Needle felting is a really fun and crafty form of art, but there is no need to be an artist in order to explore its possibilities! Use your embroidery machine, and these simple appliqué designs to create beautiful needle-felted projects. There are two sizes of each design, 4x4 and 5x7. The chick designs both fit into a 4x4 hoop, but one is smaller than the other.

The sweet baby girl vest pictured below is embellished with a needle-felted kitten design on the front and back. The little boy vest pictured sports the chubby teddy bears.

Wool felt, wool roving and felted wool fabric are all recommended for use with these designs. Although polyester or wool blend felts may be used, 100% wool fabrics work best, providing a permanent bond.

Important Note. These designs require the use of a needle-felting machine. It is possible to use hand-felting needles to create these projects, but machine needle felting is much faster!