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Donna's Duin BruinsYou all were so helpful with the glue question, I thought I would pose another one. I like to use glass beads in the bottom of the feet on my self standing bears. Can I needle felt into the bottoms of the feet that have glass beads in them? I'm not sure if that will also make a difference in their ability to stand. Will I need to be careful to balance out the needle felting? Then I ask myself why would you needle felt onto a foot that is going to be standing.
Thanks for any help.
Donna
Rufnut Teddy'sHi Donna, I have heard of glass beads being used for weighting needlefelted items only, I have not tried this as yet. I would assume that you would need to have them bound up in something and then enclose wool around it before you begin any felting.
Would like to hear of others opinions on this as well. 
Flying Fur StudiosDonna, wouldn't really work. The felting needs to adhere to the backing and the filling.
So if you just put a layer is polyfill BEFORE the glass beads, you won't have any issue. The needle won't break if and when it hits the glass beads. I just did that exact same thing on a bunny I just made, so I know it works.
Show us pictures...........................LOL
Donna's Duin BruinsThanks Heather,
Will a nice thick layer of polyester quilt batting cut to the shape of the footpad work? I want it fairly flat. Did your bunny self stand?
Donna
Posts: 8,574I hope I'm not too tired to understand your question.....but I use glass beads and when I want to needle felt the bottom paw pads I use batting (tons left over from quilting) I cut up little pieces and stuff it in then add the glass and then finish stuffing....the cotton batting gives me something more than glass beads to felt into.
Baird'sBears I just finished a bear with weighted feet and needlefelted toes.
I needlefelted the toes onto the pawpads and footpads before attaching them, actually before cutting them out--it really helped to have a surface to work on that was larger than a single footpad, and doing them all together helped me to keep the toes even and consistent.
And I didn't stab myself so often 
Flying Fur StudiosSorry Donna, just read your question now
A thin layer of batting would work fine. As long as there is something a little thicker than the mohair.
Yes, my bunny does stand, but it took some balancing from the felted toes to do so.
Give it a go! I can't wait to see what you've come up with!
PM me if you have any more questions
