Felted Fiber Menagerie

Combine 3-D needle felting and tapestry felting to create a menagerie to liven up your table. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions for felting both the 3-D head and the flat part of each table mat are included. Fill your table with 21 different beastly and beautiful creatures: exotic animals such as the zebra, giraffe, elephant, and tiger; barnyarn animals like the sheep and goat; insects like a bumble bee and ladybug; forest creatures, fantasy animals like the unicorn, and more!

Create your own flashy, taxidermic wall mounted art without having to harm animals in the process. Felt Menagerie includes all of the tips and techniques you will need, and even includes the tools. Create your own flashy, taxidermic wall mounted art without having to harm animals in the process! Felt Menagerie shows you how to get into felting crafts. Looking for an easy-to-learn, instantly rewarding craft project? Do you like the hip, vintage look of taxidermy, but don’t want to do the real thing? Look no further than modern felted taxidermy! Felting is easy to learn, and these creations will only take a few hours to complete, making them a great project for those new to the craft of felting. This kit includes a book of ten projects ranging from the classics (deer, bear, moose), to the unexpected (unicorn, triceratops), and an introduction that will teach you all you need to know to get under way. Also included are die-cut templates and everything needed--felt, embroidery floss, sewing needle, stuffing, die-cut templates, and mini head mounts--to make two complete projects. These felted wall mounts are sure to add quirky flair to any interior!

A colorful menagerie of fuzzy, fleecy friends features twenty-five ingenious projects that are perfect for decorating and gift-giving, with step-by-step instructions on how to transform fleece into a host of felted creatures, including dogs, cats, dinosaurs, monkeys, penguins, and snakes. Original.

30 Needle Felted Animals to Make and Love Craft a menagerie of miniature animals from simple materials! Author Makiko Arai's easy felting techniques are perfect for beginners or anyone who enjoys a relaxing handcraft. With a little wool roving and a felting needle in hand, you'll get step-by-step instructions to make 30 fuzzy friends, with a focus on shaping, color, and texture. Sculpt wire structures for stability, finish faces with lifelike expressions, and turn your creations into adorable pins you can take anywhere! From palm-size pups and curious cats to bunnies, deer, squirrels, and more, it's time to let your imagination run wild! Feel all the fuzzies! Everything you need to know to make 30 wool felted friends Get cozy with basic needle felting techniques, tools, and how-tos From bears to bunnies—Follow step-by-step instructions for every animal

Create whimsical fairies, mermaids, and other enchanting storybook characters with wool and needle-felting tools. Step-by-step photos illustrate the felting basics for both human and animal characters and how to add features such as eyes, noses, and hair. Then learn how to make the special details that set these dolls apart: unique hairstyles, clothing and accessories; tiny leather boots; knit scarves; metal spectacles; woolen clothes; and more. Once you learn the techniques, you can bring your own characters to life in wool!

Create whimsical fairies, mermaids, and other enchanting storybook characters with wool and needle-felting tools. Step-by-step photos illustrate the felting basics for both human and animal characters and how to add features such as eyes, noses, and hair. Then learn how to make the special details that set these dolls apart: unique hairstyles, clothing and accessories; tiny leather boots; knit scarves; metal spectacles; woolen clothes; and more. Once you learn the techniques, you can bring your own characters to life in wool!

Lovable Felted Animals is--dare we say--the cutest felting book EVER! This book shows you how to make graceful models of a lifelike sleeping lion, a mom and baby koala, a regal deer, a polar bear with cub, a fluffy alpaca, the world's most adorable hedgehog and so much more! Illustrated step-by-step instructions walk you through how to make 43 different projects, and a lesson on basics helps you get started. The animals featured in this book include: A curious panda or a sleepy fox with a flower pot A catch-all tray featuring "swimmy" creatures like a dolphin, seal or otter Friendly bears and a perky hedgehog Bright-eyed, bushy-tailed pen and pencil covers (a dog, a cat, and a few woodland friends) Simple faces to make into brooches or fridge magnets (a cat, a chipmunk and a menagerie of bears) And more! Different projects show how to add details such as clawed feet, antlers, markings and tail feathers. With the variety presented in this book, you can start with something easy and move on to animal figures that let you capture delicate expressions and add a little attitude, making this book an excellent guide to both learning and developing needle felting skills.

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The Cost of Our Clothes -- The Fibershed Movement -- Soil-to-Soil Clothing and the Carbon Cycle -- The False Solution of Synthetic Biology -- Implementing the Vision with Plant-Based Fibers -- Implementing the Vision with Animal Fibers and Mills -- Expanding the Fibershed Model -- A Future Based in Truth.