Exceptional talent! However, for your own sanity (as a fellow artist) - I know it pains you, but you really just need to tell the people that were scammed what happened. In no way, shape or form should you be held accountable for someone else's fraud, Selling your artworks for $20 would be akin to someone expecting to pay 5 bucks to have a new bathtub installed. Your time is valuable - never undervalue it! :) Much love and the best of luck from Canada!

These are adorable. The spider is even realistic enough to be skipped over a wee bit quickly! Flipping phobias! I'm rather fond of that cute bat! I hope you aren't bothered by scammers again.

You are very talented. I hope you are able to find away to prevent being scammed in the future.

I dont understand why you would make all these people tiny bats, if you listed it as 'not for sale' on social media. You are an amazing artist. If you get an Etsy account, let me know, would love to buy a spider brooch.

Must have bunny. Must have bat.

My daughter bought me a felting kit for Christmas. I've only made 3 animals so far, but it's a very enjoyable craft. Your work is so beautiful!! Omg my cat next to yours is a meme waiting to drop. :'')

The scams need to be reported and you should not be held liable to fulfill orders you never offered and will not receive anything from (given they already paid the scammer). Banks and credit card companies have provisions for getting those customers their money back. If they love your work and value your work, they will be willing to recommission an item from you for what the art is worth. If they want something worth $20, they aren't wanting your art. They are wanting a cute bat mass produced in China with no where near the quality of the items you would provide.

wow! those are gorgeous! these bat are incredible! i wish i could being put in line for one too :-)

Great Talent but I'm confused by the story... she is asking for suggestions whilst at the same time trying to fulfil the orders made by scammers!? – If you're doing that then you're basically working for free whilst the scammers are getting paid!

Wow! Just Wow!!

Wow your work is absolutely amazing. You have no obligation to sell your artwork for that ridiculously low price. These people need to follow it up with the websites they purchased from not you. Just apologise and say unfortunately cannot honour another sites sales as you have had and do not have any affiliation with the website they purchased from. Do not whatever you do undersell your amazing artwork, talent and time because you feel sorry for them. The people who see the worth and pay the correct amount are the ones that are going to get the most out of your work.

I am so sorry this happened to you! I too have seen the bat, and can absolutely understand why people were flocking to get them. Maybe they were just too excited since they are so cute. I myself am very suspicious by nature (or simply put I don't even have $20 to waste...), so I tried to verify the source of the bat ads. Nothing came back. Sadly, your shop was nowhere to be found either. :( People should really learn to double-check things before whipping out their cards and maybe engage in a little bit of critical thinking. You can tell fairly easily that the bat was hand-made. And whenever that is the case, there is no way it will cost only $20.

O-M-G, I'm in love with all of them. Sooo pretty. And you should really add a zero behind all of your prices. There are worth it. :)

I'm sorry, what? No. That's not how this works. Someone steals your images and puts up a false shop? Working on the assumption that this is an accurate, don't make this stuff for free. Report the image theft to the authorities (daunting, yes) but you don't just work for free because someone else scammed them. Have people tell you where they "bought" from and go through the task of getting those stores taken down. Yes it will be like playing whack-a-mole, but you have to protect your creations wherever you can. It is the buyer's responsibility to file a chargeback with their card issuer or payment portal. Filling these orders without getting paid is essentially aiding the scam. Work with the people scammed, not the scammers themselves. Help them get their money back by providing proof of the scam and help yourself by clearing what is obviously a labor of love from negative press. Then take your skill and make bank YOURSELF by sharing it for an adequate fee.

I like the kitty the best. Life size, cuddly, and ADORABLE

Wow, those look really good! My wife loves your bat.

Another consideration for you is to find a local fiber art Guild or Association where you live, so you can get social and artistic support and learn about copyright and creative ways to protect your products. See if they have a cooperative gallery, in which you can sell your beauties. That is how I sold my silk pieces for several years, and we protected each other's works. One very special thing you can do, especially if you decide to teach, so that YOUR own art pieces stand out, is to design one single unique "logo/charm" to attach onto all of your pieces that can't be found on-line by others. It would serve as your trademark, and give your work additional value. Karrn Brito, a brilliant silk shibori artist has put one on every piece of her awesome, very expensive shawls and scarves for years, and other artists have studied under her, globally. Enjoy your artwork, share through teaching if you choose to, claim your talent and your own price points, and let your OWN art stand out.

You have a unique and wonderful talent and deserve to sell your genuine creations at your own instigation. As Sardonic Scribe says, you are not liable for scammers or accountable for someone's fraud. Tell potential customers the details and leave their decision to them as to how they handle that situation. Also: If you have the details of how those people were scammed there may be a way of reporting the fraud to police or an online reporting agency that deals with such things, for them to be investigated and held accountable.

I have been scammed twice by ordering from ads that showed up on my facebook page. Both were incredibly beautiful and useful items and the price was too good to be true. They turned out to be cheap imitations of what was advertised. They took about three months to arrive, and came from China. I have learned my lesson, I hope. So my message is: don't feel responsible for the scammers. Buyer beware.

cute

Wonderful!

I absolutely will buy one🦇

I think what might resolve your problem of full filling all your orders is when someone orders, tell them that completed pieces are not being produced but that you are selling kits with tutorials for them to do it themselves. You may need to provide a beginners tutorial for them to try first. Also stock and sell needles and yarn and anything else they would need or provide all in a kit form. I would love to purchase a tutorial from you if you had them.

Beautiful work, so realistic 👍 🌹

They are all so life like. You have captured their souls. I would love some instructions on materials used as I have done some felting. I would pay for the information. Especially the little white bat.https://www.facebook.com/foldunkszuperszepkepei/photos/a.109581973796700/273091117445784/?type=3&theater&ifg=1

Is there any way we could help you make the amount you need?? I am so fascinated by your wool animals, and would love to learn how to make them, ... and to help you as well. Please allow for some assistance, and possibly teach a few of us your craft. Let me know if this would help you. I know I would love to learn while helping you out of this predicament.

These look so real!! You really have talent!

WOW!!

They are beautiful! You are so gifted. I would love to commission one if ever you start accepting commissions (I would be very, very patient).