Learn to needle felt realistic animals you can truly feel proud of
Hi, I’m Amanda Adebisi, the artist behind Fit to be Loved.
If you’ve ever felt unsure of your needle felting, or wondered why your animals don’t quite look how you hoped — you’re not alone.
I help self-doubting beginners grow into confident fibre artists, creating realistic animals full of life, character and detail.
Through my tutorials, I don’t just teach technique. I often guide you to understand animal anatomy, behaviour and form, so your work starts to come alive in a way that feels deeply satisfying.
✨ I’m so glad you’re here 🙂
🌿 Start where you are..
I’d love to support you on your needle felting journey — whether you’re just beginning or looking to refine your skills further — there’s something here for you:
🌱 A Beginner just starting out?
Build your confidence step by step with my free beginner-friendly tutorials, designed to show you the basic techniques, help you avoid common frustrations and enjoy the process from the beginning.
👉 Get stabbing with the beginner tutorials
🐝 Ready to create something you’re proud of?
Follow one of my in-depth tutorials, guiding you through each stage with clarity and care so you can create realistic, detailed animals.
👉 Browse the full library of tutorials.
🎯 Feeling stuck or unsure what to fix?
If you need a little extra support, I offer one-to-one troubleshooting sessions where I can guide you through your specific challenges.
🌿 My Approach
My approach to needle felting goes beyond simply showing you what to do.
I help you understand:
- the structure beneath the surface
- the way wool behaves and how to work with it
- the subtle details that bring expression, realism and life
So that your animals don’t just look better…
✨ they begin to look alive
And most importantly — so that you feel confident and proud of what you’re creating.
🌿 Felted Animals
Each Fit to be Loved animal is one of a kind, carefully sculpted by hand over many hours.
I work with beautifully textured, ethically sourced wool, layering and refining it to reflect the natural tones and movement of real fur.
Every piece is created with deep care and attention to detail — not just to capture likeness, but to bring through personality, character and soul.
From time to time, finished pieces are available to purchase.
👉 View available animals / Etsy shop.
🌿 Kind Words
Over time, I’ve had the privilege of supporting so many people on their needle felting journey.
Here are a few of their experiences:
✨ “I feel well on the way to achieving what I set out to do and I am so enjoying my new hobby.”
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*”I wish I could give Amanda more than 5 stars! What a wonderfully joyful enterprise she has established and so aptly named – she is so generous in sharing her love for this craft.
I am a beginner needle felter and have taken on a rather ambitious project making a model of a friend’s dog. Amanda patiently talked me through all the techniques I needed to practice in order to achieve a realistic fur; she demonstrated everything in a clear way and sent me a copy of the whole video plus lots of references for me to refer back to.
I feel well on the way to achieving what I set out to do and I am so enjoying my new hobby. I can thoroughly recommend any aspiring, or experienced felter, to have a Masterclass with Amanda – she’s definitely one of the best!”*
— Melanie, UK
✨ “Amanda is very knowledgeable and was a great help in completing my project.”
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“I contacted Amanda for a one on one session. Amanda is very knowledgeable and was a great help in completing my project. I will definitely contact her again for help with future projects.” — Annette, Canada
If you’ve found my tutorials or support helpful, I’d be so grateful if you’d consider leaving a review.
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Fit to be loved 
I love your tutorials. That with th Springer Spaniel eyes and ears. But I realy need one fore the hole head do yuo have a tutorial with a Spaniel head ? Have a nice day from Gunilla in Sweden💖
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Thank you. I don’t yet have a dog head tutorial sorry.
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bonjour , pouvez vous me dire combien de micron il faut pour faire des animaux en laine feutrée merci bonne journée
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bonjour , je suis nouvelle dans le feutrage à l’éguille et je souhaite en apprendre plus sur les techniques . avez vous des modèles pour apprendre fiches , livres ou kits . cependant je ne parle pas n’y ne comprend l’anglais , c’est pour ça qu’il me faudrait un modèle merci
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bonjour, merci pour votre message. Vous pouvez suivre ma chaîne youtube avec des légendes en français ou lire mes tutoriels ici en français en choisissant votre langue en haut. Je n’ai qu’un seul tutoriel pdf pour faire une abeille mais il est en anglais. Beaucoup de photos, donc assez simples à suivre.
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Hi I purchased your bee needle felting tutorial today. I filled out email details ext but not received the li k to pdfs yet. Please can you let me know when anything will be forwarded.
Thanks
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Hi Sarah, I have just emailed you the link. Not sure why you didn’t see the link as it comes up immediately on purchase. Anyway please do check your email. Thanks, Amanda
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Hi earlier I purchase your class on making Mr Bumble bee digital down load have not received notification on it. Payed for not received anything.
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Hi Doreen, thank you for reaching out. So sorry you didn’t get to see the link. On payment it immediately provides the link. Please check your Etsy inbox as I’ve replied directly to the message you also sent me there and have supplied the link. Thank you and I hope you have fun making him. Amanda
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I love your bees!! They’re gorgeous, and such a nice size. I’m glad I found your etsy!
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Thank you so much Apryl.
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I just love your tutorials on YouTube. I’m new to needle felting and find watching how you create these wonderful masterpieces inspiring. Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much for your comment. I’m so pleased to know you find it inspiring. This is why I do it so that means so much for you to take the time to say it. 😊
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Have really enjoyed your tutorials. I have made a badger with your help, but could not find a fox – has there been one.
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Hi Rose. Great you made a badger. Would love to see how it turned out. I made a fox (see gallery) when i first started but didn’t show technique. I wrapped wool over a wire frame and added wool shapes to give it a fox like anatomy. Then did the long fur technique (see my tutorial)
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Great tutorials! Thanks so much.
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So nice of you to say. Thanks Nicole.
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lovely blog. and informative view into the way you work. thanks for sharing x
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Thanks Gemma 🙂
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