Trying something new . . .

What do you think? Isn’t this little guy cute?

I’ve been waiting to try needle felting and recently ordered some of the Fiber Trends starter kits which I’ll be adding to Inspirations . . . so of course I had to give it a try.

This little mouse is the result and I can tell you he’s cat tested and approved. Cricket is actually playing with him right now.

I decided to make up my own first project rather than trying the one they suggest (felted coaster) since we don’t have a coffee table or anything like it that actually requires a coaster . . . but we do have 2 kitties who are always happy to have a new toy to toss around!

Actually, this project was so easy and gave me a chance to try using mulitiple colors and doing some shaping and adding pieces, even using all three sizes of needles so I’m thinking of including the fiber to make a couple of these with the kits as the current version doesn’t include any fiber . . .

Now I’m wondering about making things like felted “stuffed” animals for the kids . . . hmmmm.

And it will be fun to add decorations to things like felted bags . . . this could be a whole lot of fun and goodness knows I’ve got plenty of fiber around here to experiment with!

LOL! Just what I needed, one more distration ; )