A Needle Felted Heart Key Chain

Last week I showed you how easy it is to use a cookie cutter as a template for your needle felting projects. This week we are going to follow the same process but add some more shape to our heart as well as some detail.

Needle Felted Heart Key Chain

Here’s what you will need:

• red wool roving and accent colors for embellishing
• felting needle (I used a 3 needle Clover tool for the heart and a single needle to add the detail)
• foam pad
• heart shaped cookie cutter
• key chain
• strong thread or twine
• sewing needle

How to make the needle felted heart:

Again, like we did with our Needle Felted Heart last week, we will follow the same steps from this Photo Tutorial.

To begin, place your cookie cutter on your foam pad and fill it loosely with your wool roving. Start poking away at the wool with your needle, taking care not to stab too deeply or your wool will start getting stuck in your foam. Make sure to work the wool into all your corners. Once your have compacted your wool a bit, flip the cutter and wool over and do the same to the other side.

I added a bit more wool to this heart than I did for the one I shared last week because I wanted it to have a little more dimension to it. Once you have your basic shape done, just pop the heart out of the cutter. Now keep working the wool with your needle to smooth your heart and round out the edges a bit. Feel free to add more roving if you want your key chain to have a little more volume to it.

Once you get it how you like it you can leave it as is or add some detail  like I show here. You can see how I add detail in this Photo Tutorial.

How to assemble the key chain:

Use some strong thread or twine and a sharp needle to sew your key chain to your heart. Be sure to stitch through a few times to really keep it secure.

So, what do you think? I absolutely {heart} it!

Be sure to check out my other needle felted projects here.