mommomrebecca
06-04-2005, 03:37 PM
I'm of course taking on way more than I intended when I first began. I'm making some elaborate crafts for my baby's third birthday at the end of August. *sigh* Anyway, one of the crafts is a big old needle felted oak tree with needle felted leaves and acorns and everything. I'm not very far because it's taking forever and I keep poking myself with huge sharp needles. What I'm wondering is, is there an easier way to do this? Do people usually use an internal frame and just felt around it?
I'm thinking it might be even better now if I use found bark/branches, but then would the needle felted leaves look strange?
Another craft I'm doing requires itty bitty tiny harvest vegetables to string up, and I'm concerned that is going to put me over the edge for good. Should I actually try to needle felt them, or is there something else that would look super cute?
Oh, and I want to make it all myself from complete scratch with all natural materials and not purchase anything (except roving and other supplies). Any ideas would be much appreciated. :balloon
I'm thinking it might be even better now if I use found bark/branches, but then would the needle felted leaves look strange?
Another craft I'm doing requires itty bitty tiny harvest vegetables to string up, and I'm concerned that is going to put me over the edge for good. Should I actually try to needle felt them, or is there something else that would look super cute?
Oh, and I want to make it all myself from complete scratch with all natural materials and not purchase anything (except roving and other supplies). Any ideas would be much appreciated. :balloon