Synopses & Reviews
It's OK to play with needles
I Felt Awesome shows you how to turn traditional needle-felting techniques into irreverent felted fun. Moxie's playful and cheeky sense of humor will needle you into taking your felting beyond traditional motifs, and decorate yourself and your home with feisty designs of wearable, playable and coffee table-worthy objects.
Get started with: Step-by-step instructions for 35 projects, including a felted spike bracelet, bendy and boingy toys and larger-than-life home decor featuring fruit and more. Traditional needle-felting techniques lay the groundwork for uncommon materials like magnets, plastic toy parts and bendable wires. Wool roving and felting needles are all you need to get started helpful tips show handy shortcuts that still produce fantastic results.Get friendly with fiber, and tell all your friends I Felt Awesome.
About the Author
Moxie enjoys conceptual art, hi-jinx and/or shenanigans, and making wool do impossible things. Her work has been shown in galleries in Seattle, New York, Los Angeles and more. She's taught thousands of people to needle felt in dozens of settings, including the Frye Art Museum, Urban Craft Uprising, and the Maker Faire Bay Area. She lives in Seattle with her unbelievably patient husband and the two best cats in the known universe.