SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Felt sheets
- Yarn
- Wood dowel rod
- Embroidery needle
- Embroidery thread
- Hot glue gun
- Hot glue sticks
- Fiberfill stuffing
DIRECTIONS:
- Start by drawing your desired shape onto a piece of felt. Cut the shape out. Use that as a template for the second piece. Trace the outline and cut out a second piece.
- Lay the pieces of felt on top of each other.
- To stich the pieces together, thread your needle and knot the tail end. Start by sending your needle up from the back. This should be done about 1/4" in from the edge, or at whatever length you want your stitches to be. To get the stitch anchored, poke your needle up from the back again, so that the needle comes out the top at the same spot where you started, creating a loop around the edge. Send your needle under the loop stitch you just made. To do this, poke the needle under the stitch going sideways at the edge of the felt. This gets your thread anchored, but it is not a true first stitch. To start your first true blanket stitch, poke your needle down from the top. This should be about 1/4" over from where the thread first came up, and about 1/4" up from the edge. To complete your first stitch, bring your needle up from the back, and through the loop of thread. Before pulling this stitch tight, be sure that your needle is in fact through the loop of thread. Continue each stitch like this around the felt until you have about an inch opening. Now takes bits of stuffing and fill the shape to the desired fullness. Continue stitching until you reach the beginning. To connect your last stitch to your first stitch, slide your needle sideways underneath your first stitch, and pull your thread tight. Now poke your needle down at the top of the first stitch you made. Pull this stitch down tight, and then knot your thread off on the underside of the felt, and your stitch is complete.
- Attach a piece of yarn to the shape by stitchting it on or hot gluing it. Then tie or glue the end of the yarn to the dowel rod. Tie the shapes to different length of yarn so the toy has varied lengths.
Rated 3 out of
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KIM SUZANNE from
Patterns
This is a great idea but no pattern provided. I used cookie cutters for patterns. Just traced them onto the felt. It worked well and my kitties love this toy.
Date published: 2020-11-09
Rated 5 out of
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Dee 3 from
fun idea
I think this is a fun project for beginners. NO pattern needed, you make it yours by making your OWN patterns. Kids have more fun if they created something themselves, this is easy enough for that. Enjoy!
Date published: 2020-11-03
Rated 1 out of
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SewSimply from
Big and important piece of this is missing
This, had it included patterns for the stocking, wreath, star, etc. would've been a fun project for beginners. I was thinking this is something sewers could do with kids. It is an idea any age and sewing ability could enjoy. My suggestion is, if you have Christmas cookie cutters or even a coloring book with Christmas theme you could trace a pattern for yourself. In that vein, a gingerbread boy or girl would make a great play toy for kitty's Christmas.
Date published: 2020-10-30
Rated 2 out of
5
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bob27 from
Hmmm
This made me laugh: start by drawing your desired shape onto a piece of felt'. Maybe you could provide a pattern? It is for beginners after all.
Date published: 2020-10-29