SUPPLIES & TOOLS:
- Sewing notions
- Marking pen
- Iron
- Rotary cutter & cutting board
- Scissors
- Flannel
- Batting, Hi Loft
- Chopstick or small dowel
- Water spray bottle
DIRECTIONS:
- Enlarge pattern to desired sizes.
- Pin together two pieces of flannel RST for each leaf. Transfer patterns and cut out leaf images.
- Large leaves:
- Cut three sheets of batting at least 1" larger than leaf pattern. Layer the batting on a flat surface.
- Lay the two pieces of flannel (RST) on top of the batting. Pin every 2". Sew together leaving a 9" opening for turning.
- Backstitch next to the opening. Trim edges as close as possible to the stitching. Leave the area by the opening 1/2" from the pattern edge. This will give enough material to turn inside.
- Place one hand inside of leaf between the two flannel layers. Turn the leaf RSO. Pull the section of leaf furthest from the opening through the opening first. Use a chopstick or small dowel to push out all points.
- Fold in opening 1/2" matching up the fold with the seams on either side of the opening. Press all edges.
- Hand stitch opening closed.
- Draw vein lines on one side of leaf.
- Pin through all layers of flannel and batting every 1 1/2"-2" along the veins.
- Flip the leaf and check to make sure that all veins are pinned flat without any buckles in the fabric.
- Sew along the veins using a long stitch, backstitching at the start and stop of each line.
- Remove pins as each vein is completed.
- Small leaves:
- Same as the large leaves other than using 2 layers of batting instead of 3 and leave a 3" - 4" opening for turning along a flat area of edge.
CRAFT HACK TIPS & TRICKS:
- Double check both sides of leaves to make sure that all edges have been caught with stitching prior to turning right side out.
Rated 5 out of
5
by
BeaCrea from
Download does work
The download works fine for me. Also, the patterns are fairly straightforward. You can just draw a leaf for yourself and follow the instructions.
Date published: 2022-01-03
Rated 3 out of
5
by
mccarol from
Instructions Won't Print
I was able to print the pattern, but not the instructions. Guess one thing got fixed and the other got messed up.
Date published: 2020-09-22
Rated 1 out of
5
by
Calla147 from
Bad link
If you need a leaf mat, Twig+Tale patterns has them in a bunch of different leaf patterns. They’re a NZ based company and their patterns are the best. They’re not free but we’ll worth the price.
Date published: 2020-09-16
Rated 1 out of
5
by
muttbutt from
pattern download reported 404 error
as I could not download the pattern I could not even try to make project
Date published: 2020-09-16
Rated 2 out of
5
by
Sassenach from
Like the idea but..
I love this idea! The instructions are available so i think im going to try to draw my own leaf template since its not downloading for me either. I am trying on my phone though, not a PC, if that would change things.
Date published: 2020-09-04
Rated 1 out of
5
by
SEW470 from
Please fix pattern download.
I agree with the other reviews and would love to try this project but the URL doesn't work for downloading the pattern :(
Date published: 2020-09-03
Rated 1 out of
5
by
yoda from
Broken link to leaf patterns
Can't view the leaf pattern download because it isn't available.
Date published: 2020-09-02
Rated 1 out of
5
by
TErri from
Patterns don’t open
Patterns are not opening, says no URL, tried several times
Date published: 2020-09-01