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SnowFox102 — Fluttershy posable needle felted plush
Published: 2012-03-20 18:11:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 24251; Favourites: 928; Downloads: 344
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Commission for ~Knienke !I'm really pleased with how Fluttershy turned out, and it was fun making her. She has a two-strand galvanized steel wire armature, which was wrapped with polyester batting for posability. Core wool was needle felted over that, and then hand-dyed superfine merino batt was needle felted on top. Her hair is a fine nylon, hand-dyed and hand-rooted. I learned that hair can be attached very securely by making plugs (I tied a knot in the end of a strand of hair) and then sewing them into a slit cut in the felt.
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I'm not sure, this one is from a long time ago. They usually take about 10 hours now, so it was probably something around there.
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Sorry I double posted
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Wow it's really cute!
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How much oz. of wool did it take to make this?
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Less than one, probably less than half actually.
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Beautiful work! I'm actually very interested in the attaching the hair part. *Checks your gallery for tutorial instead of asking if you've made one because I'm not lazy and I am willing to actually look for things I want* WOOHOO!
Now I must ask, do you use a needlefelting tool for the core wool and then a single needle for the top layer?
If so, what gauge do you use?
Also... for the wings, are they stationary or did you include wire into those?
I only ask because they are relatively thin and I am currently attempting to make something with a wire armature, but I'm not sure if the wool will be too thin and then wind up with some awful mishaps later down the road. Thank you for your time and consideration!
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I thought your avatar was familiar: When I was first looking up info about needle felting before buying the tools and stuff, your Hoppip tutorial was really helpful. XD
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Haha ^^ ...It's a small world isn't it? I'm glad it was helpful for you! I'm a bit amazed by your progress in needle felting considering you didn't buy the tools until after I made that tutorial!
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I've only been felting since last September. 
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Aww so little ^_^...Understandable. I honestly wish I would have spent more time needlefelting, but it's so time consuming compared to crocheting that it kinda fell on the back-burner 
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On small things like this, I actually use a single needle for everything. The core wool I usually use is pretty fine, so I use a 38 star on it. If I use something coarser (which I do on larger things) I'll use a 32 triangle. I don't have any store bought multi needle tools, I just made my own with polymer clay. One can hold up to four needles spaced far apart like the store bought tools, and the other holds two needles close together. So far the only time I've used four needles was on the 12" Fluttershy I'm working on now, and on flat pieces like wings. I use two needles in the four needle holder fairly often, and the close together two needle tool I really like too. I have other styles and gauges, but I do almost everything with 38 stars.
As for making wings, I need to make a tutorial about how I do that. I haven't seen much info about it. 
One bit of advice I'll give about using an armature for a thin shape like wings, is that it really helps to make the wire able to grab the wool. I've started to wrap my armatures with floral tape (the waxy kind). The wool doesn't slide around on it as easily as bare wire, so it's easier to completely cover it, and it's less likely to poke out. The way I keep wire from poking out though is just to make sure the wool around it is very dense. You'll always be able to make the end poke out if you try, but you can stop it from accidentally poking out pretty easily.
Hope that helps. :3
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Wow that was a very extensive reply! Thank you for taking the time to explain all of that ^_^... I'm always curious as to how other needlefelters do about doing what they do. It definitely helps me have a better idea of how I'm going to approach my next project =3
Thanks again!
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You're welcome, I like to help when I can.
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All that info in on my journal: [link]
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Cause I didn't figure out a straight answer on the Journal... how much did you sell THIS Fluttershy for?
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That's between me and the commissioner.
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okay then... if i may ask for a reference, how much did this piece cost to make, like, how much were the materials?
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Materials for needle felting are inexpensive, most of the price of a figure comes from the time and skill needed to make it (no patterns, for instance.) Fluttershy was made with steel wire (a few bucks for a few hundred feet), core wool (around $14 per half pound), polyester batting (about $4 per 36" x 45" batt), short fiber superfine merino batt ($12 for 4 ounces, undyed), and blending nylon ($5.60 for 4 ounces), and I dyed all the materials myself (dye costs about $3 per package of a color). Most of these materials are only sold in bulk. Fiber is priced by the ounce, but a lot of sellers have minimum orders, so my estimates reflect that.
Fluttershy ended up weighing less than an ounce, so obviously she didn't use a lot of material. But she did take a lot of time and effort. I still haven't timed myself (I'm going to do that the next time I start something new) but I'd say Fluttershy took at least 20 hours just in the needling, not counting the fiber dyeing and armature preparation.
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needle felting rally suits the character, it looks very soft and delicate, beautifully made
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This is amazingly done! My favorite part is that you figured out the hair. Any chance you'd be willing to go into more detail on that process? I'm wanting to needle felt faeries and give them hair and that sounds like a great way to accomplish it.
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I'll take some pictures of the process when I add hair to the ponies I'm working on now.
It seems to work pretty well. One of Fluttershy's tail plugs didn't get glued down all the way, but after the stitches it was secure enough to comb. I still wouldn't put too much strain on it though, as pulling too hard could stretch the felt.
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Wow! She looks fantastic! And I'm not even into the new My Little Ponies. Nice work!
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Wow she is amazing. I sent a note about commissioning you but saw you are closed until farther notice. But do you have a price journal anywhere so I can see how much to save up to get one from you some day?
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The craftsmanship on this is exquisite! It's even more amazing because all that detail is at such a small scale... The fact that it's Fluttershy is the cherry on top! It inspires me to learn about how to sew and work with felting. ;;
Very well done!
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