Needle felted gnome

I have a thing for people characters at the moment lol not certain why as I love creating animals so much, maybe because people are always a challenge to me. Anyways this is a little gnome man I created this afternoon. He wears a simple outfit of green, his blue twinkling eyes and white beared give him a wisened look. I also made him a walking stick to hold onto.

Door slingers told you sewing would include needle felting

This is what I've been up to today! some sewing, I machine sewed this little pouch styled bag up and then added some recycled environmental bag strapping to it for added strength. To hide my somewhat dodgy sewing on the outside I needle felted four matching flowers and I think its come up a real treat! what do you guys think? I've put it in my etsy shop as a trial run to see how the ideas go. I think its great for putting on the back of the door as I made it a sideways handle. I'm calling them Door slingers haha.

cute needle felted chimp

Thank you all for the kind comments I'm starting to feel more like my old self.
I needle felted this cute little chimp last night, I'd seen some on Etsy I liked the look of and wanted to create one. I know I created a monkey awhile ago but I think monkeys are lovely animals. This is actually made from some of Kelly's alpaca fibre that she sent me. Thank you Kelly its wonderful to use. This weekend for us in Australia is a long weekend due to the fact its the Queens birthday. So on the public holiday we're picking up a new aviary (not that we haven't enough already but my oh assured me it was the bargain of the centuary haha) and over the weekend I'm hoping to get into some sewing *le gasp* yes something different to needle felting though I'll be incorporating it into the project I have in mind so we'll see what comes out of it. I got my sewing machine a year ago and since sewing classes have stopped I haven't used much of it the poor thing. So I'll have to dust it off.

very cute needle felted pooch

This is what I call the Baying sausage lol I think he resembles slightly of a sausage dog. I've been feeling absolutely terrible today but was able to work through some of it with this little guy. I hope to feel better by next week. But he's available on my Etsy store. He's a rather cute little thing I think.

little meerkat needle felted

Just wanted to put this little guy in lol I'm still feeling unwell I thought I was starting to get better but have the aches and just feel so tired. When I wake up is the worst. But evening is better so at least I can still try and needle felt a little. Also some news that cheered me up this week I won a give away that Kelly hosted and won some wool roving she creates. I'll post pics of that tomorrow however. This is a little meerkat I finished last night. He's about two inches long and his head can be gently posed. He is available in my Etsy store. Needle felting is so good to do especially when your unwell. It's an escapism for me. I feel that the stress and whatever else may be going on just disappears. Only times this doesn't help is if I have what I call the "block" going on when I just can't get into anything.

I hope to feel better soon... the weather has been horrid these past few days but it is winter in Melbourne, Australia. I've been drinking lots of honey and lemon drinks and resting a fair bit, well as much as the birds and animals will let me as I still have to feed and care for them every day!

needle felted old fashioned figure doll

I was watching Downton Abbey last night as I created Mrs Pertis, I rather like how she has transpired lol. I sewed her skirt in cotton material. She actually doesn't have any legs but sits quite well on her own. She is about 8 inches high and wears a matching plum colored hat to match her skirt and outfit. Her arms can move. This is why I dyed the beige wool the other day. I hope you like my Mrs Pertis.

Right now I'm full of a viral infection >> feels like the flue but my doctor assures me it isn't. I hate it! I'm whinging that much to my other half he is getting sick of me I think haha. But I got some medication today and some throat lollies and hopefully after some rest I can throw it off. I've been drinking honey and lemon drinks and keeping warm, or trying to with this cold snap we're having of a night.

Hope everyone else feeling better.

cute needle felted food

So I have been busy and was tempted to make cute little felted food so here it is my first attempt at food. I made a cute little iced heart shaped biscuit. An adorable little strawberry ice cream cone and a chocolate chip cookie. The heart cookie and the icecream cone both have different colored sprinkles.