Bears, oh my! On sale two more days!

This past week, I've been busy with needle felting stuff. It's always so relaxing to get back to poking away with my needle. There's a challenge in Cloth, paper, Scissors, which I must enter. One of my flat pieces needs finishing for the occasion.

New Tutorial

But I digress, I was going to talk about my Bears. I made some new ones and wrote a tutorial while I was at it. Once you understand the techniques, you can make these in a few hours. The tutorial has step by step photos, loads of them!! You'll be needle felting tiny Teds in no time!! Click the yellow Ted to see the tutorial.

Kits on Sale

To help you along, I've had the kits on sale this month. All kinds of kits, not just bears. Two more days, if you want a kit with 20% off!! Click the picture to see the kits.

This guy is so funny. I love the patches on his eyes and his paddy paws. All added with wool fiber and needle felted on. You can customize these in so many ways! I taught this as a class and one of the ladies made one in the colors of her favorite hockey team, complete with logo on his chest! Just think who you could make such a bear for!

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Craftsy - the new platform for crafts

I just joined Craftsy.com and have listed a couple of things to get started. First, is my Noggins pattern. I can't believe I haven't shared this with you before! I created them and the pattern sold quite well on Etsy over Christmas. I love mini stuff, because it doesn't take long to make.

Here are the Noggins. You can see they are not just for Christmas, but can share your house every day! Noggins like to live in the corners of dusty bookshelves, guardians of your library. They also like to read a lot, so if you ever can't find a book, chances are they've had it out to read!

I found these guys in the hall closet with my felting books! Do they know what felting needles do? What are these guys up to? I also have them for sale on my web site, www.edwinadolls.com so you can shop there too!

I also added a project, in the form of my Tiny Ted Tutorial. These guys are the next step in needle felting. They are such fun to create and once you've learned the basics, you can customise your bears anyway you like! Who can resist teddy bears?

Tiny Ted comes to town

I have spent days and days working on my computer. I am creating a new class/tutorial for you. In it, you will learn how to create a Tiny Ted, like this guy:


He's needle felted and about 3" high, sitting down. I have taken tons of pictures and am up to 20 pages so far. As soon as it's done, I'll post it up somewhere for you to try it out for yourself.

I'm thinking the first 10 people to try it out will get some special gift for offering me their feedback.

Stay tuned for that!

Meanwhile, if you can't wait to make your own, you can buy this guy in my Etsy store.

Bear-y Christmas!

This little guy is going up on my Etsy store, Not Carved In Stone, today. I love making bears. One or two of my bears will be given as gifts this year. I needle felt them fairly firm, so they are squeezable. They are also string jointed, even the heads, which makes them pose-able. I used to attach the limbs permanently, but found people want to manipulate the limbs and head, so that didn’t work. Nothing causes more dismay than your bear’s head coming off!

I’ll be taking a Christmas break from blogging, so want to wish everyone a Merry merry Christmas or whichever holiday you celebrate.

Let’s all wish for Peace. Namaste.