Needle Felting Doll Tutorial Part 1- Armature How To Needle Felt a Doll
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- Needle Felt a Doll Tutorial . Learn how to needle felt a doll with armature. (SEE CHAPTER MARKERS BELOW) An introduction to needle felting dolls, perfect for beginners. Video covers supplies and tools including what type of wire and wool you might use when needle felting a doll with armature. Supply Kit is here: goo.gl/8DNbQb
Part 2: • How To Needle Felt Dol...
Supplies: 00:14:32
Targets for next session: 00:19:00
Cut Wire: 00:22:00
Twist Wire: 00:26:20
A variety of armatures: 00:46:00
Wrap wool: 00:56:00
Progress pics: 01:13:45
Belly & butt: 01:19:10
Chest: 01:28:20
Head: 01:31:37
Fingers: 01:39:31
I think I just found a new passion! Your tutorials are awesome, thanks for introducing me to needle felting!!!
That is so fun, Lynn!! :)
This is a really good tutorial; great details, good technique demonstrations, and very easy to follow! Even though I've been needle felting dolls for years now, there are a few techniques and things that taught me a few new things...I love that! Thank you Marie, and Living Felt Fairies!
Thank you so much, Cherie!!! We appreciate your kind feedback and support! LOVE your dolls too. Oh & P.S. ... Marie said to tell you we have some new colors coming up soooon....we think you might like ;)
Thank you very much. Oh, and new colors?! Yippee!!!! I can hardly wait to see...and sink my needle into them! LOL
Oh yes, if we hustle, we can show them off tomorrow during Wooly Wednesday live :)
Such a tease!!! LOL
Thanks for the video, it's excellent, here in Mexico I do not find many classes of this kind, and I'm dying to see the continuation
Thank YOU very much, Bere for the feedback. We continue tomorrow 07/20 @ 12:30PM Central time. It will be LIVE on fb.com/livingfelt and we will post to youtube as soon as we can :)
Your dolls and puppets are so lifelike and expressive, I can feel their emotions and personalities. You are a master of your craft!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. You are the first to make the process of doll making through felting easy. I am in my 70's and I can actually follow and understand
I really can't thank you enough for such a high quality tutorial. I'm new to needle felting and had only done two little animals before attempting a doll. You have made it so clear with so many helpful tips and tricks. My daughter is an illustrator and has drawn our character which remarkably, thanks to you, I am sculpting with wool!
I've made several dolls, but your tips on fingers just improved my results immediately! Bending the wire in half, then folding the wool over the fingertips, and pinching wire closed, then wrapping is such a great idea. And your MC-1 is fantastic! Thank you for sharing, Marie.
Thank you!
What a fantastic, right to the point, informational video! I've been crafting for over 40 years and never heard of needle felting until today and I am so excited to try it. Off to check out your website.
Watching this for the first time. When you said that Gregory was from the Ukraine, my heart lurched. I hope he and his family are ok. If you stay in touch with him, please send my prayers.
Hi, Susan from Bulgaria. Great video. Clear, enthusiastic, informative...never off the subject. Beautiful dolls! I am a fan. Thank you.
Just started my doll! My kids are back in school so I have more time. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these great lessons for everyone. Your directions are so clear that I don't have any questions! Now to decide what person to make! lol
That is AWESOME, Kelly! You are so creative, I know your doll will be delightful. Looking forward to seeing it :)
I just stumbled across similar needle felting doll class, but then found out how expensive it was and that I can't buy it. I cannot tell you how happy it made me to found out your free tutorial!!
Oh we are so glad you found it and wishing you a great time making yours :)
I am very excited to start my dell making from your technique I have to buy the tools first and the fiber and download of you first video I love the banter onto video number two and soon
Really excited about this podcast, I am 62, live in the uk and have been desperate to find a detailed instruction for this subject. Thank you so much for taking the time to go into detail.😊👍💜
Awe, you are welcome, Christine! So happy you are enjoying it, and thank you for your lovely note :)
Sorry, First thing I should have said is WOW such an awesome tutorial. Thank you so much. Just ordered all your flesh tones got them for my Bday. Thank you again!
Thank you so much, Marina! and thank you for felting with us, we hope you like the MC-1 Batts :)
This series is WONDERFUL. so helpful, i had so many "aha!" moments.
I am so happy to hear that Shantall! :) I hope to see your doll when you make your next :)
Thank you so much for sharing ur classes for free. You are very generous. I am buying a doll kit .Can't wait to start making a witch ,Santa and Mrs Santa.Iam grateful to be apart Living Felt.
Thank you!! 🤗
I just watched part one of making a doll. I couldn’t have found you at a better time! Looking forward to watching all of your instructional videos and making my first dolls for my granddaughters! Thank you so much for what you do!
This is one of my favourite tutorials and I’ve used this as the basis for several projects. Thank you for sharing 😊
This was all fascinating! Thank you so much. Since I'm from the future (10/30/21) I don't have to wait for next week's class! lol Can't wait to watch even more. I absolutely love your dolls and they are exactly what I like!
Thank you and HAVE fun!
@@LivingFelt I am loving it & the FB group too! I'm almost ready to share my first project. Wish I had used the metal armature in her but it's ok, she doesn't have to stand by herself. I've book marked this page to come back to each time I make one of her size & others from now on. Thanks so much to you & the fairies for all you do.
Marie, this is just what I needed today! Namaste!!!
so glad to hear it, Kim!
Received my order in only 2 days and I am on the East Coast!! The armature kit I ordered has EVERYTHING I need to get going...I just needed to add the courage lol! 😂 Almost through the first video and my armature actually looks pretty decent...onto video 2. Thanks Marie and Fairies...love you guys!! ❤️
Thanks for the lovely feedback and we are so happy the post moved quickly :) Wishing you lots of fun and share your progress in the group! ♡♡
@@LivingFelt I will definitely share my final result (no matter good or not-so-good) so you can provide some constructive criticism to help with my next one! This is super fun though...I think I found my new craft addiction! 😮😆 (Hubby will be SOOOOOO pleased...sarcastically speaking)!!
Such a great tutorial!!! Very clear and helpful demonstration. Looking forward to the next parts.
That is very nice of you to say, Katerina, thank you :) Part 2 is online now, and we shoot Part 3 this coming Friday 07/27 ... it will be LIVE at 12:30pm Central on fb.com/livingfelt
Such a wonderful tutorial!! And you’re a joy to learn from, so upbeat and encouraging ⭐️ 🌸 I’m in the U.K and I will be watching this again and again, and all the other parts, to make my first armature creation!😁 Big thanks to you 💕🌸🌈💫⭐️ x
Thank you so much, Rose. Your lovely comments are very uplifting, I hope you have great fun making your felt creation
:)
LivingFelt 💜
Marie, thanks so much for doing these tutorials! Love your directions and pacing.. ❤️
Indigo6g you are very kind, I am grateful for your feedback :)
This looks like a fun project to keep me busy for awhile. So excited.
Your people dolls are the best ever !
You are very kind, Pam. Thank you so much :)
You are a FANTASTIC TEACHER! Very thorough and you make it seem so easy to do.
Thank you so much, Debbie :) I hope you have lots of fun felting your own doll :)
Ooo this is definitely a great tutorial!! Now i can practice by creating my own characters in doll form!! Thank you so much for this tutorial aaaa!!!
That is exactly what go me started felting more than 15 years ago...I wanted to sculpt the characters I was drawing in colorful wool... :) Can't wait to see what you make! Hope you will share in our group www.fb.com/groups/livingfeltfriends
This was a great series of tutorials - thank you! I’ve just finished my first doll and I’m really pleased with him!
Thank you so much! We are so happy to hear it and hope you will share your doll in our fb group. ♡
Thank you so much. You're so awesome. I pray I can come close to how amazing you are.
I can't thank you enough. You made being in quarantine so much better.
God bless you and yours
Namaste
Im going to attempt dolls soon, this was a great video.
That is awesome! :) we wish you so much fun!
Hi Im from New Zealand and have fallen inlove with needle felting. I love the dolls and am trying to do one myself.
New subscriber! Wonderful instructions. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent Marie, you are amazing. This is the first time I have worked with armature so I am very excited to see how it turns out 💕💕💕
How fun, Chris! You are very kind, I look forward to seeing your doll! :)
Excellent start! Loving your videos!! Please keep them coming.
P.S. I love that you’ve embraced your silver hair in the more recent videos, you look just lovely.
Thank you, Wendy :)
Loving this tutorial, Your instruction is very clear and the tips you share are wonderful. so much good information in this one video. Nova Scotia
Thank you so much, Cath! I really appreciate that :)
This video was incredibly helpful! I need to catch one of these live sessions so I can felt with people
12:49 all your classes are exceptional ! Bless our friend in the Ukraine , the artist who created a replica of you.
Thank you for this series of videos.
So happy to have found you. Looking forward to learning .
Wishing you lots of fun! :)
Whoo hoo I finally got to go back and watch this as I missed it when it first came up sure hope I get time to watch the 2nd one tomorrow really loved it thank you so so much Marie 🥀🥰
Thanks I don't have much actual core wool but have managed to get quite a lot of dyed colours that I wanted to use. Thanks for your reply it is greatly appreciated. I love what you are doing. Giving me lots of ideas that I would like to give a try further down the road.
Our pleasure, Tracey! Wishing you lots of fun exploring your ideas :)
I love this! Thank you so much. I have all sorts of ideas now! This was great!
we are so happy to hear it :)
My first time watching I'm doing to make my first doll ! Nancy from Charlton ma.
This was fun. Look forward to the next one.
Thanks for this awesome tutorial, so well explained! . Greetings from Spain
This is new to me. I am waiting on my kit .thank you for sharing your knowledge . I am very excited to try to do this I live in Florida 😁
Love your teaching method. I am new to felting. I will absolutely see you in the future
Marie, you are great, thx again for the great lesson. Love it so much.
Thank you so much, Adri!!! Wishing you lots and lots of fun! 😊
Thank you for an excellent tutorial. I would eventually like to felt Pink Diamond from Steven Universe, but i need to find inspiration for a practice doll.
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Thank you so much, Austin! :) You could totally do that doll ... It looks like it would be a lot of fun :) I hope you will share it when you make her.
Oh those would make great felted dolls! If you end up doing them I would love to see the final results. Please share in the Facebook group in you can!
marie you are brilliant ..thank you for all your videos you are a great teacher and i keep coming back to your videos!
I will be watching this a few times before I try it
Wishing you lots of fun, Bonny!
I am Iranian
you're wonderful. I learned a lot from you and I am very happy. Thank you
Brilliant technique for the fingers. I’ve struggled with this for so long. I’m going to make some fingers now 🙂
Hey Marie... my first time joining, I’m so excited. I’m in NC
Hi Libby :) We go "live" in about 1.5 hours, hope you can join us there also :) If you susbcribe to our channel and HIT THE BELL you should get notified of the live.
thanks, great video. looking forward to the next :) greetings from Denmark
Thank you so much for your feedback! We hope to see pictures of your dolls if you felt one too :)
ganz tolle Arbeit es sind kl Kunstwerke supergut bleibt Gesund
Thank you for this tutorial series! Im making a stop motion puppet for a school project and wanted to make it with needle felting because I've found myself to be decent at it but havent found an armature style that i liked until i found this, the doll is bigger then i wanted it to be but its all trial and error😊
Our pleasure, Moya, and thank you for the nice note ♡ Your project sounds like a great adventure and it fun that needle felting suits you. This same armature style works for smaller dolls too :)
Great tutorial !!!!,thanks for teaching us!!!!following You from Chile
Thank you very much, anafe57! So happy to hear you are enjoying it :)
Thanks for sharing! I'm making polymer clay head, hands and feet to go on my armature. This helped me create a posable figure:)
So happy to hear it, Denessa! My brief foray into making polymer clay dolls definitely influenced how I approach felted dolls. I really liked working with the polymer clay as well, very satisfying :) Have fun!
How great a video is that thanks
Geweldig !!! Dit wordt waarschijnlijk mijn nieuwe hobby.
Veel plezier! We hopen je pop te zien :)
Hiya I’m a new subscriber, this is a great starter video 😁😁 making needle felted animations and this was really helpful. Thank you 😁
Fantastic video! I just started needle felting and this was SOOO informative. Thank you
Wow fantastic can't wait to watch the rest xxx thank you
So glad, Helen...have fun! :)
Excellent video. Thanks from India!!
esto video fue de muchísima ayuda, el más informativo y fácil de entender, con los mejores consejos y demostrando un trabajo estupendo !!! muchas gracias por esto, realmente he aprendido y me siento motivada 🧡🧡🧡
Gracias!
hello Felters
Tammy here from Red Bluff CA, my daughter is listening via cell we both like this
Just found you💕 This is so exciting, can’t wait to try making one:) Hugs 🤗
Here for the first time. Enjoying the videos. I don't have a plan for my doll yet.
Muito lindo seus bonecos. Estou apaixonada 👏👏👏
absolutely STUNNING!
Thank you, Serena!
I have wanted to felt little creatures, ballerinas and pierots French for clowns. But these clowns are
pretty, minimal face paint, no red nose, monochromatic, black and white, beautiful colors for their
dressings, elegant. But I thought it would be too difficult. I like d thus tutorial, going to look at the second one - now, I an so happy to make them stand, to create fingers, faces etc.😊 Thank you.
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Fabulous tutorial thank you!
Thank you so much, Kathie :)
Thank you. very informative , cant wait to start my own doll. thanks again.
I have that book (The one by Jack Hamm)! I'm new to feltingand never would have thought to use artist drawing books.
I just loved this, can't wait try and start my doll
Sweet lady I know your thumb is aching, you really should utilize your pliers more. You could start the end and even put some torque into wrapping your wire if you wished.
I've done tile and stone for years, having to tie forms. As a lady who had really strong hands at the time, it still saved me a lot of Tendonitis... and getting poked when the end comes flying loose 😉
Your tutorials are AMAZING ❤
May I adopt you as my sister? 🤗
Your entire group is wonderful. I feel like I almost have a family again. You have no idea the fulfillment that your energy and spirits gives to us all.
Thank you to all of you. Thank you for the wonderful doll tutorial and
HAVE A BLESSED NEW YEAR! 🎉🎊
Thank you for your care...its all better now for well over a year...no recurrence :)
@@LivingFelt 👍👍👍👍👍😁
here for the first time, just learning
Thanks for watching, Linda! :)
I’m seeing this for the first time and I do have a project that I would like to try or emulate: These Outlander characters Claire and Jamie, and I will try to send this photo. They are very simple dolls.
That sounds like fun project! :)
What size is the finished doll? Love this tutorial, but I want to make smaller dolls, and I'm trying to figure out how to change the lengths of wire to cut. Thanks!
Very helpful, thank you!
I am so incredibly excited to go through this series!! Thank you Marie!
Becky Kowalczyk wishing you so much fun!!
THANK YOU !!!!!!! Just got my kit !
How awesome! Thank you felting with us, and we will love to see your doll :) Hope you will share in our fb group!
This is so helpful...I've learned so much already! My armature stands, but is a bit wobbly...I think my feet loops are a bit small. Will I be able to improve her stability when I add boots, or should I redo them now? Thanks for all the wonderful tips!
HI Susan, I am so glad to hear it! For the feet loops, you could make them wider/longer...you could also make little platform shoes to help it stand...really depends on how much you need to enlarge them :)
Love it Love it!! I have subscribed to you!!
Thank you so much! :)
Hi ,Tina from Brisbane Australia.
Thank you 😊 for sharing
Amazing ,I’m glad y’all have classed i can order for learning ! Tutorial !!! Kits , supplies ! I have lady that’s my Muse ...
Turtle Soup I believe, she’s good
To me I’m so glad i came across y’all’s video because your so gracious with all the information!!! Thank you thank y’all thank goodness 😅
Thank you, Tish!!!!
I just recently found your videos, btw your amazing, I have a question on the size of the bodies if you want to make dolls of different sizes how do you know what length the parts of the body should be??
Excelente trabalho!!! Parabéns
Hello I'm here for the first time I love it.
Great series! Anyway of you telling me what size the doll will be, please, and thank you.
The dolls we finish in this series are around 20" tall....
Genial gracias un abrazo desde Colombia 🇦🇲💃🎵🏖️
I just love your dolls!!!
Obrigado ❤️
Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Enjoying following you from the UK. Is there something I can use instead of Paverpol? We don't seem to have it in the UK. Thank you
Hello Lisa, Thank you for you r kind comment :) In place of Paverpol, yes, try a fabric stiffner. We use it 50/50 diluted with water and very little is required.
HI MARIE, I'M FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA., BLESSINGS, KEEP WELL. TRIXIE.
I am new today and sooo excited
I love your program