I love the way the deer’s body is a diagonal while the strips are fairly straight, it creates a lovely contrast.
Category: winter
When the red red robin goes bob bob bobbin along!
The robin adds a splash of colour to the wreath, alongside some small red berries. He is created with a combination of felt, wool and merino floss.
It is easy to use the wool to create the wings on the robin, laying them across the body, using the felting needle to fix it. The beaded eye gives a brightness to the robin and gives him a little sparkle.
The felting gives a fluffiness that gives the robin his plumage, and softens his shape a little.
As you can see some of the ivy leaves are simply cut – with the variegation created with simple use of a felt tip pen!
I also laid several different colours of wool to make up the vines of the ivy, fixing all the elements with a hot glue gun. The leaves lay across the wreath, using a pen to push the centre of the ivy leaf to give it a natural shape.
If you want to have a go yourself you can purchase the wreath here, they are from Gisella Graham who I really love. Heidi feathers does a great beginner felting pack here which includes everything you need to start creating your own wreath. If you would like pattens for the ivy leaves and robin just drop me a line or you can sign up for the course I am running at Clothkits on Saturday 30th November.