Felt Alive Creations

2011-05-23

It’s a Worm’s Life – Felt Alive Needle Felted Worms

I made some needle felted worms today over wire. I rarely use wire but this was easy and fun! UPDATE – You can learn how to make these silly little creatures and more in my new FUN, Easy (and free) needle felting video workshop. Garden Art

2010-09-27

Felt Alive Needle Felted Witch

Yes, Shakespeare said “wool of bat”! I didn’t use bat wool, but I did use wool batt. 😉 This Needle Felted Witch has so much attitude! She is definitely influenced by the witch I grew up with watching Wizard of Oz. She stands on her own and is about 14″ tall – no wire armature,… C

2009-07-18

Daisy – A Felt Alive Needle Felted Doll

Little Daisy is my latest needle felted doll. She stands about 7″ tall and is solid needle felted wool. Her hair is made from handspun wool yarn. Those of you familiar with my work know that I rarely offer my dolls for sale. As living conditions for my needle felted collection ge

2009-05-16

Clementine

I made Clementine for a VERY special project. She made a long trip to China to a doll manufacturer to study her for possible mass production of my designs. Well, it was no big surprise to learn that they cannot be easily reproduced – the style does not lend itself to the assembly

2009-01-01

Happy Felting in 2009!!

2008-09-09

The Felt Alive Hilda Challenge

I challenged myself to capture the essence of Hilda – A vintage plus-sized pinup caricature by artist, Duane Bryers.

2008-07-20

Cyrus

My largest needle felted doll to date. Cyrus stands 23″ tall

2008-07-20

Tree Droits

It started with one needle felted Droit (the little white one,) and they just keep multiplying. They really do have fun playing in the trees. UPDATE This little guys are so fun to make, I decided to teach you how. Felt Alive DROITS is a great way to learn the basics of sculptural

2008-07-18

Escape to the Mountains

My nephew and his girlfriend stole away into the Talkeetna Mountains here in Alaska the other day with several of my characters in tow. They returned with the most fabulous photos! My Felt Alive DROITS seemed to have the BEST time! You can learn how to make these magical creature

2008-06-09

Doc Treeboat – a needle felted soft sculpture

This is my latest needle felted soft sculpture. This guy was so fun to create! I used undyed wool batting for his core body parts. The fun adventure for me was blending 4 colors of Norwegian C1 wool batting together to give him this wonderful skin tone. He is anatomically correct

2008-05-30

Latest Addition to my Felt Alive Family

Meet Mindy! A sweet little felt alive needle felted doll. She is solid needle felted wool and she flexes and moves nearly like she is alive. Mindy loves to play outside in the yard! She is an adventurous little thing; climbing trees and dreaming of sailing away to explore far awa

2008-05-19

Rufus – My first soft-sculpted canine!

This is my first attempt at needle felting a dog without the use of a wire armature. He is soft and flexible and seems nearly alive.

2008-05-19

Little Gladys an original Needle Felted Art Doll

This is little Gladys! She is such a silly little thing! As I’m learning to create needle felted art dolls, I am discovering the magic of blending colors for blush and shading to really bring the wool to life. Little Glady’s is about 12″ tall and stands on her own (with a little

2008-05-16

A Dude Named Alice in Needle Felted Wool

This is Alice. He looks like a laid back old surfer dude to me and I just love him! It never ceases to amaze me what comes to life in needle felted wool. I started out (as usual) without knowing what or who I was going to create. Needle felting is fun for someone like… Continue r

2008-05-13

He’s Totally Crackers! Needle Felting a Character Doll

I sat down with the intention of needle felting a character doll. Not just any doll, but a buddy for another doll I just finished. I was so in love with Alice, I had to make him a buddy. Let me introduce Crackers (on the left.) A fun loving Australian beach dude livin’ it up… Con

2008-04-16

Mac – Extreme Needle Felting – developing a needle felted character

Meet Mac! He is my crazy little Scotsman with a penchant for Irish Whiskey. Developing a needle felted character has its challenges. What I planned to create was a grumpy little man in a wool suit and what actually came to life is a Scotsman named Mac with a bit of attitude. When

2008-03-30

Needle Felted Moon Men

These needle felted moon characters were SO FUN to create. They are each roughly 8 inches tall and are 100% wool. They are both rather soft and flexible.

2008-02-23

Jammie Kids! Needle Felted Baby Dolls

I’ve just made some adorable needle felted baby dolls. It was a challenge, but I love making them. Check out my creations! Also, I have a 10-hour tutorial available.

2007-12-03

It’s Santa!

This is Santa during his off time. He is wearing his red Union Suit and wool socks. He is about 20 inches tall and is very soft and huggable. I think I captured the twinkle in his eye!!

2007-12-03

Little Girl

I think her name is Hazel. She just jumped off my felting pad today. She is really difficult to photograph and is SO much cuter in person. She is another example of a wool soft sculpture – she is so soft and huggable. In her seated position she is about 8 ” tall. Make sure… Conti

2007-11-27

Chieder The Elf

Here is my latest character to leap off my felting pad. His name is Cheider and he is the largest I have made so far. He stands about 20″ tall to the tip of his hat. He is made of 100% wool with no wire armature. I wet felted his hat and it is removable.… Continue reading Chieder

2007-11-22

Needle Felted Zaftig Doll

This is Cookie! She knows that a curve is the sexiest distance between two points and she is proud of her voluptuous figure. From a Yiddish word meaning ripe and juicy, Zaftig has come to be understood as pleasantly plump. Cookie is needle felted out of 100% wool. She is very sof

2007-05-06

Bjarney The Icelandic Night Troll.

This Bjarney! He is an Icelandic Night Troll. Icelandic legend has it that these mischievous trolls come out at night. They must be well hidden during the day as even one ray of sun can turn a Night Troll into stone. Bjarney sits about 7″ tall. With the exception of his hair, Bja

2007-05-04

Mush!!

Finally! I finished my little sled dog team. It’s Grandpa Harry out for a Sunday drive with his pups. Grandpa doesn’t race anymore but he still loves to train and run his dogs. The pups are just mastering their sport. Grandpa taught them well as they navigate the trail like old p

2007-04-19

Jackrabbit Slim

This was a fun little guy to make. I used local wool from a little Shetland sheep that lives in Palmer named Shiska. Her beautiful, course wool gave JR Slim a very primitive feel. I think he looks so proud against his gorgeous background. The photos were taken outside my home stu

2007-02-24

Life In Pink

This is Sylvie, a lovely French gal who is young at heart. I created her for a felting challenge at feltingforum.com. The challenge is Felt Me a Tune. Her song of inspiration is La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf.

2007-02-10

New Felt Creations

This is Queenie!! Queenie is a gem in the rough. We are still working on her fingers and toes! She has a bit of attitude so I have to be sure to get her right! She still resides on the foam pad, needing some attention. She is the first one that has no wire armature… Continue read

2007-02-03

New felt creations

This is Skye. She stands about 12″ tall and is my first completed and dressed doll. I spent countless hours needle felting over a wire armature. Not bad for a newbie!! Having a blast with this needle felting stuff! Here is a work in progress – Her name is Gertie – she stands abou