Orchidee Fiber crafts and eco stuff

My customized Needle felt sheep

2012-09-07T04:58:00.000-07:00

They are needled in a variety of wools, they cross the oceans to end up in little children hands or decorate a home, no wiring or embellishments and therefore safe for wool tasters young and old.
Here some images of sheep I made, they can be custom ordered online in our Etsy shop.

Needlefelters.com is back with some changes

2012-09-07T04:34:00.000-07:00

Needlefelters.com makes a come-back with some changes.

After Etsy implemented a new policy and many members happen to use other sites for their shops there is now a shop link on the *member page instead of the Etsy mini.

We welcome other fiber arts!
* Member Check back often to see if your page is back online and write me a mail with additional requests

Lettuce growing for the water concious

2012-03-21T14:07:00.000-07:00

Recently we have daily fresh lettuce from the garden. In our area where water is scarce a great solution is to grow the plants in indivisual little hothouses made from plastic bottles, cut in half. The humidity stays in the container with great results. The lettuce is growing very fast and every day I pick some leaves from each plant, lets see how long this will hold.

FREE Hand warmer pattern -reloaded

2011-11-19T01:12:00.000-08:00

The original post disappeared into the archives: now with a cold winter rapidly approaching (or maybe you are in it) this FREE handwarmer pattern by Hilah. Enjoy!A cute pair of hand warmers in my favorite crochet stitch. Click here to download the pattern in PDF format.

Enjoy!

Shana Tovah!

2010-09-07T21:08:00.000-07:00

Needle Felted Easter chick

2010-03-11T03:59:00.000-08:00

This little one was a custom order....for someone who ran out of $$...so if you want an adorable little needlefelted Easter Chick visit our Etsy shop at http://orchidee.etsy.com its waiting there...

We are preparing for Passover and since half of the family are vegetarians I even needlefelted the zroah for the Seder plate (which is supposed to be the bone of a lamb)

Whirling some woolies

2010-02-26T01:31:00.000-08:00

This morning I first spent some time on felted scarf preparations: whirling the woolies on my great Louet drum carder!

See here part of orchidee's crafting environment- the indoor studio. Most of the felting is done outdoors in the back yard when there is no wind and not like the weather is now: rainy!

Visit Orchidee Etsy shop. to get the idea of our doings...custom orders are welcome!

Voor de Nederlandse bezoekers van mijn blog

2009-11-18T04:58:00.000-08:00

Leuk zeg, ik verkoop nu mijn vilt sjaals ook op HIPPAS.NL een prachtig Fashion portal. Ik ben daar onder de naam Earthmandala. Have a look!

Orchidee Felt scarf on Etsy Treasury

2009-11-12T08:36:00.000-08:00

One of our cobweb felted scarf was featured on the Etsy Treasury by Wandertali! Thank you so much!

Ba Ba sheep in needle felt

2009-11-11T10:40:00.000-08:00

Its time for a little self promotion for Orchidee :) This time about my latest needle felted soft sculptures which can be a toy or buddy for the very young non fiber consuming toddler or adorn one of your shelves. I have two on the table in the sitting room, standing on a nice rock. I make the sheep in different sizes and they are 100 pure wool without wiring or embellishments of other materials. Even the eyes are needlefelted
They are from natural Shetland, Grey Leicester or natural black St.Jacobs sheep wool and black or white merino.

Sheep can be custom made in a preferred size. Now I am working on two white ones for two little boys
Ba can measure appr. from 3 inches / 10 cm from head to tail to 10 inches/25 cm.

Have a look in our Etsy shop you'll find them there

Cobweb felted scarf by Orchidee featured on Etsy treasury

2009-11-07T01:51:00.000-08:00

Orchidee is very proud to have the cobweb felted scarf "leaves" of the Wild Streak collection featured on the lovely HOT WINTER...Etsy Treasury-West by InbalDesign

Thank you so much for including our scarf!

Orchidee on Etsy Treasury

2009-11-02T01:30:00.000-08:00

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=74134

Thank you Bat Chen Designs for featuring Orchidee Wild Streak Felt Scarf on your Etsy Treasury!

7 Cobweb felted Scarves - Custom order

2009-10-19T13:05:00.000-07:00

Very soft 100 % natural Merino felted scarves in black/grey grey and creme/white.

Visit orchidee.etsy.com for additional felted scarves. Custom orders very welcome!

Felted Birthday Present

2009-10-19T12:50:00.000-07:00

Here the felted birthday present for a 2 year old little girl. A felted bag with felt ball.
The bags base is an upcycled angora sweater with merino wool accents and an organza lining. The big flower is wetfelded merino and so is the ball.
Come visit our Etsy shop at orchidee.etsy.com
Custom orders welcome!

Orchidee Etsy Shop

2009-10-12T23:16:00.001-07:00

Lots of new needlefelt and wetfelted items in our Etsy shop.

Needlefelted soft sculptures and toys and scarves from the Wild Streak collection.

Come have a look!

New felted Scarves are out and added every few days

2009-10-03T04:45:00.000-07:00

The new Wild Streak felted scarf collection is out and scarves are added to our Etsy shop orchidee from day to day. There are short and long narrow layered scarves which consist of colorblended wools and handdyed silk strands and nearly take the appearance of the antrophosofe watercolors. The long ones canbe wrapped around the head as an earwarmer and then crossed over in the neck and wrapped around further as a scarf.

There are large cobweb felt thin scarves from natural wools which are large thin and fluffy with holes and the felt has wild organic patterns. They can be used as a wrap or shrug.

I brought new wools from Holland, Shetland and Wallis and buy organic merino from Soulwool imported fromNZ.

Come visit our shop!

Wild Streak Felted Scarves Preview

2009-06-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

Currently I [Anika] am working on my new "Wild Streak" felted scarf collection for fall 2009. Wide lacy scarves and long narrow ones in a variety of color combinations and wool batts which are createdon the Louet drum carder.

Besides organic Merino wool fiber I mix in natural black Jacob's sheep fleece from Holland and Shetland wool fiber. Strands of silk are mixed in too

Part of the fiber is handdyed which gives a beautiful organic effect as if painted with wool these scarves.

A very important fact is the room in between the fibers, the holes which are created and become as much part of the creation as the together felted fibers.

Are not the spaces between the branches in the tree top part of the makeup of the tree?

Anyhow here is a sneekpeak at what I am at a couple of hours each day...... with a lot of fun!

Soon available in our Etsy shop!

For Birds to Nest

2009-03-02T11:15:00.000-08:00

These felted wool pouches are for the birds! Yes they can be hung in the garden for birds to take nesting materials.

The ones I made were given away as presents but you can order yours through our Etsy shop, just convo...

Featured in Etsy Treasury

2008-11-23T10:26:00.000-08:00

Orchidee's needlefelted Ba ba Black sheep are featured in a Black white and red Treasury on Etsy.

These sheep can be held by very little children as they contain no wiring or embellishments and are needlefelted from pure wool!

Visit the treasury here:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=22466

On Etsy you find great presents for the holiday season, buy handmade!!

Free Pattern - Hand Warmers

2008-09-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

A cute pair of hand warmers in my favorite crochet stitch. Click here to download the pattern in PDF format.

Enjoy!

Lil Pygmy Seahorse NFest Team April challenge

2008-04-26T11:43:00.000-07:00

Lil Pygmy seahorse is Orchidee's entry for the NFest team needlefelting challenge for April.

The theme is Oceana.

This was much fun making.

For sale in our Etsy shop!

Azure Chikadee and Brambling Inspirations

2008-03-31T11:48:00.000-07:00

Aint they cute??? I loved making these two new soft needlefelted birdies. The azure chikadee and brambling can be used as pin cushions but are also great just for display.

New are the rock shapes I create with the new hand dyed Shetland wool. The Shetland wool is great for stone shapes, maybe just a collection of soft rocks, that will be fun.

So these are for now the new explorations on the needlefelt path.

New spring time birdies!

2008-03-24T13:34:00.000-07:00

Two new needlefelted Birdie brooches are available in our orchidee Etsy shop: A Bullfinch and a Chestnut Bunting. I never saw them realtime in our surroundings but their colors are so pretty, i just look in my wonderful buird guide!

Check them out and I make also custom ordered birdies. Great gifts for the bird and nature lovers

www.Needlefelters.com

2008-03-19T10:45:00.000-07:00

The International Needlefelters Catalog is a site set up by Orchidee.Needlefelters with an Etsy shop can feature their own Etsy link straight into their shop on Etsy. The member page includes a short Bio, a Bio image.

All in order togenerate sales for our members but not less important to promote the Needlefelt Art!

Why Orchidee?

2008-03-14T12:24:00.000-07:00

Orchidee means orchid in Dutch. Hilah started growing orchids when in Holland and its one of her favorite plants. The plants came also when she moved back to Israel. Surviving the suitcase was not that bad but beautiful flowering plants as they are, to get them that far can be very trying. Too much water and they die!

You see our "Orchidee" is in honor of the orchid which thrives on little, but when in bloom shows off big time.