It's Now A Felting Machine

I love the look of hand felted items,

but my hands suffer when I try to

needle felt.  Yes, there are felting

machines, but have you seen the

price!  I would have to do a lot

of felting to justify the cost of

one of those machines. 

I had an idea to turn a sewing

machine into a felting machine.

I did not want to experiment with

my nice sewing machine so I

decided to use my daughter's

beginning sewing machine.  I

would not need any fancy stitches

a simple straight stitch machine,

would work.

I removed the needle from the machine

and cut a felting needle to the same length.

I used heavy duty wire cutters for this

task, even though felting needles break

in use, cutting them is not easy.

Insert the felting needle in place of the

sewing needle.  I removed the bobbin from

the machine and began to needle felt.

It worked! 

The cost was that of a felting needle...the

child's sewing machine and wire cutters

were already here.  If you don't have an

inexpensive sewing machine to devote to

needle felting visit some garage sales,

you may find some other good things

there as well.

Love to all,

Deb