Teddy Talk: Creating, Collecting, Connecting

Thanks so much  

I think the outfit definitely makes this bunny face pop.  I deliberately chose a fabric that was harmonious with the eye colour because I knew the fur colour would wash her out otherwise. She is waiting on eyelashes and some minor finishing touches that I hope will make a big difference to how she looks.  She now has a tiny felted 'dolly' that is made over a wire armature so its bendy.  I'll post photos of the two together when I'm finished

I've been felting since May this year.  Her face took me about 12 hours to felt.  I like my felting to be really firm so I tend to spend a fair amount of time on it.

The eyes are also my first attempt at hand painting German glass clear eyes.  They took about ten minutes. LOL.

I've been working on a cute little plush bunny with a felted face for a couple of days.  She's still a WIP but I'm so happy with her that I wanted to share her with you all

She is lovely Tracey.  I too, am a relative newbie to needle felting and have recently come back to bear making after an eight year break from it.

Great felting!

Thanks Nicole.  I love your bunnies also. I've been quite inspired by your beautiful creations.  I hope one day my work will be as worthy of commendation as yours :D

Thanks also to you, Tracey.  I just had a quick look at your blog and coincidentally I am currently working on a small pink/white plush bunny with a felted face.  Mine is very different to yours, of course, but how funny is that? xo

I hope one day, my work will be considered good enough to be nominated for some awards.  Thanks to all of you amazing felt artists who have inspired me <3 :love:

I've been felting away madly for the past couple of months and am really getting into the whole soft sculpture idea.  Here are some of my recent creations.

Thanks Conni, I appreciate that

Thanks Conni, he's my favourite so far too

I read somewhere once that the path to true mastery is to approach everything you do as if you are always a beginner, no matter how much you actually know on the subject.  Doing this will allow you to always have the open mind required to continue expanding your knowledge base.  If you go into something as if you are already an expert then your mind is closed to new ideas and therefore the discovery of new ways to do things.   

Sounds to me like you're on the right path 

Aww thanks Bobbie, coming from a master of felted miniatures like yourself that means a lot

gorgeous!

Ooh he's just gorgeous.  I love all your bears, you have such a unique style and it has such massive appeal.   

Thanks Janice, it was a great learning experience and I think next time I attempt this I'll do a much better job 

Thanks

LOL I'm sure she'll get straight on that 

I've been practicing my felting.  These two are my third and fourth needle felted miniatures.

10cm tall, 5 way jointed with German glass eyes (I really like this one)

6cm tall, 5 way jointed, bead eyes.

He's SO very cute.  Lovely hat too

Thanks everyone.

Oh my goodness yes!  Its great fun.  Apart from the shredded fingertips that is 

Thanks.  Its the picture angle.  I was very careful to make sure his feet were the same length.

Lol. Thanks. Yes I thought he had a rather shocked expression.  I like him though

I had my first attempt at needle felting a few days ago and the logical next step was trying a miniature.  This is Neville.  He's my second miniature.  He measures 10cm from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head (not including his ears).  He's thread jointed and has glass bead eyes.  He is made from Merino wool.

Hi everyone.  I was looking about the forums a couple of days ago and was inspired to try needle felting for the first time ever.  This is my first bear in 8 years :D

Thanks, it has a long way to go before its anywhere near finished though

Ive just tried something similar to what you've done Judi.  But I think I did it the hard (read; probably stupid) way.  I made insets for the side of the face and the cheeks don't look quite like I had planned.  Unlike yours Judi, which look fantastic by the way.  This will be the first bear I've made in over 8 years, so I'm sadly out of practice and my bears aren't nearly as good as so many of those made by the talented members here.  Here is the head (so far)...