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OverviewNeedle Felt Pet Birds for Beginners is a practical, step-by-step craft book for making charming, lifelike felted pet birds with clean shapes, believable proportions, and expressive little faces. If you love budgies, cockatiels, lovebirds, canaries, zebra finches, parrotlets, conures, and other favorite companion birds, this guide shows you how to turn soft wool into recognizable handmade birds that feel personal and beautifully finished. This is not a vague overview. It is a hands-on beginner-friendly guide built to help you understand why bird forms work, how to build them clearly, and how to fix the common mistakes that make felted birds look stiff, toy-like, or unfamiliar. Inside this book, you will learn how to: choose the tools, wool, needles, and setup that actually work for bird projects build strong core forms with better body, head, chest, and tail proportions shape wings, tails, beaks, feet, crests, and faces with more confidence place eyes correctly so your birds look alert, gentle, sweet, or companionable use thin controlled color layers for cleaner markings and a more natural feather illusion spot and fix likeness problems such as oversized heads, uneven eyes, bulky cheeks, muddy color placement, and overworked surfaces work from pet photos and turn real birds into custom felted portraits The projects progress in a helpful order, starting with simple practice studies and moving into recognizable pet bird favorites. You will create forms inspired by: budgies in several color variations grey and lutino cockatiels bright lovebirds and blue lovebird variations parrotlets, canaries, zebra finches, and conures paired bird projects for more advanced confidence and display You will also find guidance for refining realism without feeling overwhelmed, practicing proportion and silhouette, displaying finished birds beautifully, and building a cohesive handmade bird collection of your own. Whether you are completely new to needle felting or ready to move beyond basic wool animals, this book is made to help you create birds that look thoughtful, recognizable, and full of character. If you want a craft book that is clear, practical, and focused on real results, Needle Felt Pet Birds for Beginners will help you make felted birds you will be proud to keep, gift, and display. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Elowen HartleyPublisher: Independently Published Imprint: Independently Published Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9798258557322Pages: 200 Publication Date: 23 April 2026 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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