Making Whoopi! A Needle Felted Doll

Meet Li’l Whoopi

I was commissioned by one her adoring fans to bring Whoopi Goldberg to life in needle felted wool. I couldn’t have thought of of a better subject myself!

She is solid needle felted wool with flexible needle felted joints. She stands on her own and is about 12″ tall. I wet felted her dreadlocks using Merino Roving. For her glasses, I used Merino prefelt that I needle felted and then wet felted.

Here is a glimpse of what she looks like in real Felt Alive life.

She was quite a project and a fun collaboration with my client. He had very specific requests for clothing and hair. I love how she turned out but my only problem is saying goodbye!

I literally fall in love with my dolls as they come to life on my felting pad. I have only recently started doing custom dolls for others instead of dolls for me – it is getting easier to part with them but never easy!

UPDATE!

My dolls bring all kinds of people into my life. Li’l Whoopi’s pictures that I posted here caught the attention of producers for The View – read the story HERE