In-between other things, I have been working on new designs for next year's workshops and the first is this baby hare.
I am also holding my first local workshop, in Shrewsbury, at a fabulous venue, the Victorian home of Sarah, who runs Fern Dell bed and breakfast near Shrewsbury Abbey. We were hooked up by BBC radio Shropshire on the Jim Hawkins show, after he interviewed me one morning and I mentioned that I was looking for a suitable workshop place. Seconds later, Sarah had contacted me on Twitter and within 24 hours we had things pretty much sorted.
So baby hare will be tried for the first time next year on March 2nd, a Thursday. It's an all day workshop and Sarah will be providing a home cooked lunch and refreshments, all of which is included in the price. However, it has booked up pretty quickly and there are only three places left. If you'd like to see more details, you can find them on my workshop page - booking is directly through myself. And if you'd like to see the beautiful Fern Dell, the website is here and more lovely photos here in Sarah's Instagram feed.
For this weekend only I am having a mini Black Friday sale on these three large, hanging winter swans, reduced to £40 each plus postage. Each one took two days to needle felt and hangs on silver wire with suspended glass tear drop beads and a twist of silver gauze ribbon. They are the top featured items in my Etsy shop, or direct links are underneath each picture.
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That is nothing short of magic! I hope her future owner is impressed with your skills as a surgeon. Wonderful.
Whew!! surgery a fait a accomplis....... and perfect!
I always like my faces to have eyes as soon as possible too.... she is a little sweetie now....
I haven't done any needle felting for ages - your lovely little creature makes me want to do some NOW ...... not that mine will turn out as fabulous as yours!!
Decapitated AND YET LIVES! It's a miracle!
Amazing! Does that work on humans also? My middle is looking a little too tubby- I could use an extension! Beautiful work! ♥
wow, thats dedication! The new shape is much more slender and elegant and harelike! Great surgery....have you ever considered medical school? ;)
Fascinating. You will show us the finished article, won't you?
Glad you gave her eyes AFTER the surgery - she may never have recovered from the trauma of seeing her own beheading! M x
Wow, that was so informative! Thank you! I just started needle felting (I haven't gotten past balls and am having fun. Yours are so smooth and evenly textured. Mine are still in the orange peel stage.
Thank you for the education.
Hey Gretel, such a lot of time and effort goes into your wonderful creatures. It's very interesting to see the processes behind the end result.
I love Willow she's going to be a little beauty.
It's a beautiful,☀ morning here and I'm off to the dentist woohoo. Life can't get much better, lol.....
Claire :}
My goodness..what a lot of work. Its worth it but I'm sure you don't get paid for anything like the hours you put in.
Did you like biology when you were little? ;-) I'm glad hare survived her operation.
Gretel, it's interesting to have this behind the scenes view of how you find ways to alter your needle felting, and find a way to get to your original inspiration for a certain character.
Ah, let me also say that I did finally find the Mollie Makes issue with your charming bear and cupcake. I hope that this featuring will give you lots of good publicity and lead to lots of more felting for you.
Getting much cooler hereabouts, and the apartment radiators are steaming away...it's actually a bit too hot here.
Best wishes! xo
An amazing amount of work goes into these adorable little creatures. It is always good to have a back-up plan when things go awry,now it is perfect!
Dear Gretel,
I have had a headache all day...and now I know why!!!!!
OUCH!!!!!!! Happy to see Willow feeling herself once again.
She is looking good.
Janet xox
the Marie Antoinette of the hare world!
phew- for a moment there you had me worried....
You are such a clever little felter! I am sure she will be as right as rain soon and won't even have a sore throat as a result of your gentle intervention. Jo
I have a poorly throat and head this evening, and kind of wish I was living close enough to you to also be given a new, improved and less painful throat and head!
It is, as always, amazing to see how you work and fascinating (and impressive) to see such a densely felted cross section.
Hope Willow is happy with her cosmetic surgery :-)
fabulous I love the character emerging. Must be the month for hares, just finishing one off at the moment, mine ok around the neck, but did need leg extensions.
I am looking forward to seeing the finished hare