{"id":3198,"date":"2013-12-14T21:21:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bastelesel.de\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2013-12-14T21:21:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T19:21:00","slug":"filzsterne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bastelesel.de\/en\/filzsterne\/","title":{"rendered":"Felt stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Filzsterne8\"<\/a>A lovely accessory for Christmas which is quickly done and can be used hanging in fir twigs, spread on your table or attached to little gifts. You can buy all necessary tools in crafting shops or online. Simply search for Needle Felting Supplies<\/strong> and you will find all you need. Besides wool you’ll need felting needles and felting foam. If you don’t want to avoid this investment you may simply use a piece of styrofoam which you should place on a thick cardboard. The tips of all felting needles are furnished with barb hooks and therefor are rather sharp so that I prefer working with a kind of “frame”, i.e. in this special case a cookie cutter. Take some wool, place it in the middle of your cookie cutter and start pricking into the wool with your needle. If you have a motive with tips like our star you should carefully prick along the edge and the tips of your cookie cutter. If the wool flattens remove the frame, lift the wool from your mat and turn it. Place the cookie cutter around the wool and start to prick on second side. The more you prick along the edge the better you’ll work out the outlines. Such a felt star is finished within 5-10 minutes.
\nYou may leave it like it is for decoration or just embellish it with some little pearls or sequins. That depends on where you want to place them.<\/p>\n