Fall Fiber Festival

Little girl with flower headband

This weekend was the Fall Fiber Festival in Montpelier Station, Virginia. 

My friend Allegra always has a booth there and I was able to help her a bit and also take a few things of my own to sell. The little girl in the picture above was a bit reluctant to have her picture taken and, somewhat reluctantly, allowed me to photograph her. 

Thank goodness for my new smart phone!

 I LOVE how it looks on her!

Needle felted Santa's waiting to go to the  Montpelier Fall Fiber Festival

It's that time of year!!! Getting ready for Christmas and making Santas... there is a Mrs Claus in this photos... can you find her?

Needle Felted Acorns

I have been collecting acorns for awhile intending to needle felt some & put the "tops" back on. Motivated be the fall and my husbands willingness to use his Dremel tool to drill tiny holes in the tops for the ribbon to go through, I have finally made some.Here are some I have made as Christmas ornament's. I also made some as necklaces &  some just to use as decoration.

Angels... wooly & wonderful!

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I have been needlefelting these angels today... they have helped to keep my mind on healing thoughts while  my sweet cocker spaniel, Millie, had eye surgery today.  In the past year, she has had four surgery to remove tumors from her lower eyelid. Today they had to remove her eye! It was with a heavy heart i dropped her off at the vet this morning. But I am hopeful that this will be the last of the seemingly endless vet visits and that she can heal up and live out the rest of her years in peace.

needle felted angels

view from behind

Pengiuns visit the Aquarium

I have been enjoying making these little creatures!

 They are about 3-4 inches tall & each one take about hours and a half ( or longer ) to needle.

 I try to do it while watching TV but mostly it means

 I do not actually watch the TV or I stab myself~ OUCH

they are fascinated by the myriad of fish!

Needle felted Penguins on holiday!

But willing turn to pose for a group shot.

Happy penguins on holiday!

Pumpkins & Penguins

I've been making little needle felted pumpkins and penguins!

 These are not quite done, but I wanted to write a post and there's that saying:

 "a picture is like a thousand words" ( or something like that).

needle felted penguin

This is a close up of the penguins and is really more true to color. I have wet felted some wool that I intend to use for the feet and am considering how I want to do the eyes. The book, wool pets  by Laurie Sharp, was a given to me a few weeks ago by a dear friend. It is a delightful book of needle felted "pets".  I had been eager to try making these. They are so cute and fun to make.

needle felted penguins atop of needled felted pumpkins

I am off now to add some stems to the pumpkins and the finishing toughes to the penguins

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Kokeshi ladies go to new homes!

Japanese Kokeshi dolls needle felting
Group photo!

This weekend the 4H Summer Inbound Exchange program came to a close. Forty Japanese teenagers had spent a month in Virginia staying with host families from all parts of the state. This is an amazing program that matches host families and Japanese youth for a one month "homestay". It is an incredible opportunity to create lifelong friendships and build cultural understanding.

My sweet little needle felted dolls were given as a Thank- you gift to the families that hosted the students and chaperones.

the pink sisters!

close up of hair & flowers

 I had a lot of fun making all of them and it was a bit sad to see the go, but I know they will be happy with their new families. And. hopefully, be a nice reminder of their Japanese son or daughter.

The Joy of Felting!

 Last week Leslie and I taught a week long class at Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Va .
We had an awesome group of students!
Below is our class proudly displaying their felted goodies at the student craft showcase




Joy of  Felting  @ Augusta Heritage Center Summer 2012

wet felted tea cozy & wet felted bowls