Needle Felting Fun

Last night in my monthly fibre art group meeting, we spent a fun evening needle felting. Though I accomplished very little felting (instead musing over the silk paper lesson I had taken earlier in the day), I did randomly felt over some Styrofoam balls, leaving at the end of the evening with the intention of making them into a frog.

However, at 3am, I woke up and knew that these balls weren't pieces of a frog, they were pieces of a wee Japanese girl! Pulling out my felting supplies, and cursing Inspiration for arriving such a crude hour, I sat curled up in bed and poked, poked, poked, until she took shape. Not until I plunked her lovely green hair on top of her head was I able to sleep again. Surely, I'm not the only artist who has random,flash creative sessions in the middle of the night?!

Of course, now I don't have the right colours of wool to finish her, and when I went to order, I found that my regular wool supplier seems to no longer be selling, so I guess finishing will have to wait until I get my hands on more wool.

Frustrating not being able to finish her right now, but I think I may have gained the confidence to felt some of the critters that have been lurking in my sketchbook.