Welcome to my gallery of needle felted dolls!



Felt Alive original needle felted dolls are each hand-sculpted from wool batting using barbed felting needles with no sewing, no stuffing, no wire armatures and no paint! Even their eyes, teeth, clothing, hair and accessories are needle felted wool. The dolls stand, flex and bend nearly like they are alive.

The needle felted dolls in my gallery are not available for sale but I do have limited openings for commission work. Call for more information. 541-592-3499

Felt Alive Needle Felted Dolls

Celebrity Caricature Collection

This is li’l Spinal Tap

This is Spinal Tap is a hilarious fictional mockumentary about England’s loudest band. These go to ’11’

Li’l Dr. John

The Li’l Coneheads

The Dude (aka Jeff Bridges) from ‘The Big Lebowski’

Li’l Mick Jagger

PSY

Korean Pop Singer / YouTube Sensation

Dial ‘M’ for Man in the Moon

My (slightly greenish) tribute to Alfred Hitchcock …in the moon.

“Good Evening”

The late, great Freddie Mercury

And Here is with his dear friend, Li’l Elton John

Li’l Whoopi

Such an amazing face to bring to life in wool

this is my original Whoopi – I made her on commission for a fan of Whoopi.

Li’l Bob Dylan



This is my second version of Dylan

Li’l Wille Nelson

Felt-Headed Stranger

Li’l Willie Nelson #2

This is my second version of Willie

Kathryn Williams and The Pond

Here is a talented and fun group of musicians with their mini Felt Alive dolls.



Li’l Weird Al

Li’l Rabbit with John ‘Rabbit’ Bundrick

legendary keyboardist for The Who photo courtesy of http://www.rabbitwho.com

As a longtime fan of The Who, this project was such a thrill for me – and would you believe that I didn’t know Rab owned a red and black western shirt until I saw this photo? Uncanny, is what I say! When Rab’s doll arrived early in the morning, he dug through his closet to find his matching red shirt to pose for a photo for me! (Can you see his pajamas under his shirt 🙂 Thanks for being such a great sport, Rab!!

Lil Lyle Lovett

I’m a huge fan of this man’s musical talent

Li’l Jay Leno

Li’l Bono

Felt Alive needle felted wool dolls are made without the use of wire armatures!

Li’l Springsteen with Li’l Bono

Li’l Donald Trump

circa 2009



He stars in this original Felt Alive Production. Trump’s comb-over is hilarious on his 4-wheeling adventure with li’l Conan O’Brien.

Li’l Ellen DeGeneres

The Li’l Beatles

The Beatles are some of my earliest caricature work.

Li’l Spock

Li’l Travolta

Feltin’ Alive in Alaska (He’s pretty interested in the sheep.)

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Li’l Mr. T

I Pity the Wool!

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Li’l Jackie Chan

Li’l Johnny Cash

Li’l Elvis!

Li’l Marilyn Monroe

Li’l Bob Dylan

version #1

Li’l Janis Joplin

What can I say? She’s my li’l rock star for sure!

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Li’l Elton John

Li’l Conan O’Brien

What fun it was to bring Conan’s quirky look to life in needle felted wool!

Li’l Conan dreams of meeting Big Conan some day!

Needle Felted Wool Doll

And check out Li’l Conan’s epic adventure ice fishing here in Alaska!

The needle felted bear was made by me especially for this video.

My nephews, Nick and Ben Petal, made the stop-motion animation video.

Clips of this video have appeared on The Conan O’Brien Show!

Li’l Willie Nelson

version #1



I’ve been a fan of Willie for many years and it was a great thrill to bring him to life in wool!

Li’l Sarah Palin

Needle Felted Wool Doll



I actually grew up with Sarah in Wasilla, Alaska. She was my very first celebrity caricature doll – I made her during the election in 2008 and sold her on eBay to a political doll collector.

And that’s concludes my collection of celebrity needle felted dolls but stay tuned – there will be many more!

Custom Needle Felted Caricature Dolls

Every so often I make custom look-alikes of friends and family

This is Saige and Li’l Saige!

Gabe & Carly



Gabe & Carly and their li’l wedding couple.

Patti & John

The real Patti & John

Li’l John & Patti

Jessica & Li’l Jessica

Aren’t they gorgeous?

felt alive original designs

The next group of needle felted dolls are purely from my imagination! And if you want to learn how to make needle felted creations of your own, I offer several fun workshops of my designs.

Felt Alive Needle Felted Witch

She has some attitude for sure. And like all of my dolls, she is fully jointed with a natural range of motion. And she stands on her own without the use of wire armatures – all without sewing even one stitch!

Needle Felted Santa



Andy

Needle Felted Wool Doll

This little guy came to life while I was teaching a 3 day long doll workshop!

My student’s tell me he looks like Clint Howard, Ron Howard’s brother.

Petal

Clementine

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Jim Timmie



Needle Felted Wool Doll Jim Timmie came to life while filming my needle felted dolls video workshop. That’s why he has one shoe on and one shoe off! I had to demonstrate making both bare feet as well as feet with shoes.

Kay Petal

Katie



Needle Felted Wool Doll This is as close to a self portrait as I’ll likely ever get. I was a mushroom in a ballet when I was 5 years old.

George

Needle Felted Wool Doll

A first Felt Alive Doll with removable dentures!

Evelyn

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Daisy

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Hilda

Needle Felted Wool Doll

(Well, Hilda was not from my imagination totally, she was inspired by a pin-up caricature

by Duane Bryers.)



Cyrus (with my Great-Niece, Chloe)

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Droits!

Needle Felted Wool Elfin Creatures. AND the subject of my latest video workshop

Doc Treeboat

Needle Felted Doll

Mindy

Needle Felted Wool Doll

I finally made a Felt Alive Dog

Rufus

Needle Felted Wool Dog

And One Dog Led to Felt Alive PUPS!

Crackers and His Bro’, Alice

Needle Felted Dolls



Gladys

Needle Felted Wool Doll



Mac

Needle Felted Wool Doll

Igor

This is my needle felted tribute to the late, great Marty Feldman.

His Igor character in the comedy Young Frankenstein is just classic!

Igor’s Flickr Gallery

Older Works

the following photos are of my earliest projects.

Little Girl in Pink Jammies

Soft sculpted little girl – she is holing her little teddy bear. I made this little girl for a charity auction so her name is up to her new family.

Cupid

I set out to make a sweet little cupid and this rather silly looking character showed up instead. The song “Stupid Cupid” kept running through my mind as I created him.

Baby Brother

This little pair was donated to a charity auction.

Lena

This is another little cutie in her jammies

Moon Man

I made this for a felting challenge.

Little Girl

This is little Hazel. She sits about 6 inches tall. She is wearing a yellow dress. Click the link to watch a video!

Santa

Santa is about 20 inches tall. He is enjoying some down time in his red long-johns and wool socks.

Elf

This is Chieder. Check out his video!

Young Love

This couple is young at heart. And yes, it’s true Granpa’s in his Superman Underoos! Make sure to watch their video!

Grandpa Vern

My niece named him after my late father. The resemblance is a bit uncanny!

Grandpa Vern’s Woman

She doesn’t have a name – my niece just calls her Grandma.

Cookie

The sexiest distance between two points is a curve!

Hailey

I made Hailey in a workshop. She was supposed to be sunbathing but really, she looks better flying.

Kleebus

I made Kleebus in a class with Birgitte Krag Hansen. He is quite a character. The class was Funny Theatre Figures.

A. Einstein

Here is a needle felted over wire armature caricature of Albert Einstein.

Skye

This is Skye – A very early work. She is over a wire armature. Her handbag is needle felted as well.

Mush

This is my little tribute to my home town’s sled dog racing heritage. I even needle some of my husky mutts’ fur into the little dogs.

Nuno Felt Scarves

Wool felted onto silk

These are my first attempts but I think there can be no doubt where I got my inspiration. Photos taken in my front yard.