Needle felting is something we’ve always admired. The patience and skills involved in making a beautiful felted piece are nothing short of impressive and those are the kinds of artistic abilities we aspire to. We’ve become quite good over time, but we’d still consider ourselves intermediate with room for improvement. Even so, we regularly collect more advanced or even expert felting guides and tutorials in order to keep ourselves reaching towards ever more impressive goals and motivate ourselves with specific projects.
Just in case you’re an advanced needle felter looking for new patterns, or even if you’re just collecting motivation pieces like us, here are 15 fantastic expert felted projects that will really make you feel inspired!
1. Advanced wolf
Dog lovers rejoice, the very first project on the list is one for you! Technically this guide from
2. Little standing horse
Are you looking for advanced pattern that undoubtedly takes a lot of skill and patience but that still has a cute air of something akin to a cartoonish quality about the character, rather than being strikingly realistic? We can understand that! Perhaps you’ll get along with this adorable little free standing felted horse from
3. Detailed donkey
What if realism actually is what you’re going for but barnyard animals are definitely appealing to you even if the above tutorial isn’t the one you’ll choose? Then maybe this adorable felted donkey project outlined step by step on
4. Cute felted alpaca
Even if you’re working on expert level patterns now, are you still intent on keeping that slightly kawaii and adorable quality of the original felted projects you feel in love with, back when you barely knew how to do more than circular shapes? In that case, we’d definitely suggest taking a look at how
5. Needle felted Marbled Murrelet bird
Re you quite intrigued indeed by this idea of adding embroidery and a bit of careful hand stitching to your felting to make the finer details of what you’re making look a little more realistic? Then we think you’ll get along quite well indeed with the way
6. Realistic elephant
Have you always dreamed of having an elephant of your own, ever since you were a little kid? Well, we can’t help you fit a live elephant in your living room, but we can suggest taking a look at how
7. Needle felted Yorkie with a bow
Did we really catch your attention when we started talking about how the wild dog idea we listed above reminded us of our dog, only your family pooch is much smaller and fluffier than our hound? Then maybe you’d prefer to make something like this adorable, long furred Yorkie dog outlined step by step on
8. Isabelle from Animal Crossing
Realistic and kawaii animals aren’t the only things you can felt at an advanced level! If you’re a video gamer or pop culture enthusiast, perhaps you’d get more of a kick from creating something like this character from the video game Animal Crossing. See how it’s done in much more detail thanks to
9. Needle felted yaks
Were you quite intrigued by the texture and techniques that went into created the long, loose looking cur of the Yorkie dog but you’d also rather make a wild animal that wouldn’t normally be found in your home? Then we’d absolutely encourage you to take a look at the way
10. Lifelike needle felted dogs
Can you tell yet that we’re huge dog lovers? Just incase you’re totally into the idea of felting a miniature pup that looks like your own furry best friend but yours neither looks like a Yorkie nor a wolf, here’s a fantastic tutorial from
11. Spooky needle felted witch
Perhaps you were hoping to tackle a felting project that’s entirely different from what you’re used to and not any kind of animal- real or animated- at all! Well, the process of felting the particular shapes involved in the human face are no small feat, so check out how
12. Fluffy felted flamingo
Are you interested in learning how to do smaller, more delicate shapes and also perhaps textures like fur or feathers that are a little more wispy and impressively detailed? Then we think you’ll find everything you’re looking for in this cheerfully pink flamingo pattern outlined step by step on
13. Marie from The Artistocats
Have your kids been interested in needle felting lately thanks to your love for it and, while they’re not quite ready to try it out themselves just yet, you’d like to keep their interest alive by making them a felted gift? Then maybe their love for Disney would make this adorable Marie from The Aristocats project the perfect present! See how she’s done on
14. Realistic felt ermine
We’ve shown you quite a number of realistic animals by this point, but what if you were hoping to find smaller animals to recreate, rather than dogs, birds, and very large creatures? Then we think maybe this adorable ermine (which is akin to a mink, weasel, or ferret) might be preferable for you! Get the full guide on
15. Realistic little mouse
Did we almost find what you’re looking for when we started talking about the cute little ermine but you’re still wondering if there are guides for even smaller creatures out there that you can pay tribute to? In that case, you just might be the perfect person to try making this adorable mouse featured on
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