Needle felting is all about using a barbed needle to tangle or fuse wool fibres together. You can sculpt 3D shapes (spheres are often popular for beginners) or build up layers of fibre to create beautiful images which you can embellish. 
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Have you ever made a Corn Dolly?
Over the last month I’ve fallen in love with this festive craft. Weaving and plaiting with such a natural product just feels so “right”.
Corn dollies (harvest trophies, maids or necks) originate from Pagan times when it was believed that a good harvest was dependent on the “spirit of the corn”. To keep the spirit safe over winter the last sheaves of corn (e.g. wheat, oats, rye, barley) were made into decorative shapes and taken into the home until they could be ploughed back into the fields the following spring.
For all you “crafty-butterflies” out there – how about some knitted and crocheted bunting?
If you are a regular reader of my blog you will know that I love, love, love old sewing machines. Here’s my latest find – the Bernina Minimatic 807.
Have you ever burnt a hole in your favourite skirt?
Why not make an applique patch / fabric plaster to cover it up? Continue reading
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