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Welcome to my gallery of needle felted wool art dolls.  I hope they make you smile! 

My latest felting efforts have been focused on bringing to life caricatures of real people.

I call the following collection

CELEBRITY FELT ALIVE!

l-r Donald Trump, Marilyn Monroe, Ellen DeGeneres, Elton John, Conan O'Brien, Willie Nelson, Spock,

John Travolta, Janice Joplin, Will Ferrell  and Johnny Cash!

Felt Alive Needle Felted Celebrity Art Dolls by Kay Petal

Lil Lyle Lovett

Li'l Jay Leno

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Li'l Bono from U2

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Li'l Springsteen with Li'l Bono

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Li'l Donald Trump

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Li'l Ellen DeGeneres

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The Beatles

This project makes me so happy!  I have been dreaming of creating the Beatles since I started needle felting.

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Li'l Spock

"Felt Long & Prosper"

Needle felted celebrity art doll by Kay Petal

Li'l Travolta

Feltin' Alive in Alaska  (He's pretty interested in the sheep.)

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Li'l Mr. T

I Pity the Wool!

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Li'l Jackie Chan

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Li'l Johnny Cash

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Li'l Elvis!

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Li'l Marilyn Monroe

She turned out so tragic looking.

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Li'l Bob Dylan

He's one of my faves!!!

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Li'l Janice Joplin

What can I say?  She's my li'l rock star for sure!

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Li'l Elton John

A great way to challenge myself; bring such a flamboyant character to life!

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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!

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And check out Li'l Conan's epic adventure ice fishing here in Alaska!

The needle felted bear was made by me especially for this video.

My nephews, Nick and Ben Petal, made the stop-motion animation video.

Li'l Willie Nelson

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I've been a fan of Willie for many years and it was a great thrill to bring him to life in glorious wool!

Li'l Sarah Palin

Needle Felted Wool Doll

(I grew up with her here in Wasilla and just couldn't help myself.) 

And that concludes Celebrity Felt Alive!

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Needle Felted Wool Caricature Dolls

Contact Me if you would like me to bring a special person to life in Wool.

The next group of characters are purely from my imagination

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.

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. 

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

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A first Felt Alive Doll with removable dentures!

Evelyn

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Daisy

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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)

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Droits!

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Doc Treeboat

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Mindy

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I finally made a Felt Alive Dog

Rufus

Needle Felted Wool Dog

Crackers and His Bro', Alice

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Gladys

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Mac

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Igor

This is my needle felted tribute to the late, great Marty Feldman.

His Igor (Eye-Gor) character in the comedy Young Frankenstein is just classic!

Igor's Flickr Gallery

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Older Works

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. Clic 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. 

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