Nessie, your lil birds are adorable. I love this technique it's so relaxing and I plan on making more lil mice, placing them around my house dress according to the room they are in. 🥰❤️
@@nessiemonstercrafts I did a video on my first mouse, but it's a character mouse for a doll project that I started but had to walk away from it and have yet to go back 🤣😂
WOW!!! Now that is something! i have heard of Spun cotton figures. that is an amazing process! Thank you for sharing this technique, your process seems more simple than others i have seen. Thank you for making the process less stressful!
Omg goodness! My mum had some beautiful Christmas decoration birds like this when I was a child! We never knew what they were made of until now! I treasured them everytime they came out the Christmas box! Sadly they've been lost or broken over the years but those birds actually inspired me to become a needlefelt artist! Thank you, I will definitely be having ago at this...I want a Christmas tree full of birds and this seems far quicker than stabbing wool for hours (as much as I love it, but once I've made one I don't want to make the same thing again and again) thank you!
A tree full of birds would look so amazing! I've never tried needle felting...I the kind of clumsy where I would be repeatedly stabbing myself by accident lol, but I imagine using spun cotton you could batch-make the birds so you have a number of them before you run out of interest. Let me know how they turn out!
Omg! So sweet and adorable! ❤ Thank you for sharing your spun cotton bird! It’s was very inspiring! Love how you made the feet part of the armature. So glad there was masking tape involved! 😆 I love masking tape. I have a question, is it better to apply small amounts of the cotton at a time? Or does it just depend? Thanks again for sharing your helpful tutorial!!
Thanks Laura and really great questions! I just used small amounts of cotton simply because it was such a small bird but if I was making something bigger then I would have tried using bigger strips, especially in the initial layers, and then adding smaller bits when I was fine tuning the sculpted features. And MASKING TAPE ROCKS! Lol Its the king of craft supplies
I watched your video. Awesome. A couple of suggestions and only meant to help. Use copper wire and not brass. Brass is too hard of a metal to work for those tiny feet and the copper can be stained with liver of Sulphur or will darken with age. The wire you are cutting the feet out of looks like a 20 or 22 gauge. I would maybe try a 24 or 26 and instead of cutting the toes, double them back with the finer wire. They will still be strong enough, but it will also help to keep the wire together. Start with the back toe, double the wire. Leave it connected and then double the front toes leaving the wire connected. Bend the wire from the toes up to form the leg and double it back down and wrap along the ankle. That way you are making the foot from one continuous piece of wire and have more control with it, and it will be just as strong if not stronger. Your feet won't come apart on you that way. That can be applied to other creations too. I hope you get what I am saying because my direction is truly only meant to help with the wire part. If you figure it out, I believe it will look just as good and be far stronger in the long run. Thanks for the info on making the birds. They are wonderful. Happy New Year!
@kathybrigger9431 Thank you so much for your advice, I do appreciate it. Your advice will be very handy for future projects! I used the brass wire just because it was what I had in my stash at the time, but I will add copper wire onto my mental shopping list. I hadn't even thought of it at the time.
@@nessiemonstercrafts You are most welcome. I am 75 and that's how I learned all the things I do is taking tips from others. Makes life easier I think. Glad it helped.
@@nessiemonstercrafts One other thing. Copper is softer to bend but like a tin can lid, if you bend it repeatedly, I am talking excessively, it will snap and break. You can bend it several times before it will break but brass will do that too. Copper also gets what is called "work hardened" when you work it a lot. It will become stiffer and harder to bend which in turn will make it brittle. You will have several tries at bending it before you have a problem and the more you use it, the less any of the above will be an issue for you. The hardening can also be a benefit. Say you are twisting the legs for a bird, by the time you get done twisting, those legs will be pretty sturdy. You will get the feel for it. The 26 or even the 24 gauge can be twisted together also to get the thickness you need. The biggest thing, try to bend your pieces out of one piece. Your end product will hold together much better. Please don't take any of this info as a know it all. I only try to pay it forward like so many have for me. Peace.
Nicely done. They are so cute. I made an owl in a similar fashion, but I think I used tin foil, masking tape and toilet paper. Then I coated it in a fine layer of yarn dust. I wish I'd hadnsomentiny feathers for his wings as they didn't turn out so well, but he's cute enough anyway. I'm going to have to try my hand at the cotton balls.
I've seen the yarn dust trick used on polymer clay animals, it looks so amazing. I'm forever picking up feathers from my chickens and ducks, as well as ones that wild birds left behind on the ground. You just never know when they come in useful
LOL the cold coffee is soooo relatable! 😂
Hahaha yeah it's happened more times than I care to admit 🤣🤣🤣
Nessie, your lil birds are adorable. I love this technique it's so relaxing and I plan on making more lil mice, placing them around my house dress according to the room they are in. 🥰❤️
Oh my gosh that sounds just so blimmin ADORABLE!!! I would have never come up with an idea like that. I can't wait to see them!
@@nessiemonstercrafts I did a video on my first mouse, but it's a character mouse for a doll project that I started but had to walk away from it and have yet to go back 🤣😂
@@tinykeyholeminis I saw that one! That's what led me down the rabbit hole lol. First Rosanna Makes, and then I found Irene's DIY Addiction.
WOW!!! Now that is something! i have heard of Spun cotton figures. that is an amazing process! Thank you for sharing this technique, your process seems more simple than others i have seen. Thank you for making the process less stressful!
Simple is the name of the game! My poor old brain is worn out dealing with other stuff, so the fun stuff needs to be simple LOL
Omg goodness! My mum had some beautiful Christmas decoration birds like this when I was a child! We never knew what they were made of until now! I treasured them everytime they came out the Christmas box! Sadly they've been lost or broken over the years but those birds actually inspired me to become a needlefelt artist! Thank you, I will definitely be having ago at this...I want a Christmas tree full of birds and this seems far quicker than stabbing wool for hours (as much as I love it, but once I've made one I don't want to make the same thing again and again) thank you!
A tree full of birds would look so amazing! I've never tried needle felting...I the kind of clumsy where I would be repeatedly stabbing myself by accident lol, but I imagine using spun cotton you could batch-make the birds so you have a number of them before you run out of interest. Let me know how they turn out!
@nessiemonstercrafts Oh I'm clumsy too, my fingers are full of needle holes lol. Thanks again.
I have wanted to make some small birds but didn't know how or where to start. You have inspired me!! Thank you for this great tutorial! 💕💕💕
I am so happy knowing I've inspired a talented creator like yourself! That really made my day
@@nessiemonstercrafts 💕
Lol piggies going to market 😂 You're so funny Ness. 🌟
Beautiful birds 🐦 and a great technique 😊 🔥 👏
Thanks Maggie! ❤
You have stunning birds in New Zealand! Real ones and miniature ones! 😉
Thanks for sharing!
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I'm such a bird lover! I think I will be the crazy bird lady when I get older hahaha
Gnoice, Nessie
Love 'em! 🐦 🐦⬛ 🦉
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Luckylike numba won! Superclickparty on that 👍 Nessieloverz!!
Thank you so much my friend! You're the best number1 superclicker!
Luckylike numba neinnienneyeN!! Superclickparty on that 👍 Nessieloverz!! 🐦 🐦⬛ 🦜
Prittyburdz❤!!
Lovely birdies❤❤ how about some worms 🪱🐛 for breakfast 😂😅
Grate eye deer!!!
Thats a really cool idea! I'll have to try and remember that for when I make some bugs to decorate the outside of the treehouse!
Omg! So sweet and adorable! ❤ Thank you for sharing your spun cotton bird! It’s was very inspiring! Love how you made the feet part of the armature. So glad there was masking tape involved! 😆 I love masking tape. I have a question, is it better to apply small amounts of the cotton at a time? Or does it just depend? Thanks again for sharing your helpful tutorial!!
Thanks Laura and really great questions! I just used small amounts of cotton simply because it was such a small bird but if I was making something bigger then I would have tried using bigger strips, especially in the initial layers, and then adding smaller bits when I was fine tuning the sculpted features.
And MASKING TAPE ROCKS! Lol Its the king of craft supplies
I watched your video. Awesome. A couple of suggestions and only meant to help. Use copper wire and not brass. Brass is too hard of a metal to work for those tiny feet and the copper can be stained with liver of Sulphur or will darken with age. The wire you are cutting the feet out of looks like a 20 or 22 gauge. I would maybe try a 24 or 26 and instead of cutting the toes, double them back with the finer wire. They will still be strong enough, but it will also help to keep the wire together. Start with the back toe, double the wire. Leave it connected and then double the front toes leaving the wire connected. Bend the wire from the toes up to form the leg and double it back down and wrap along the ankle. That way you are making the foot from one continuous piece of wire and have more control with it, and it will be just as strong if not stronger. Your feet won't come apart on you that way. That can be applied to other creations too. I hope you get what I am saying because my direction is truly only meant to help with the wire part. If you figure it out, I believe it will look just as good and be far stronger in the long run. Thanks for the info on making the birds. They are wonderful. Happy New Year!
@kathybrigger9431 Thank you so much for your advice, I do appreciate it. Your advice will be very handy for future projects! I used the brass wire just because it was what I had in my stash at the time, but I will add copper wire onto my mental shopping list. I hadn't even thought of it at the time.
@@nessiemonstercrafts You are most welcome. I am 75 and that's how I learned all the things I do is taking tips from others. Makes life easier I think. Glad it helped.
@@nessiemonstercrafts One other thing. Copper is softer to bend but like a tin can lid, if you bend it repeatedly, I am talking excessively, it will snap and break. You can bend it several times before it will break but brass will do that too. Copper also gets what is called "work hardened" when you work it a lot. It will become stiffer and harder to bend which in turn will make it brittle. You will have several tries at bending it before you have a problem and the more you use it, the less any of the above will be an issue for you. The hardening can also be a benefit. Say you are twisting the legs for a bird, by the time you get done twisting, those legs will be pretty sturdy. You will get the feel for it. The 26 or even the 24 gauge can be twisted together also to get the thickness you need. The biggest thing, try to bend your pieces out of one piece. Your end product will hold together much better. Please don't take any of this info as a know it all. I only try to pay it forward like so many have for me. Peace.
Nicely done. They are so cute.
I made an owl in a similar fashion, but I think I used tin foil, masking tape and toilet paper. Then I coated it in a fine layer of yarn dust. I wish I'd hadnsomentiny feathers for his wings as they didn't turn out so well, but he's cute enough anyway.
I'm going to have to try my hand at the cotton balls.
I've seen the yarn dust trick used on polymer clay animals, it looks so amazing. I'm forever picking up feathers from my chickens and ducks, as well as ones that wild birds left behind on the ground. You just never know when they come in useful
Adorable ❤❤
Thanks!
Nice!👍
Thank you! Cheers!
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@@rozanidesignsmasquerade7050 Thanks!
You’re most welcome. 🙂