Thanks!
It’s pretty solid. Now, the previous version didn’t have enough overlap between body and tail, and was also made to have the seam allowances inside – and when I turned it right-side-out the tail pulled off the body. The blue felt and original yellow felt weren’t that great; the fins basically disintegrated around the edges when felted. This one has a significantly larger overlap as well as different yellow felt that holds up better (I didn’t have alternate blue felt in the right shade). Acrylic felt isn’t great for needle felting because the fibers are quite short (and it ruins your needles faster than natural fibers), but it works okay. The stitching and paint help it hold together too, as well as the extra layer of wool felted on top of the yellow parts.

I’ve never needle-felted anything, How sturdy is it? Are the needle-felted parts weak spots that could be pulled apart more easily or is the whole thing pretty well put together?

Thanks! I was pretty happy with it.