Easy Needle Felting Strawberry Kitty Sculpture , Step By Step Tutorial for Beginners.

1. Intro: Needle felting is a craft where we use a special needle with bombs and some wool to create beautiful three D sculptures and two D paintings. Hi, friends. I'm Zen, and I'm a self taught artist. I love to pan and I pan in several types of mediums. Besides painting, I also love needle felting and have needle felted lots of sculptures and wool paintings a little over ten years. Well, today in this class, I'm going to teach you how to needle felt acute strawberry kittie or rather acute kittie in a strawberry costume. This class is suitable for the absolute beginners, it's easy to follow step by step detailed instructions. The class covers everything right from the very beginning from making the foundation of the strawberry to the final details. Before you begin the class, I will show you everything you need to get started. Do not skip the tools and materials video. After completing the class, you are encouraged to do a class project and share a photo of it in the project gallery page. I am very excited about this class and I hope you will come and join me. I will see you in class and let's get started. 2. Class Project: In this class, you will learn how to needle felt a scrupture of a strawberry kitty. The class is divided into number of lessons with step by step easy to follow instructions. After completing all these lessons, you are encouraged to do a class project. You can choose to do the same kitty, or you can be creative and do a different one by applying the techniques you have learned. Once your project is done, take a photo of it and share with your fellow students in the project gallery patch below this video. This way, we can all learn from each other. To begin the class, let's watch the next video on what you need to get started. 3. Tools & Materials: Hello, everyone. Before we start making this cute little kitty in a strawberry costume, let me show you what you will need for this project. I have put together all the colors of wool beds in this red box. I will go through each color and what they are for. This is a coal wool and is for the inside of the strawberry. Since it's inside and can't be seen, coal wool is often used as it is usually much cheaper compared to colored wool. Everything inside this strawberry is just cool. Rd for the outer part of the strawberry. You can also opt for other colors like a pink strawberry. For this short stem and the calyx, I'm using a mix of green and lime green. But if you only have one type of green, just use what you have. Now for the kiddies head and legs. I'm using natural white moon. As for the stripes, I'm using mustard color. But if you don't have mustard, you can just use brown color. This is light mustard. See the difference compared to the first one. I use the lighter mustard for the seeds on the strawberry. If you don't have light mustard color, just use any light color like lemon, flesh color or light peach. Let me put the alternative colors together so you can see that they are very similar to the light mustard color. Okay. As for the eyes, I'm using black color, for the highlight on the eyes, I use bleach white. Bleach white is very white and it is very good for highlights and snow. See the difference side by side. As for the nose, I'm using dark pink, and light pink for the cheeks. Next is the best to work on. There are a few types of bears and my favorite is a form block. Make sure it's firm enough with tiny holes and very dense. Prefer tickness at least 2 " or 5 centimeters. With such thickness, your needle won't be able to pop the table. I'd like to have dark and light form block. Here's the dark one, which is slightly less firm compared to the lighter one. S thickness of 2 " or 5 centimeters. Compare the two side by side, see how dense the cream color one. As for the size, just use whichever one you have. For me, I have few sizes to use depending on the size of my projects. Next a pair of sesors And lastly, a felting needle. My favorite is number 38 triangle needle. You can also use a star needle if you have. All set and we are ready to begin. 4. Strawberry Body: Let's begin by making the body of the strawberry using coal wool. Take a clump of wool like this and start folding and rolling it up first. Roll it as tightly as possible. Hold it and now you can see roughly the size of your strawberry. From there, you can roughly know how much wool to use. See the picture on the top left corner for referencing the size. It has to be at least this size to be able to attach the Kitty's hat, but of course you can make a bigger one too if you like. Here, I have two clumps of wool, and again, I roll them up to check for the size. It's almost the size I wanted, but I will add another clump. This is because once the wool is filtered, the size will strength at least a quarter. But not to worry at this stage, as you can always add another layer if you want it to be bigger. There are two ways to do this. You can stack them together and start rolling them tightly. Or you can roll up one piece at a time, which is my preferred way. Once roll up, you can then take the next piece and roll over the first one. Once you have done two clums of wool, it's time to start felting with your needle, so it's easier to handle before adding another clu of wool. Using your left pulling and holding down the fibers, then poking in front of your fingers, making sure not to pop your fingers. See how I turned and rolled, but still holding the wool with my left hand as I poked with my right hand. It's very painful if you pop your finger. So be very careful and cautious. Once the wool is secured, it won't unroll. Then it's time to add another layer. Repeat and roll up as tightly as you can. Upon reaching the end, hold the N fibers down and start poking. One secure add another piece and continue on. As you roll along, try to form it into a strawberry shed. Here I'm trying to roll in a way that one end is point then pop that part to maintain the sp. Once done position is standing with the sharp end pointing down, then fool the top part over and starting. Pop till all the loose ends are secured. Once the loose ends are secured, it's time to turn and pop all over to firm up your strawberry. Since it's a repetitive process, I'm going to speed up the video for this part. As you go along, remember to take note of the shed and the top part has to be flat. Once a while, stop and squeeze the bottom as show to maintain the pointy sap. A tip to consider, don't pop at one place for a long time. Pop randomly all around your strawberry, so you will maintain an even. Pick it up and roll in the palm of your hands and squeeze a little to maintain the shap. Continue poking and, and I will see you in the bit. The shep is nice and the size is okay, but it's not firm yet at this stage, hence the final size will be a bit smaller. You can still add more wool to make your strawberry bigger. I'm adding another layer to mine. Roll it up and all is firm up repeating all the steps before. All is done, and I will see you in on too. Perfect. 5. Strawberry Color: In this lesson, we are going to color the strawberry and I'm using red color. You can also mix a little orange to red which will make your strawberry brighter in color. Or you can make a pink strawberry if you prefer. But today, I will just use red color. We will work in layers so as to get an even surface. Always use small amount each time for easy control. So pull a small amount out from your stash. Place it on your strawberry, hold it down with your thumb and your finger as shown. Then start poking your needle to secure the whole red area. It's quite thin, so I will add another layer to cover the whites underneath. You can skip this part if your whites don't show through the red and continue poking again to secure. It looks much better now without the white showing. And now to continue on till the whole strawberry is covered with red wool. I will let you all is covered, and I will come back later. Once all is covered, check through for any whites, then red ball, cover it up. H. Remember to re shap your strawberry once a while. Sap is perfect, and let's start poking the whole surface and get it filtered firmly. All is star, and I will see you in the next lesson. 6. Kitty's Head & Legs: It's time to make the cute little kitty. We'll start with the head first. Let's take a small amount of white wool. I'm using natural white wool here. Roll it up as shown and pop a few times to get it secure a little bit. As usual, don't worry about the size yet as we can adjust it later. Now, take your strawberry and check for your Kitty's size. My Kitty's head size is just right, but if yours is too small, you can add a little bit more full and continue poking. Continue poking till it feels a little more firm and then measure once more. If the size is perfect, then continue poking to firm it up. Pork the sides inward too and wash your fingers. Almost done, and let's measure again. Perfect. And now for the final poking tail is really firm. Last and final check. Okay, it's good. Now for the ears. Take a very small amount of fool and twist only one end with your fingers. Then poke the twisted end and leave the other end fluffy. Continue poking and twisting tail is firm. Place it on the head to check for size. It's perfect and let's make another ear. Do exactly as the first ear. Since the ear is very small, you can opt to use a smaller needle if you have a number 40. But if you don't have, just continue with your number 38 is okay. Take one ear and open up the fuzzy end Sean. Place it on one side of the head with the fuzzy parts hanging over the front and the back of the head. Now poke a few times back and front till it's attached to the head. Make sure all the loose fuzzy ends are filtered onto the head. Continue poking until the ear is firmly attached to the head. You can adjust the position of the ear by balking each side as shown. One ear is done, and let's attach the other ear in. At the head on the strawberry again to see whether it fits. It looks nice and now to box some more to firm everything up. To get a smoother finish, just off the loose hanging fibers. Now for the stripes and I'm using mustard color. If you don't have, you can just use brown. Take a very small amount and roll it up into a tiny log. Place it on the middle of the forehead and it into Plaza I have the final picture on the top left corner for reference. Use the tip of your needle to guide the fiber along as you pot them in. Once done, continue with the other two stripes on each side of the first one. Now I will let you wash and I will come back for the next step. All stripes are done and now for the eyes. Take two tiny amount of black wool and roll it up into tiny balls. Place one eye into position and pop it in slowly. Remember to use the needle tip to bide the loose fibers. D and now for the second eye, do exactly the same. Now for the nose, roll up deep pin into a ball. Use a little bit more than the ice so it's bigger. You can shape it into triangle or elongated shape. It's done. Now roll too tiny amount of bleached white for the highlights of the eyes. Place it on the eye and very gently pop it in. Since it's so tiny, do not pop too deep or too hard or else, it will disappear into the black of the eye. Repeat for the other one. Now, for the cheeks, take a very small thin piece of light pink. Place it on the cheek area and gently pop it in. Now take a little strips of black for the mouth. Place one end at the base of the nose and poke to secure and continue poking downwards. Now for the legs, tack four small amount of white wool as shown and pop one end on each one and leaving the other end fluffy. Turn the legs as you pop to make sure all around are firmed up, except for the fluffy ends. Remember to pop the tip also and also to twist with your fingers to firm them even more. One leg is done and continue making the other three exactly the same way. Once all four legs are done, let's hop to the next video for the next steps. 7. Strawberry Top: Back to the strawberry, we are making the top green stem and the calyx. I'm going to mix green and lime green together, but if you have only one green, then it's okay. If you are using two greens, then pull the same amount and blend them up. If you are using only one green, then skip this blending part. To blend just pull the two greens together and pull them a few times apart as shown. Okay. Place it onto the strawberry to see if you like the bland. Now pull a smooth strip and twist one end with your fingers and leaving the other end fluffy. Then place it on the form and the twisted end only. Once done, leave it stuck on the form and start to do the next one the same way. Place next to the first one as shown with the fluffy end touching while the pointed ends apart. Pop the whole thing, including both the fluffy ends. Continue with the rest until you have six pieces in total. It's done. Now carefully remove the whole thing from the phone. Then twist each piece with your fingers to further felt it. Place it back onto the form and pop once again. Remove and give them a final twist. Put the calyx aside and now do the small stem. Take the remaining wool blend and twist up one end and leave the other end fluffy. Start poking and twisting the end till it's firm. Pope and twist repeatedly to get it felted quicker. Give it a final twist and then open up the fluffy end. Place the talc on top of the strawberry. Pop the meddle a few times to secure it to the strawberry top. Once the calx is secured, place the stem right in the middle, spreading out the fluffy fibers. Then start poking the fuzzy ends to attach the stem to the whole Callyx and strawberry. Again, using the needle stip to tuck in all the loose hanging fibers. Pop each section of the callig halfway towards the pointy end. With that, we are done for now and I will see you in the next video. 8. Assembling: We have all the parts done and now it's time to assemble all of them. Let's start with the head first. Take a small piece of white wool and fluff it up. Place it on the back of the head and pop just enough for it to get stuck. Then take another piece and do the same onto the strawberry. Now take the head and place it on the strawberry as shown. Slowly and carefully poke with your needle, following the way I'm doing in order to securely attach it firmly. When poking directly on the face, make sure your needle reach onto the strawberry. Next is to tug in all the fuzzy wall in with the tip of your needle. Here, I will let you dug in all the loose wall and I will come back later once you have done. After all fibers are typed in, check if the hat is attached properly by shaking it a little. Give a few more poking to tie it up the joined area. Also reshape the shape of the face and ears if necessary. It's done and now let's attach the legs. Lets one leg in position and lightly first. So it's easier to adjust the position if you don't like it. Okay. Now I'm placing the second leg to check the position. If it's not okay, then you can remove the first one and redo. Here I'm rearranging both legs. Now for the bottom legs. Okay. Once you are satisfied with the placements, it's time to fix them firmly to the strawberry. Pop your needle deep into each legs and making sure the needle reach the strawberry. And also tucking in all the loose fibers around the leg with the tip of your needle. Continue the rest of the legs till all looks neat and tidy. Once completed, check if it can stand without rolling backwards. If yours roll over, just adjust the legs a little. Lastly, the seeds, I'm using light mustard. If you don't have this color, use any light color like lemon, color, or p. Take a very small piece and roll it up into an op. Place it on the strawberry vertically and start poking lightly so as not to sing it into the strawberry. Done, and let's do another one. Place it a bit apart from the first one. I will do another one, and this time, I will place it below the first two. Place it in position as shown. With these three seats as a guide, continue to do more seats all around the strawberry. Here's how it looks when all the seats are attached. Turn it around and check through. If there are seats that you didn't like the position, you can just pull it out and reattach it back. Mine look pretty good, so there's no need for adjustment. Thank you so much for taking my class and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. With that, I will see you in the next one. Okay. 9. Recap & Final Thoughts: Thank you so much for taking my class on making this cute strawberry kitty. I'm so glad that you have reached this far and completed the whole process. So congratulations. Now it's time to do your class project. You can do the same as mine or do your own version, example, like a kitty with patch instead of stripes or a pink strawberry instead of a red one. Once your project is done, take a photo of it and share it in the project gallery page below this video. In sharing your project, we can all learn from each other. If you do post it on Instagram, do tag me at Fuzzy Little Friends Studio. Last but not at for more of my inspirational needle felting videos, go visit my YouTube channel at Fuzzy Little Friends Studio. Thank you so much once again for taking my needle felting class, and I will see you again in my next one. Bye for now.