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!

Spectator Sport

As promised, these are the felted mushrooms. I save myself a lot of wool by using acrylic yarn in the center of both the caps and stems. Though Rosalie mostly likes to watch, she has put color wool on a few mushrooms.

For the stems I wrap the yarn around a skewer, wrap wool around that, poke a few times with the felting needle on either side of the skewer and pull it off. This is when you can felt it securely and get the long shape. You can use this technique for arms and legs too!

These mushrooms are for Rosalie's wedding reception centerpieces.

For the caps I either make a ball of yarn and cover almost entirely, like the little one on the right or I make a larger ball and cut it in half with a sharp knife. This gives me 2 mushroom caps, like above.

I need 48 and right now I only have 6 more to go, yaaaay!

Just Love Mushrooms

Making Scarlet Hoods

Turtles and Mushrooms

 The girls are happy...

 their tank is clean...

(This post is not to encourage you to obtain water turtles, they are  a lot of responsibility and "are supposed to" live longer than you)

 and they like having their pictures taken!!!

 And here is a mushroom...

 a necklace commissioned for a young lady...

 and headed now to it's new home.

Fuchsia Mushrooms

Hanging...

 and standing.

Eggs and Mushrooms

All but the littlest mushroom here started as an egg. I used my sharp pocket knife to make a clean cut.

The bigger part of the egg was used for the single mushrooms. The small bit that was left I used for the cluster of mushrooms. The 2 solid ones are Sickeners and the spotted ones are Fly Agaric

The insides of the eggs are white, perfect for gills!

Below is how I made the eggs.

http://karenmakesstuff.blogspot.com/2012/07/is-there-easier-way.html

Messy Mushroom Monstrosity

When you're in the thick of a project things can start getting messy.

What's the point of putting stuff away if you're just gonna use it again.

It's always well worth it though.

I've been having a blast making these mushrooms for Swarthmore's Outdoor Craft Store coming up September 15th.

Blushing Waxycap

I've put the names of all the mushrooms on the bottom and they're approximately 4" tall. They stand on a piece of untreated branch.

Blewit

Indigo Milkcap

Saffron Milkcap

Sickener

Caesar's Mushroom

Needle felting calms the nerves and mushrooms are just plain cool!