In our fair city the weather is still hot in the day, especially in the afternoons. But I am noticing the temperature falling in the mornings and evenings.
With the ushering in of the fall season, I wanted to show you some little
needle-felted dollies I made. I just put these out in the daycare room for the children to play with at will.
They have little leaf beds to sleep in.
For the beds I wet-felted some roving together to get the nice variegated colors. I cut the shape I wanted and sewed the leaf bed together using a blanket stitch.
Toddlers love to put things in and out, I've noticed, and they can do so independently with these leaf dolls.
I made the dollies by needling a little batting ball for the head. Then I covered the head with a larger, square piece of batting that I then gathered at the neck and needled to form the body. I choose a roving color for the face and clothes and needled into place.
For the hat I sometimes use a piece of pre felt, which I did in this case. Or wrapping some roving around the head and needling to form a pointed hat works also.
Happy First Day of Fall!
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