With 10 beautiful step-by-step projects, master the art of needle felting with this practical guide. Needle felting is an increasingly popular craft because it can be used to create almost anything! This book has everything you need to know to make your very own three-dimensional needle felted sculptures. After learning about the different types of wools, materials and tools needed, discover how to ‘jab’ fibres into basic shapes and build your own armatures from wire. Whilst they make wonderfu...
30 easy-to-make, stylish decorations all made from felt. The book includes templates, a comprehensive techniques section, guide to embroidery stitches and beautiful hand-drawn illustrations to accompany every project. The fabulous projects include mug hugs, hanging decorations, seasonal decorations, pillows, ornaments, wall-organisers, brooches, children’s toys and much more.
Felting on a ball is an innovative wet felting technique which uses a ball as a mould to create three-dimensional, hollow structures in felt. Following on from its sister title Wet Felting, this beautiful book explains the full process, from choosing and preparing your ball to the most successful techniques to help you produce a varied range of wet felted creations. It is full of practical guidance and showcases the versatility of this technique so you can create your own incredible three-dimens...
This lively full-colour illustrated craft book shows how to make a range of handicrafts from fleece and yarn, including toys, friendship bracelets and braids, balls, pompoms, dolls, dolls’ clothes and animals. With clear diagrams and step-by-step instructions, the book starts by introducing children to basic methods of spinning yarn, crocheting, knitting and felting. There is a broad range of projects for children of all ages to complete, working together with adults.
Bring animals from the farm, countryside and wood to life with the magic of feltcraft. Wool is a wonderfully natural and tactile material for crafting. This beautifully presented book guides readers through the creation of their own three-dimensional felt creatures from raw wool batting, using Rotraud Reinhard's unique 'building-up' method. From lazy cats to jumping squirrels, tiny mice to majestic deer, this richly illustrated book offers step-by-step instructions for more than 25 different ani...
In First Time Felting, felting and fiber expert Ruth Lane teaches a class for absolute beginners on three classic methods of felting. Start by learning about the various types of wool fibers used for felting, preparing them for the process, and simple methods for dyeing. Next, discover the basic supplies and techniques for needle felting, wet felting, and nuno felting. You’ll use those essential skills to make fun, easy projects—artworks, embellished fashions, three-dimensional figures, and...
Full instructions for making figures and pictures from natural sheep's wool. Plant-dyed wool offers great possibilities for creating scenes which stimulate the imagination.
More Enchanting Projects from the Author of Unicorn Crafts! Are you ready for an under-the-sea adventure? We’ve always been so curious about the underwater world, and this book brings us closer to the mystical universe where mermaids live with their aquatic friends, a world we could only dream of—until now! Featured here are dozens of entertaining projects, including: Treasure chestsCustom shoesMermaid jewelryPencil casesAnd much more! Whether you are just beginning, or are a pro-crafte...
Flower children are a fun craft activity which can be made from a range of easy-to-find materials, such as wool, felt and cotton. This book contains all the patterns and instructions you will need to make your own flower children, including strawberries, shamrocks, mistletoe and daisies, and is clearly illustrated with diagrams and photographs. It is a sequel to the ever-popular Making Flower Children, offering an entirely new set of flower children to make. The figures are arranged by season so...
Exploring Folk Art with Wool Appliqué & More
by Rebekah L Smith and Kelsey Anilee Smith
Elevate your wool applique! Stitch sixteen projects in the American folk-art style, from heartfelt home decor to handy sewing accessories. Each piece combines wool applique with a traditional handwork skill: embroidery, rug hooking, punch needle, yarn sewing, quilting, cross stitch, or dimensional mohair. Learn from the authors and their fellow folk artist friends as they collaborate on these creative projects and share expert tips and tricks.
This book includes detailed, step-by-step instructions for a range of lively and creative ideas, such as small dolls, finger and glove puppets, animals, finger- and wrist-bands, little gifts and even wall tapestries.
From the author of The Unofficial Book of Cricut Crafts and the creator of Hello Creative Family and Cutting Machine Crafting comes a brand new book, all about making handmade gifts with your Cricut cutting machine! Throughout the pages of this book, author Crystal Allen will walk you through thirty new Cricut projects that can be personalized and given as gifts, no matter the occasion. With her easy approach, "pro-crafter tips," and step-by-step photos, you'll feel like you're crafting with...
This craft book contains step-by-step instructions and beautiful colour photographs showing how to make an entire farm: with a range of felted animals, people and tools, as well as the farmyard itself. The second part of the book is a lovely illustrated story. It uses the characters, animals and settings from the first part to tell the story of a fun-filled day on a farm. You may choose to just make a couple of animals to supplement an existing farm set, or the entire farm, which is a great proj...
Arne & Carlos-30 Slippers to Knit & Felt
by Arne Nerjordet and Carlos Zachrison
"Arne & Carlos-30 Slippers to Knit-and-Felt is full of great ideas you're sure to fall in love with. The patterns are practical, playful, trendy, and even a bit silly. After a long day at work or even a long day traveling, there is nothing that says "home" more than a soft, warm pair slippers to slip on your feet. This fun collection of 30 designs will satisfy the slipper styles of everyone in the family, young or old, male or female. In addition to knitting instructions, techniques are covered...
More Felt Friends from Japan offers 80 projects for crafters of all ages. These easy-to-follow instructions and patterns are clear and don't require a sewing machine or tools. Every project has the popular Japanese 'kawaii' (cute) feel and the projects are comprised of animals, dolls, outfits, purses, tote bags and many other accessories. Makes an excellent gift for parents and children.
A collection of simple and cute mascots that can be made with felt fabric. This book contains s large number of various mascots such as sweets, matryoshka dolls, houses and vehicles, rabbits, cats, animals in zoos and aquariums�
Boasting countless benefits and applications, hand made felt is a chunky, durable and non-fraying fabric that can be used for fashion and home projects. With 'Complete Feltmaking', any crafter can learn the art of creating felt with a little fleece, water and soap. This exciting new book covers all aspects of feltmaking, from making simple flat felt to felting 3D shapes, as well as felting knitted work, needle felting and some slightly...
Felt With Love is a must-have book for anyone with an appreciation of adorable hand-crafted objects. It is a colourful one-off book, filled with 15 cute, fun and simple projects (plus some variations) made from felted wool. As well as easy to follow instructions and step by step photographs for each project, the book explains various stitching and embellishment techniques. Projects include mini hanging decorations, beautiful brooches, pincushions, various wall hangings, a couple Christmassy piec...
Start something new with fibre art expert Mia Boyle of Peanut Butter & Jelly Bean by Mia, and explore the world of modern macramé! Begin with the basics and learn tools, materials, and simple knotting techniques for fibre arts, and then move onto making beautiful projects. Includes step-by-step instructions to create projects using macramé feathers, rope-wrapped rainbows, wallhangings, and more.
Wet felting is an incredible textile art form that offers enormous opportunity for genuine creativity and innovation. This beautiful book is a complete guide to the process, from the basic techniques through to using embellishment materials to decorate your felt and resists to structure it. There are step-by-step instructions to nine projects, plus ideas for variations and an introduction to an innovative felting ball to create fully 3D-felted forms. Packed with practical advice throughout, this...
Felt Forest Friends comes with everything you need to create a menagerie of cute critters! From the winking owl to the sweet little bumblebee to the shy raccoon, these are the forest’s most cuddly creatures. Inside you’ll find an illustrated instruction book with easy-to-follow steps for 20 projects—including how-tos for basic embroidery stitches—die-cut templates, and everything you need to make 10 projects: an acorn, bear, beaver, deer, frog, hedgehog, leaf, raccoon, robin, and tree.