Sunshine beautiful sunshine

Hooray we finally got a day of sunshine so went out and about today, hopefully this will mean that summer is finally here. So here is one of my Kawaii sunshine brooches I love this design I have made it several times for mobiles and once for a picture frame.

Hope you've all had a lovely sunshine filled day I am off to get a good nights rest bye for now from fairy hollow.

Gordon the gnome

Step by step pictures and guide to make your own Gordon the Gnome 

You will need:-

Wool roving2-3g of the colour of choice (I picked green) 

Some roving for the face, and hands (I chose flesh you can use pink or any flesh tone you want I have seen blue gnomes too) 

Some roving for hair and some green and purple for a flower 

36/38/40 needles I started with a 36 

I spread out the green roving I had chosen then I folded over the end to make a triangle 

Then I rolled the roving 

Felt the ends in 

I then started to shape the roving 

I continued until the shape was much firmer and changed to a38 needle 

I then selected the roving that I wanted to use for his face 

And the one for his hair

I then folded the flesh coloured roving into a circle 

And then I loosely felted it to my gnome 

I then swapped to my 40 needle to finish his face

I then selected a small amount of roving for his nose 

I then used a small anount of wool roving in brown for his hair and beard 

After adding these I then made 2 balls of flesh roving to make hands

Then add some green and purple to make a flower

Sneaky peak

Here is a sneaky peak of Gordon the Gnome I finished him earlier tonight and I have taken pictures along the way so will be doing a walk through of how to make Gordon tomorrow 

So Keep your eyes peeled for the guide on how to make your own felted gnome just like Gordon below.

I believe in Faries I do I do I do...

As I live in Dumfries there has been a lot around for the last few years as they do up Moat Brae. (The home of author JM Barrie) And everywhere I turn I see fairy Events. 

Tomorrow in Dumfries for those local there is Fairy and Pirate Day at Dock Park, where https://www.facebook.com/pages/Susi-Sweet-Pea-the-Fairy/112903365484722 will be telling her fantastic tales, it's At the bandstand. Hmm I wonder if I could get away with pushing through to the front. I hear Susi having been bit at a young age exhibits all sorts of fae characteristics, Well worth popping down early to get a good seat.

I have my wings at the ready for a fun packed day, in the meantime at fairy HQ I am making some more mini winter fairies I will be doing a Gnome tutorial later on and will try to get Gordy the gnome posted tomorrow, Flying away for now, but leaving you all with this cute winter fairy.

Christmas in July

Christmas in July?

Hi there I am going to try actually keeping my blog up to date with what I am making here at fairy hollow HQ.
I have been catching up with my Etsy shop, listing items and starting my Christmas preparations, here is a mini Christmas tree I made the listing link is https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/241606060/mini-felted-3d-christmas-tree?ref=shop_home_active_4
I have even started making some baubles is it too early?

To make your own needle felt Christmas bauble you need:-

Wool roving (colour of your choice I've gone for Green and white)

Felting needle (36,38if you have it) 

A felting Matt or pad helps 

Step 1
Select your roving I used a piece about 25cm long which I spread out 3-5 cm wide

Step 2

 I folded the roving over until I was left with a triangle 

Step3 

Start to poke this with your 36 needle pushing the corners in so you start to get a rough sphere 

Continue to felt until you feel your sphere firm up once it's fairly firm swap to your 38 

Once your ball is really firm select your colour to decorate with I chose white which I rolled into stripes which I added in a swirl

You can do many patterns from dots to snowflakes to bells here are some others I have done