by Teresa Perleberg | Mar 28, 2016 |
Exciting News, and it’s all about Black Sheep! We Sheared our sheep and the most exciting part was shearing the Wensleydales for the first time. I was surprised at how much heavier the Wensleydale fleece was compared to our other breeds. It is quite perfect...
by Teresa Perleberg | Mar 24, 2016 |
I look forward to shearing day every year! (except for the year the sheep got into the cockle burs) We shear in March every year right before the lambs are due to arrive. Sheep shearing is exciting for several reasons but my favorite is getting my hands on the wool...
by Teresa Perleberg | Mar 10, 2016 |
Needle Felting Bunnies I routinely get asked how long it takes me to make a Bear Creek Bunny. I am excited to share a quick glimpse of the process in the video below. I only wish I could make them this fast!! The Bear Creek Bunnies take me 3-4 hours to complete as...
by Teresa Perleberg | Mar 2, 2016 |
Needle Felting Bunnies It is definitely bunny season at Bear Creek! The Bear Creek Bunnies have become one of my most popular items. This time of year I try to make at least one a day, if not more. It is hard for me to believe how many Bear Creek Bunny collectors...
by Teresa Perleberg | Feb 9, 2016 |
1. I am blessed to live on a farm surrounded by inspiration for my needle felting projects. A walk around the farm, a day of working cattle, visiting the new lambs in the barn or playing with the barn cats can usually stir up some needle felting inspiration on what I...
by Teresa Perleberg | Feb 1, 2016 |
Have you ever wondered if you need to have a wire armature when needle felting? In art, an armature is an underlying, unseen, supporting component (usually of wood or metal) for something else. I taught myself to needle felt by trial and error and had to learn the...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jan 24, 2016 |
I had great plans of putting this post together at the end of 2015 but time got away from me. I didn’t want to get too far away from 2015 without sharing my top 10 needle felted sculptures of 2015. Every year I go through the sculptures that I completed during...
by Teresa Perleberg | Jan 4, 2016 |
While enjoying the Christmas season with family and friends I also completed a few needle felting projects. I was excited to find an artist who makes realistic looking miniature antlers before Christmas. We worked together to come up with a way to make them work...
by Teresa Perleberg | Nov 9, 2015
My First Needle Felted Beaver I found some adorable picture of baby beavers. I had not realized how cute they are! I have never made a beaver before but thought I would try and make a cute one. I used some Icelandic wool that I had purchased from a friend for this...
by Teresa Perleberg | Nov 2, 2015 |
Bringing Wool to Life It starts with an idea, some wool, pictures and a felting needle. The sculpture doesn’t resemble very much in the beginning, but I did have some people guess what it was going to be by this picture. The Expression brings them to...
