Bug Buddies
– Needle Felted Bug Buddies with Wet Felted Wings –

with Amy Wright Long


Course Outline

CLASS CHAT

Class Chat: Bug Buddies
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Getting Started: Info & Resources

Introduction
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Materials and Supplies Overview
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Supplies – Kit Link and List Download
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Printable Pattern
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Reference Photos
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Felting a Bug Base

Bug Shapes Overview
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Armature and Head
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Thorax
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Tail
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Adding Color

Color Overview
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Head and Body
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Firefly Tail
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Racing Stripes
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Thorax Design
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Facial Structure

Facial Structure
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Legs

Making and Attaching Legs
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Wings and Belly

Wet Felting the Wing and Belly Fabric
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Needle Felting the Wings
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Bug Belly
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Attaching the Wings
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Bug Eyes & Hair Do

Attaching the Eyes & Getting a Hair Do
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Antennae

Attaching the Antennae
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Certificate of Completion

Get Your Certificate!
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Get creative in this class with three different body styles and any colors you can imagine!

About this Course

Skills Focus: Needle Felting, Some Wet Felting
Video Lessons: Videos are divided into easy to digest & easy to reference segments
Difficulty Level: Beginner Friendly, Fun for Intermediate Felters
Helpful Experience to Have: Some Needle Felting

Create your very own Bug Buddy to keep you company!

Skills you will Learn:

  • Creating the armature
  • Needle felting firm shapes
  • Needle felting straight lines and round dots
  • Easy wet felted wings
  • Special fiber blend for the firefly’s bright tail
  • Working with glass eyes
  • Attaching wings, tail and legs
 

Needle Felt Bug Buddies Workshop

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Included in this course:

  • 24/7, 365 Instant access to the course streamed directly to your computer, tablet or phone
  • High quality video instruction divided into short, digestible lessons
  • Learn at your own pace and refer back to lessons at any time
  • Complete materials list with links to recommended supplies
  • BONUS!
    Free enrollment in Amy’s Course for Making Your Own Fantasy Glass Eyes
    **enroll in the Bug Buddy class and then check your email for the voucher code
    to enroll in the Fantasy Glass Eyes class or free!
How to make fantasy glass eyes
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Community Creations!

  • Lantern Bug 1.jpg
    Made by Jocelyn Welles
  • Jennifer Ross Bug Buddy
    Made by Jennifer Ross
  • Julie Racicot Bug Buddy
    Made by Julie Racicot
  • thumb_1605208043096_20201112_121615.jpg
    Made by Brenda Broschard
  • Bug 5.jpg
    Made by Jocelyn Welles
  • Bug 7.jpg
    Made by Jocelyn Welles
  • thumb_1605046397057_20201110_171213.jpg
    Made by Brenda Broschard
  • Julie Racicot Bug Buddy
    Made by Julie Racicot
  • Jennifer Ross Bug Buddy
    Made by Jennifer Ross
  • Lantern Bug 2.jpg
    Made by Jocelyn Welles

Meet the Instructor:

Amy with two of her fun Bug Buddies.

Amy Wright Long

Amy Wright-Long is a needle felt artist based in Austin, Texas. Her education includes illustration classes at Carnegie Mellon University and fashion history at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. She discovered needle felting in 2016, and after working creatively for many years in other mediums quickly realized that needle felting offered her unlimited potential in expression.

Many of her creations are whimsical fantasy creatures inspired by Muppet creator, Jim Henson and his collaborator Brian Froud, and other Nordic illustrators known for their interpretations of Scandinavian mythology. Amy became known for making realistic opossum families and other realistic woodland creatures, along with her “Night Friends”, a series of fantasy moths and creatures of the night.