to Handmade 4 Hounds. Handmade 4 hounds is a wonderful Etsy shop that donates all of it's proceeds to a different hound charity every month.

Here's the link to Handmade 4 hounds

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5676431

Below are my three lastest quilts.

I have also finished another beaded box and started on two more needle felted items, a rabbit and whippet.

A five sided box

Another box. This time it's a pentagon.

Box measures 1 1/2 inches high and 1 3/4 inches wide


Made using the peyote stitch and tubular peyote stitch.


Beads used are Delica size 11.

A few quilts

Ok, so I haven't been doing much needle felting. But, I am working on my first needle felted Basenji, so far I have the body and front legs started.

Here are a few quilts I made.

The top quilt has Basenji appliques and the bottom quilt has Whippet appliques. All quilting is done with 100% cotton fabric.

Black Horse

Here is a commissioned horse I finally finished.

Needle felted from Norwegian and Dorset wools.
No patterns are ever used to create my one of a kind needle felted sculptures.

He measures 6.75 inches tall , 8.75 inches long and not quite 2" wide.

Another box

Yes, I'm facinated by these boxes.

So this time I've made a six sided box.

It's about 1.5 inchhes tall excluding the feet., and 1.75 inches wide.

And yes I have also finished needle felting a black horse.

Alas

I have nothing made this week. But, I do have things in progress, like, a hexagon beaded box, a black needle felted horse and two small appliqued quilts.

In the meantime here are some pics of my boys.

Nearly my two year old on the left with his best buddy Buster who is 5 years old.
Here is Nearly lying on the bed. How can you not love that sweet face. This sweet boy can do no wrong!!

The pile party consisting of Skeezix my 14 years old, bless his sweet old self. Buster in the middle and as usual Nearly on the bottom.

Thanks for looking!!

Got boxes

Sometimes you have to put down the wool and make someting different. So here is my first little beaded triangle box. It measures 1.5 inches x 1.5 inches.
Box is made from delica beads using the peyote and tubular peyote stitch and fireling 6lb test fishing line. It has 8 mm round beads for feet and a 10mm bead finial on the lid.

Meet Elyse

This lovely one of a kind fairy was created using Geri's unique needle felting techniques.

Her body and head are completely needle felted, fully articulated and have ball and socket joints.

She stands a mere 9 inches tall and has glass eyes.

Her outfit is made from raw silk with vintage english lace trim and has crystal buttons.

She also wears felt shoes.

She wears a Burr Oak acorn cap.

She also has gold tone wire wings.

A bit about Geri:

She has won many awards for her unique teddy bears including Best of Show, Linda Mullins. And first place at the British Bear Show in London England. Her latest award is a Fist Place showing in both the Gold Coast and Adalaide, Australia shows in 2008.She has also designed for Disney and Annette Funicello.
Currently Geri has prefected her doll designs to include ball and socket joints and a functional armature system for all her needle felted dolls and anamals. Her dolls have delicate features unlike any other in the Neelde Felting Art World.

You can find her for sale at Dogfacegirls Etsy Shop

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15681462

Thanks for looking

Petey the Penguin

Here's Petey, he stands a mere 4 inches tall and is completely needle felted. He had little black glass eyes. He even has his own little iceberg to stand on..

Looky here

Well it's about time I got someting finished. Here is a sweet whippet boy in play bow. Yes, this is one of my favorite poses to make. I also felted him a mat and beaded him a collar. He's off to his new home in Illinois later this week.

Oh goodness

Another week gone by and I realize I haven't posted anything. That's because everything is in various stages of completion. And, I've been trying to get some "wet felting" done. I need to practice my wet felting techniques to start on my Patricia Spark's Watercolor Felt Workbook. Patricia's book is all about doing pictorial felts using wet and dry felting methods.

I'm still here

Have taken the week off to put a roof on my friends house. OMG this old body aint what it used to be, and I'm only fiddy tooooo. Never do any job that requires your arse to be higher then your head!!

A couple of finished Whippets

This sweet little girl went to her new home in Hawaii.

Does my butt look big?
This little girl is on her way to Texas.

Mr Moose is done!

I have decided Mr Moose is finally done.
Yay!! He's done.