I have been playing around with needle felting by hand and is fun. Now they have needle felting sewing machines and an adapter. Really cool things to make! I first saw these demonstrated at a fiber show in Indiana.

Greencastle, IN (will need to find dates for 2010)
Franklin, IN at the fairgrounds in June 2010
Portland, IN at the fairgrouns in March 2010

http://www.feltcrafts.com/needle-felting-machines.htm