Needle felted Fururama christmas tree skirt

This project took me over a week to finish but I'm very happy with it. I'm a tiny bit burnt out on needle felting now but I've got plenty of sewing projects to get done to take my mind off of it.

Here's the photo Ryan asked me to make into a christmas tree skirt. Initially I thought I would embroider it but that would have taken a year. So even though I'm fairly new to needle felting I decided to make it that way. 

Here's the finished skirt. Maybe I should've used a different table cloth for these pictures. Blue on blue is hard to see. Oh well.

I couldn't find enough wool roving in all the colors I needed for this project so I spent a lot of time untwisting wool yarn and brushing it out with a baby hair brush to get a lot of these colors. Even so, I wish I had more shades of green and grey. 

It was hard to make the eyes even. Maybe thatgets easier with practice? 

Ever been so mad you choked a reindeer? 

I felted Zoidberg's face tentacles separately and then attached them to give it a better texture. So realistic. 

Wish I would have had more grey colors for bender. Oh well, he still came out nice I think. 

Santa's gun was my favorite part of this project. Came out perfect. 

That took way too long but I think it was worth it. Now on to the next item on my mountain of holiday sewing to complete. :-)

-Elizabeth

Needle felted portraits and more!

I love the look of needle felting but I've never really been brave enough to give it a try until recently. So here are my initial practice pieces that I finished up a few weeks ago. I've got a big piece that I'll be posting later this week that I'm sure you'll love so don't forget to follow my blog or like me on facebook, k? Here you go:

Started small. A ball. If I can make a ball then I can make more complicated shapes, right? Like I said, this is practice. 

Next I made a puppy! He's a little cartoon-ish but I still like him. Maybe someday I'll be able to make those hyper-realistic animals I see on the interwebs. 

I like the idea of mixed media felting and sequin art. Shiney and soft! Not liking the sequin eyes though. Super creepy. 

Rainbow sequin afro cat. Groovy. 

This was a request. I tried to do some slightly more complicated color blending and shading. I think it came out nice. 

My boyfriends favorite: tiny mounted elephant head. I stabbed my fingers quite a bit making this one. 

And that's all for now. Check back soon for more updates. Big holiday project in the works. It's exciting haha.