The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: Tilly on November 24, 2011, 04:53:05 pm
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Hi :wave:
I`ve finished Fergus ............(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae26/thomsett_bucket/PB246771.jpg) :o ;D :goat:
He took a bit of doing!!!, and I did cheat a bit by using some cattle hair for his coat- which I think makes him look more Billyish! ( O H had just trimmed the backs on some fattening cattle! :cow:)
Got Fergus to pose for you on a log----
(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae26/thomsett_bucket/PB246729-1.jpg)
I put some thin wire in his legs and horns to help to hold their shape- but other than that all just felted wool.
Tilly ::) :wave:
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he is adorable
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He's brilliant :goat: :thumbsup:
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Is that needle felting? He is fantastic.
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He is wonderful, how clever. :goat:
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I want him! :-[ :love: :love: :love: :love:
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No i want him!! :P
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Fergus is fab!
Are you selling them on the marketplace crafty section? ... would make perfect pressies for the smallholder who has everything!!
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I would LOVE him on my stall!! If you do decide to sell, I'd definately be interested!! he's gorgeous, you are SO clever!!
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Oh wow, he's beautiful - I'd love one like him ;D Needlefelting?
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He is soooo gorgeous. I love him. :love:
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He is lovely! I'd take him home at the drop of a hat!
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..... well at least Fregus does not have that smell I have in my memory of Billy`s ! :-\ ;)
I really am enjoying the needle felting, i think it suits me as their are no patterns or rules to follow! -- just get some raw fleece needles a piece of foam to work on and off you go !.........
Tilly :wave:
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You have an amazing talent Tilly - it is like you are injecting their personality in as you make them! the character in Fergus's face reminds me so much of my Reggie :) absolutely stunning!!
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i want him too...gorgeous
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He is absolutely fabulous, don't know the first thing about needle felting but you have obviously got a real talent. Thanks for showing us all, you must feel mighty proud of him :thumbsup:
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....Thankyou to everyone for your positive replies :) -some projects work better than others and Fergus seems to have been one that appeals well!! :goat:
Miss Piggy :wave: --- I have had no instuction on how to "needle felt" only what I have seen off "the web".
It is easy to do .......and you can make virtually anything -- I reckon a pig would be fairly straight forward! :pig:
.... go on try it! I`m sure you will be surprised at what you can do .
looking forward to see other needle felting projects on here.....
Tilly :wave:
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Tilly,
I think he is really lovely. You have definitely got a talent there.
I have recently started doing some needle felting after seeing Kirstie doing it on the TV last week. Mine is very simple stuff though, nothing like yours. I am just using felt as the base and basically felting another bit of felt on top of that. What base do you use?
Sally
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Hi Bionic :wave:
Hope your project is coming together....it does not matter what you do as long as you enjoy doing it! ;D .
The base is exactly the same as what you see on the top- all just solid wool!
When I first started the needlefelting ......I found it difficult to conceive ??? how" plain fluffy fleece" can be transformed into a solid mass by stabbing it with a needle! and even more amazing and almost magical ,from that point how the dense solid mass of wool can then be moulded into a form e.g--(http://i954.photobucket.com/albums/ae26/thomsett_bucket/PA126699.jpg) -but some how it just works...
Tilly :wave:
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.....and I want him too.......very very clever. :trophy:
How come my needlefelting aminals all look likes crosses between sheep/donkeys and frogs ??? ??? in other words......completely unidentifiable. :-\ :-\
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....oh Blinkers :bouquet:-- I`m trying to visualize your felted creature........... :horse: X :goat: X :sheep: X :dog: :o ;D
Well if you just put some eyes on--- that will bring it to" life" and you can tell everyone it is a new species of animal !! ;D :D ;
"Bless you" Tilly :wave: