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I've made just under 50 patterns in the last four years, but this one has to be one of my favourites, a Scandinavian style village in a terrarium.
It's also my third cover for Mollie Makes, which is a bit of a proud moment. As usual, it's been beautifully styled and photographed at the other end.
Like all of my patterns, it started off with sketches which progressed from initial brain storming ideas -
- to experimenting with various shapes and arrangements.
Before settling on what would be more or less the final design.
For my American friends, I believe it becomes available early next year from Barnes and Noble, Books A Million and outlets of Jo-Ann. A full list of countries and overseas outlets can be found here on the Mollie Makes site.
I'd love to see any examples of villages made from my pattern. I'm also holding a 'little houses' needle felt workshop at my old haunt, Folly Fabrics, Wiltshire, on February 27th next year. For more details and to book a place from their site, click here.
I've been pleasantly surprised at how many people have signed up for my needle felt newsletter, and am planning the first edition for mid-January. If you'd like to sign up for it too, the form is here on my own website.
It's been quite a year so far for magazine appearances - a few weeks ago, my ever popular pattern for doglets were featured in the Comic Relief/Mollie Makes Crafternoon bookazine. This was the first pattern I ever wrote, over three years ago and people still seem to love it! You can still buy the digital version of this from Amazon UK via this link. I've also started writing patterns for the UK's best selling craft magazine, 'Craftseller' - my first contribution was in last month's issue, number 48, a set of three tropical bird brooches. This is a copyright free pattern, which means that people can make and sell their versions of it. You can buy the back copy of this issue directly from the Craftseller site here. This month's issue, number 49, sees me on the cover, with a cute trio of pet shop sweeties. These designs are also copyright free and they hit the selves on April 4th, so there's plenty of time to grab a copy and start making.
Craftseller is a UK based publication and on sale at WHSmith, good newsagents, large supermarkets and some craft shops. I'm really thrilled to have been asked to work for them and also to have snagged my fourth magazine cover. Bottoms up!
In non-needle felting news - lovely Joe has mended the shed roof after a couple of large chunks were torn off in recent gales. It's good not to be alone anymore, in so many ways.
Amazing to think that it is summer already - and I have a lovely big interview and feature in this year's Mollie Makes 'Made in Felt 2' magazine.
I also got to mention my two favourite needle felt artists, Victor Dubrovsky and Malachai Beesley, always nice to plug other needle felters, especially if you admire their work.
Lady Winifred Weasel, my latest design, is looking for a copy now. She advises finding more details over on the Mollie Makes page. but if you're in the UK, it can be found in the usual major outlets, WHSmith and various supermarkets.
Whistle stop blog post, as I am up to my neck in *stuff*. My polar bear pattern in 'Mollie Makes Weddings' - on Amazon UK here and Amazon USA here. My kitten pattern in the latest issue (37) of 'Mollie Makes'. Available as a 'real' magazine here or as a digital download here from iTunes only.
Off to Cinderhill Farm soon to do the first workshop of the year on March 8th - there are two places left, if anyone fancies it, details are here . I can count on one hand the amount of times I've been anywhere since November last year, so I am very much looking forward to my adventure. Not to mention seeing my dear friends, meeting my workshop students and cooing over the newborn lambs.
I'll also be launching my first kits, 'Slinky Fox' at the workshops. It's been a long process, but I will soon be bringing out kits on a regular basis. I will return with photos of lambs. And chickens. and more pigs. And goats.
It has been one heck of a month. I think we've been walloped with so many life events this year - some good, others dreadful - that we are just reeling from it. However, there is always needle felting and I am so pleased that 'Mollie Makes' have used another of my patterns for their latest issue - a chicken brooch, easy and quick to make, with written and photographic instructions. It's in issue 21 which is in shops now, available to buy online here or as a digital download here.
It was also lovely to be in the same section as my online friend, Debs -
'Imagination of a Ladysnail' who has her sweet character brooches featured. We've followed each other's progress for years, and it's so nice to be celebrating a bit of success together. Deb's blog is
here.
Latest order to be finished; eight Christmas Cottages for one lucky person's tree. I'm all cottage'd out for the moment, but you can find the pattern in '
Mollie Makes Christmas' and make your own - I'd love to see pictures of the results.
It seems like a long time ago when I made these little chaps - in our old cottage, back in the Spring before we moved. Cottages and houses really are the dominant theme this year.
And now at last, they are in the gorgeous new 'Mollie Makes' project series, published by Anova Books. I opened my latest mag to see this - and a lovely in-house photo of my little cottages.
The nice people at
Anova have offered a giveaway of a free copy to a lucky winner - just leave a comment on my blog here, and I'll draw all the names out of a hat on Wednesday morning October the 10th - so get your name down before then, and I'll send the winner's email address to the publishers. Open to the Whole World.
I've already got my copies - so many lovely things in there, I feel happy just looking at it.
Oh, and if you'd like a bonus entry, subscribe to Lovecraft/Anova
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Doglets ahoy! Issue 13 of Mollie Makes hits UK shop shelves today - I've had a fantastic response from subscribers so far (who got their copies last Saturday). I feel a bit greedy, as the lovely Mollie Makes team gave me a lot of pages - as soon as you open the cover the sweet story begins - and how beautifully they have presented my little dogs - I felt as if I was looking at someone else's work. 
...and in the contents...
...and six sumptuous double page spreads after that, with my step-by-step guide to making your own doglet - people, I sweated over that pattern, so it had better work! And yes, those are my fair hands demonstrating the steps.
The basic doglet design is an old favourite - I made my first in the third week of my discovering needle felting, over four years ago. He was called 'Petite Jaune' and he went over to live in Europe.
Soon after, I tweaked the design and made 'Custard', who went to live with the lovely
28 Comments on Mollie Makes & me!, last added: 4/15/2012
I know someone who would adore the chicken brooch. Uh oh, fingers are itching and the needles are pricking.
Hope you have had more good than bad life wallops. Here is to a more calm and peaceful New Year.
I just love my print so thank you very much! I'm wishing you a lovely holiday and a very Happy and productive New Year! I know as you fix up Bodge Cottage you will grow to love it very much.
A very Merry Christmas from your friend in Austin, Texas :)
You have excelled yourself with those little houses, they are so very des res.
So good to get your work in such a
wonderful magazine, I hope all is going well at Bodge Cottage, we have had the same sort of year at
Gull Cottage. And doing some nasty remodeling too. Looking forward to the smell of a bowl of fresh lavender and shining floors once again.
Hope its a happy Christmas in your new home
best
julie
I think I'd really like to have a go at this chicken, so will get the magazine.
Do you think you'll be able to keep some real hens in your garden?
What a small world it really is ... I met Debs a few years ago ... she came to my house with a mutual friend. Its nice to see she is doing well in her chosen career.
Hope you are settling in your new home.
Vicky x
Cute!
PD
Hey Gretel, how fab to be featured again along with Deb.......your chicken brooches are too cute. You know how much I like a chook.......I'll have to be patient as issue 19 has only just arrived here and I like a hard copy rather than a digital one.
Sorry to hear things have been tough recently, you've certainly had a busy year with all your moving. I hope 2013 is alot calmer and you can really settle in to your new home.
Righto off to visit Deb's blog, her Robin brooch is gooooorgeous.......
Claire x
hi, congratulations on being featured in Mollie Makes! Ive just checked out your friends blog and her work is fabulous! Thanks for your tip on where to buy felting needles, Ive been pretty busy making my little nests, amongst all the other fairly random things I make, and other folk seem to like them too...which is a bonus!! The cottages are lovely...what a lucky Christmas tree! xx
Thank goodness for cotton and wool and yarn and fabric--all things to help us work out the worries of the day in a creative way. I'm sorry that you have been having a rough go of things lately--I hope that has run its course and you are on the track of more positive happenings.
As always, I adore what you make. :)
Gretel, on my walk round my neighborhood yesterday, I saw the new MM for sale, and bought it without even first glancing through the pages to see what treasures might be there.
So...what a grand surprise to see you absolutely charming hen! Wow! I think that you'll inspire lots of folks to try their hands at the art of needle felting. (Perhaps in the New Year, I might even find time for an attempt of my own.)
Your cottage ornaments are terrific, too. I could see folks starting a collection, so that in years to come, they might have an entire village hanging from their trees. Would you consider adding a church inspired from some of those lovely ancient places you and Andy showed me?
xo
I'm not the hugest fan of Molly Makes, but your hen and your cottages are absolutely delightful, I might even be persuaded to buy a copy of the mag!
Well done Gretel, they look absolutely gorgeous!
Thankyou for your comment on my newest painting, praise indeed from you.x ;)
Wishing you and Andy a wonderful and happy christmas in your new home.
Love Jess x