This is a very easy and pretty project for those new to needle felting. Make as many hearts as you like to decorate with love this festive season. Show For a beginners guide to needle felting you should check out my previous post: Needle Felting Basics How to make a Needle Felted Heart GarlandYou will need:
How to: 1. Gather your supplies, we will be using the cookie cutter as a mould for our felt shape. 2. Stuff the mould with some wool, to avoid the risk of needle breaking make sure the thicker lip of the cutter is up most. 3&4. Start needling the wool to flatten and compact, add more wool if required. To avoid felting the shape into pad, lift it out of the mould and turn over regularly as you needle. Remember to keep your needle at a 90 degree angle to the pad so there is no risk of breaking the needle against the metal cutter. 5&6. Once you are happy with the thickness you can remove the mould and do some surface needling to tidy up the fuzzy stray wool fibers. 7. Repeat in assorted colours until you have as many hearts as you like. I’ve made seven. 8. Arrange your coloured hearts. Don’t they look pretty? Take a long strand of embroidery thread and thread your needle. Make a big knot in the end 9. Thread on your hearts. 10. Space your hearts out on the thread and make a loop for hanging at the top. All done! This garland looks lovely hanging from a door knob, or make a long one and string around your Christmas tree. You could even try using different shaped cutters for a fun assortment of different themed garlands, stars, spots, or even little gingerbread men maybe? With Valentines Day coming up fast and furious, I’m sure we are not the only ones who are making lots of hearts! There’s something so magical about hearts… their voluptuous shape, their romantic colors. Kitty and Teddy are making all sorts of Valentine crafts that we are going to share with you in the coming days.But I too, have been making hearts and I am so excited to share another tutorial on needle felting with you. One of the things I love most about needle felting is that you can finish a project in one sitting. You can sit down with a basket of wool and a needle be holding a few beautiful felted hearts in your hands half an hour later. Of course, you can make wonderfully elaborate creations that take hours and hours but you can also make something in twenty minutes too. I like that. This is a tutorial on how to make needle felted hearts for Valentines Day. We use a cookie cutter for the heart shape, making this a simple and fast project for beginner needle felting. It’s the perfect beginners project as the cookie cutter protects nervous fingers from the sharp needle and will build confidence in the whole needle felting process.The protective foam board is not absolutely necessary but it is definitely recommended when you are learning to needle felt. The needle is very sharp and if you don’t have a board upon which to steady your work, you will find yourself painfully stabbed more than once. The felting needle is about 3 inches long. As I said before, it is very sharp. The tip of the needle has a number of small barbs and it is these barbs that felt the wool. It works because the outer surface of each fiber of wool has tiny, microscopic scales on it. When the fiber is agitated, the scales hook into one another, forming a tighter and tighter mass. The needle works because the barbs of the needle ‘grab’ the fibers as you stab it into the wool, depositing the fibers deeper into the wool. The little scales on the fibers lock together, ensuring that the fibers stay in their new place. By stabbing the wool hundreds of times with your needle, you have control over the form of your wool and can shape it as you wish. You can see the barbs if you look closely at the tip of your needle. Break off a piece of wool about three times the size of the cookie cutter. Set the cookie cutter on the protective foam mat. Starting at the center too of the heart shape, line the heart cookie cutter with wool. Prod the wool until it is all inside the cookie cutter. When the wool is inside the cookie cutter, use your needle to gently and evenly poke at the wool. Hold the cookie cutter with the thumb and forefinger of your left hand and needle felt with your right hand. You will see that the wool becomes compacted the more you poke at it. Poke evenly, giving particular attention to the outline of the heart. As you poke close to the outline of the cookie cutter, be sure to move your fingers to the other side so that if your needle jumps outside the mold, you do not poke your fingers. Try to poke with even controlled strokes. You do not need to lift the needle very high, especially when working around the outside of your woolly heart. Once the wool has become nicely compacted inside the heart cookie cutter, gently pry your heart from the foam board, making sure it remains inside the heart cookie cutter. Flip the cookie cutter over so that you can now work on the underside of your heart, needle felting it just as before until it too becomes nicely compacted and smooth. Again, pay particular attention to the outside shape of your heart… the more you can needle felt it inside the cookie cutter, the better your wool will hold it’s heart shape once we take it out of the heart mold. When you feel you wool heart is well felted, gently slip it out from the cookie cutter mold. You might need to neaten up the edges by needle felting your heart some more. If you want to add a loop of ribbon to hang your heart, use a pair of small, sharp scissors to make a small hole in the top of your heart. Tie a knot in the ribbon to make a loop. Use the blunt edge of your felting needle to poke the ribbon knot into the hole. Then, needle felt the hole shut so that your ribbon is firmly felted into the wool. Voila! You have just made a delightful felted heart to hang somewhere special in your home. I hope you have enjoyed this needle felting project. If you would like to give this project a try but don’t know where to start finding the needle felting equipment, I have make up a few kits for sale over at Fairyfolk. The kits include all you will need to make three large hearts, one red, one pink and one white. I have other needle felting kits available in my shop if you wish to try something new… felted pebbles for lovely home decor, felted toadstools and pumpkins, felted balls as well as kits of lovely colored wool for you to make whatever your heart desires. Please visit my shop Don’t forget that you can also find wonderful needle felting equipment at A Child’s Dream Come True too. Happy felting and don’t hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about needle felting. Share:Share on facebook Share on pinterest Share on email DonniDonni Webber is the mom behind the popular natural living Waldorf website and blog, The Magic Onions - where the magic of nature and the wonder of childhood collide to make each moment a precious gift. She is a photographer, writer, crafter, wife and mother of two inspiring young children. Her work has been featured in many popular publications, including HGTV, Better Homes and Gardens, Disney and Apartment Therapy. Fiona says: January 9, 2012 at 6:11 pm Another great needle felting tutorial and one we will definitely be giving a try this year. The way you added the lop is brilliant – perfect for Daddy to hang in his office. Reply Audrey says: January 9, 2012 at 6:21 pm This is so great. I just happen to have some leftover wool roving and I was wondering what to do with it. Just need to dig out my heart-shaped cookie cutter. Thanks so much for sharing! Reply tute-bot says: January 9, 2012 at 7:25 pm I love this idea! I’m pretty new to needle felting but I’ve never heard of using a cookie cutter to form a shape. I can’t wait to try this. Reply woolies says: January 10, 2012 at 12:40 am What a great tutorial! But my days of needle felting are done. Too many stabbings. It’s a miracle I don’t stab myself in the eye with my knitting needles!! :) Sara http://woolies.etsy.com Reply Nicole Elizabeth says: January 10, 2012 at 2:43 am I love this! I just wet felted some small hearts but this is great for large ones! Reply Sara Duggan says: January 10, 2012 at 1:23 pm I need a heart cookie cutter and then I’ll be able to make this craft as I have everything else. Thanks for sharing this. Reply Sunshine Mama says: January 11, 2012 at 12:07 am Perfect timing! I had just started making one to hang on our nature table, but since it’s my first time making it, I didn’t have a clue how I was supposed to insert the loop. Thanks for sharing! Reply Ziezo says: January 11, 2012 at 6:20 am Thanks for the great tutorial. . . I just discovered the serenity of needle felting and am looking forward to making these with the kids. Reply The Monko says: January 11, 2012 at 10:04 pm great tutorial, thanks for sharing Reply Trish says: January 12, 2012 at 8:50 pm This is the first time I’ve ever heard of needle felting – I’m going to have to give it a try! I’m just curious, can you get the necessary supplies from stores like Hobby Lobby, Michaels or JoAnn’s? Reply pam says: January 17, 2012 at 8:48 pm Thank you Beautiful tutorial Donni – as always. Reply Stephanie @ Toastie Studio says: January 18, 2012 at 11:46 am Awwe these are so sweet :) Reply Jessica says: February 6, 2012 at 12:46 am So beautiful. I would love for you to share this on my Monday craft link up. Clipwithpurpose.com/category/made-for-you-monday Reply Jenna Odie says: February 28, 2012 at 8:22 am Great tutorial. I’ve linked to it from my blog. http://cutekidsclocks.blogspot.com/2012/02/tutorial-tuesday-needle-felting.html Reply Pingback: 101 Valentine's Day Crafts and DIY Ideas Sybil Holbrook says: November 2, 2013 at 2:22 pm I have just discovered needle felting and now have a kit. Using the cookie cutter is a brilliant idea, ready to get to work. How about trying a ginger bread man mould next. Worth a try. Reply gayuanu says: December 26, 2013 at 12:50 am its very beatutiful………and its awesome Reply Pingback: Craft Rating: Needle Felting | Ever The Crafter Kim says: February 12, 2015 at 5:31 pm Used this wonderful idea with a Fiber Arts enrichment class I did at a local Charter School – with grades K-2 Reply
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