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Felt Faces: Artist Becky Margraf crafts 100 little faces for 100 consecutive days

For the 2016 round of The 100 Day Project, San Francisco-based artist Becky Margraf has decided to hand-sew 100 little felt faces over 100 consecutive days, taking inspiration from anything and everything including tasty sushi and pincushions to popcorn and retro computer games.

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All images courtesy of Becky Margraf

All images courtesy of Becky Margraf

Her cute and quirky collection, made from felt, foam and yarn, takes inspiration from food and animals, video games and natural elements. We personally love the cheeseburger felt face or the tribute to Pac-Man. Most of her creations are available to buy via her Etsy shop, too.

It follows on from a successful Felt Beasts challenge last year when she created 100 felt creatures of various themes. That was a little more complicated, as Becky had to work with bespoke shapes and sizes. Her latest Felt Faces is a little more straightforward but presents some difficulty with a smaller canvas.

Every day, she is sharing her inventive creations on Instagram and each one shows the extent of her creativity and imagination. She is down to the last few, so be sure to follow 100 Felt Faces online.

Hand-sewn felt Pac-Man character with yellow circular face, black eyes and mouth, surrounded by coloured felt pellets on a dark blue maze-patterned background, held in someone's hand
Hand holding a small pink fluffy felt square with a smiling face made from black beads and embroidered details against a blue background
Hand-sewn felt popcorn character with a smiling red and white striped container and white fluffy popcorn top held in someone's hand
Hand holding a small felt burger face with brown bun, yellow cheese eyes with pupils, red tomato slice and bright green lettuce layers
Hand-held felt face with a smiling expression, grey brick pattern and green ivy leaves, against a yellow background
Hand-held felt face with white petal-like details, orange textured centre and black dot eyes on black fabric square
Hand-held felt face with pink, white and blue scalloped layers, googly eyes and a stitched X-shaped mouth
Hand-held Pop-Tart-style felt face with white frosting, coloured sprinkles and a smiling expression against a teal brick wall
Hand holding a golden-brown felt square with embroidered honeycomb pattern, cute face and three yellow and black striped bees attached
Hand-stitched felt face with orange and pink cross-stitch features and black bead eyes, mounted in a wooden hoop with white felt backing
Hand holding a small felt face with a white circular face, black dot eyes, tiny nose and golden yellow curly yarn mane
Hand-stitched felt square with a smiling face surrounded by various green trees in different shades and shapes against a turquoise background
Hand holding a small square felt face with green and teal pixelated blocks on top resembling grass, brown blocks in the middle, and a cute face with black eyes below, inspired by a retro video game character
Hand-held yellow felt square with a smiling face, surrounded by colourful felt figures in blue, red and green, inspired by retro video game characters
Hand holding a small felt face on blue fabric featuring cereal rings arranged in a circle with drawn eyes and mouth, resembling a bowl of cereal
A grid of 16 hand-sewn felt faces with embroidered features, including characters inspired by Pikachu, animals, food and video games, arranged on a turquoise fabric background
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