Felted Wool & Ribbon Ornament Balls Materials: Styrofoam Balls (we used egg shapes because we found some in the back of the closet) Colorful Wool Roving Ribbon (enough to wrap the ball 3x) Thread that matches the Ribbon optional: Needle felting tools Felted Wool & Ribbon Ornament Balls Directions Smooth out a section of wool …
Wool Roving Ornaments
Confession… we are in full blown Christmas mode here. We are so “That Family”… you know the type that already has the tree up (or should I say trees) and lights on the house (although we haven’t turn them on yet). The kids wanted to decorate and it seemed like a good idea to me. …
Gift Boxes
Just a quick peek at something new we are going to be doing here at Wee Folk Art. When we give gifts, not only do we want our gifts to be lovely, we want our presentation to be just as charming. So, we plan to start sharing Gift Boxes. These will be collections of our crafts, thematically …
The Abandoned Cart
My last shopping trip to Plastic and Batteries R Us occurred about 25 years ago. I normally got my Christmas shopping done early. Many years I was done by Halloween, but that particular year I was behind schedule. Not because I was lacking spirit. Not even that I was lacking the money necessary to finance …
Stocking Stuffers – Nubbie Dolls
One of the nicest things about our ever growing data base of patterns and appliques, is the ability to mix and match projects, or to repurpose projects for different needs. For example, take the pattern for our Nubbie Doll, make it in a beautiful Christmas flannel, and you have an absolutely perfect stocking stuffer for …
How to Cut Out Felt
I threw together a tutorial on How To Cut Out Felt. That may sound a little silly, but the difference between a quality felt piece is as much about neat cutting as it is neat stitching. Fair warning… this was not on my plate for today, so I did rush through this a bit. Let me …
HOW TO CUT FELT LIKE A PRO!
This is going to be my shortest blog ever! In the past 24 hours I have been bombarded with questions from people wanting to know how I cut my felt. I gave an explanation in a comment, but I’ve had follow up questions. I think the easiest way to handle this is to do a little tute. …
Felt Tree Gnome Forest
After a year and a half, I have finally completed the tutorial for our Felt Tree Forest. Better late than never, right? And before anyone asks… and I know you will… I do not have a tutorial for the Holiday Gnomes. They were part of last year’s Holiday Giveaway. I have the pattern, and a …
Wool Felt Tree Forest Pattern
Our Christmas gnomes, Holly and Noel, are in the Evergreen Forest dicussing the possibility of snow! Directions for a large tree (6″), medium tree (4″) and bush (2″) can be found below. Wool Felt Tree Forest Pattern Materials: 1/4″ dowel rod: (6″ tall, 4″ medium, and 2″ bush.) base: approximately 1 1/2″ sliced branch, 3/4″ tall NOTE: …
Fairy In the Tree
We’ve gotten a few inquiries about the little Fairy sitting in a tree in the Felt Forest. In answer to every one’s questions, no, we do not have a pattern for the fairy. He was made using the directions for pipe cleaner fairies in Salley Mavor’s incredible book, Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects. Making the fairies …
I’m Just Sayin’…
Just a couple three things I wanted to mention this morning before I got sucked into the weekend! First, even if you’re making most of your own gifts this holiday season… kudos to you BTW… if you’re in need of a few purchased items, visit the shops in our Support Homemade Holidays. These are Wee …
Gathering Materials for the Felt Forest
Long, long ago… in an enchanted forest far, far away… Last year I posted directions for making the wooden peg gnomes. They were standing in front of some felt evergreens I had just thrown together. I didn’t bother writing up the directions at the time… I wasn’t featuring the trees… they were just a backdrop …