Meet Daisy Mae

Here she is.

Daisy Mae is my donation piece to Whippet Rescue and Place(WRAP) Raffle for the Whippet National 2009.

Here's the link to get your raffle ticket:

http://www.whippet-rescue.com/2009WRAPraffle.html

I cannot be there in person this year, nope, not going to Atlanta.

This is one of my favorite poses to make. Whippet in play bow.

She is 5 3/4 inches long and 3 inches high. Needle felted wool. She has black glass eyes and is lightly airbrushed. She also has a hand beaded collar and stands on her own needle felted mat.
Thanks so much for looking.
As soon as the pages are up I will post the URL so you can take part in the raffle.

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.

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.

Just a bunny and Mr Moose is back

Mr Moose is finally nearing completion.
The most difficult part of this moose has been the antlers. But I finally made some antlers that I like.
Here's a little bunny I just finished. He's on his way to Pa in a day or two.

Meet da boys

A couple of hares of a different sort.

This is Twist. He stands a mere 5" tall including ears.

Such a sweet boy Twist is.

This is Tangle. He stands a whopping 10" tall including ears.

Here are the two of them together.

Mr Moose in progress

So this is how far I have gotten.

Here is one of the pics I'm working from.

I've been working, honest!

Since I've been back from the National I've been playing catch up.

I've made this quilt for my friends soon to be 90 year old mother. It has pictures of the grand and great grand kids.
This Whippet named Nickelby sits a whopping 12 inches tall..What was I thinking..That's a whole lot of poking!!
And, I made this 15 inch Polar bear, He is made from Alpaca and is stuffed with polyfil and pellets.

Thanks for looking!!

Wanna Play

Meet Melrose. He just wants to play all the time.

Meet Bun Bun

So it occured to me that one can't go to the Whippet National and just sell needle felted Whippets. One must also make a few bunnies too! So without further adieu here's Bun Bun the first of three to four bunnies I am making. Oh lordie me. did I say I only have three weeks to go. It's back to work for me.

A couple of more pieces..

Two more whippets done. I am really quite taken with the fawn one. Well back to work for me. Thanks for looking.

Getting ready for the Whippet National

So this is my first year having a sales table at the Whippet National. I have finished these two dogs this weekend. I have 4 weeks left until the event and not enough thing made, YIKES!!

here's me work table

So here is my work counter today. Everything is in progress.

A few more pics of Black Whippet

Here is black whippet all finished and sporting a hand beaded collar by me using an off loom techique called the peyote stitch. I also included a pic of the reference dog Zinfy owned by Annie of Wild About Whippets.

Remember the Black Whippet

Here she is now with ears, eyes, tail and some color.

Well here is a pic of black Whippet from December, in progress.

So, what exactly is Needle Felting.

Here is the wool after the sheep has been sheared and the tags have been taken off. The next stage is to wash the wool to remove the lanolin, dirt and as much vegetable matter as possible.



Here is the wool after it has been washed with detergent to remove lanolin, dirt and vege matter. The next stage is to card the wool.

Above is the wool after it's been carded.


The hand carders below looke like large dog brushes. These are used to tangle up the wool and prepare it for needle felting.
These are the needles used to poke the wool and creat art. The needles come straight from the manufacturing world where they are used to create flat felt. A 3d felter like me will hold one or two of these needles in her hand and poke the wool to creat shapes.

All that being said. The needle felter can also buy the wool all ready carded, either in batts or roving. It also comes dyed in a myriad of colors. There are also many different types of wool. Such as Alpaca, Llama, Merino...You can also felt some types of dog hair.

fun stuff

This wonderful giraffe is made by my friend and business partner Geri Williams. Geri will be teaching a class in Australia to make this giraffe. He is made from flat felt, stuffed with wool and has needle felted spots and features.
Three horses. The largest horse is the one I have been working on forever, lol. The other two horses are made by my friend and partner Geri Williams.



This lovely fairy is made by my friend and partner Geri. She is riding the horse I have be working on and hope to have done soon.