Sneak Preview of the needlefelted dogs…..

This little red and white Pem is about 4″ long and REALLY FREAKING CUTE. SHe’s got a quizzical expression and a slightly tilted head and her ears are FANTASTIC.

I hadn’t seen any Crestie needlefelted pieces, so I figured I’d make one. (To be fair, I don’t see a lot of crested stuff out there, period, which is a real shame, because they’re super cute dogs and TOTALLY do not look real.

This little dog is about 3×3″ and features heathered brown skin and crest and feathering made out of white alpaca fluff which has the most beautiful lustre to it.

This Cavalier is the first long-haired dog I’ve done, and I’m really happy with the way he turned out. (Yes, some of these are boys and some are girls, and only I can tell which are which. ) More of the shimmery alpaca fluff here, and the red is MORE alpaca.
I love the way his expression came out. I was worried I put too much hair on him, but when I look at show photos of Cavs, he looks okay.

And somehow I managed to miss individual photos of the golden and Schnauzer.

I’ve also got an Aussie and a Brittany in the works which I am going to try and finish up tonight, and I’m going to take my basket and work tomorrow at the show.

I’m  teaching myself how to needlefelt!

I’ve thought this looked like fun for a while, so I decided to take the plunge and try it out. I haven’t been able to find any classes locally, but well, it looked easy enough, and turns out, it is! So far, I’ve created this little running Pembroke Corgi (shown in progress above- he’s now got eyes, shading, a nose, and more legs) and I am working on my first 3-D piece, a little (about 5″ wingspan) dragonet-type critter. The corgi will be sewn onto either a little wallet or a checkbook cover, I think.