Mushroom Squares

 Now you see him...

 now you don't!

 How cool is it when you can match your felted mushrooms...

 to your new painting hobby!

Try a Tulip

A decent first attempt, thanks for the suggestion Debbie O.

For a Special Someone

 I used a cookie cutter to make this flower so if you're not sure you can do it grab the cutters!

Fabulous Flower Pins

I had too much fun with these!

Vegetable Flower

That came from this!

Don't worry we ate the others.

Felted Wool Pins

 Trees are always great...

but so are flowers.

 I make a variety...

that way I never get bored!

I think I'll do a flower next.

Fifteen Flowers Finished

I think I complained about doing this project... it wasn't so bad. In fact it was fun.

Hat Has Felt Flower

This is a night time project for when I don't want to think too much.

The hat fits an adult on the floppy side, it really needs a model!

Making flowers from thick sheet felt is so easy with a circle template. It's just a matter of cutting notches and shaping. This flower is removable.

Cookie Cutter Felting

Rosalie gave me this cookie cutter she had laying around from a wedding favor. It reminded me of those plastic needle felting molds I've seen, so I tried it out.

I filled the mold over my foam and started to felt. I got out my double needle to felt faster...not a good idea, one needle bent. If you bend a felting needle it's as good as broke!

Make sure when putting fiber in your mold that you place long bits from the petals into the center so it felts as one piece. The above flower is felted but not finished.

On the foam the fibers at the bottom felt lightly into the foam making it fuzzy when you pick it up. Get a towel out now...

and felt on that. You can't go through the towel which forms a smooth top and bottom. A little work along the sides may be required but think of the possibilities! You probably have a whole drawer of cookie cutters.

This is a daisy type flower so it gets a nice dark center...

with a little orange highlight.

I sewed a pin to the back and hid my stitches with more fiber. Have fun!