These DIY felt butterfly and moth patches were inspired by the patches that I use to sew on to my jean jacket and backpack when I was a teenager. This is Lorrie Everitt from @makeandmerryco and I am so happy to share my felt butterfly and moth patch projects with you. For this post, I used The Felt Store’s 100% Wool and Premium Wool Blend craft felt in a variety of colors. I cut all of my felt shapes using a Cricut Maker and my SVG cutting files but you can also use my use my pattern templates to cut your felt using small fabric scissors. I hope that you will want to create these felt patches, so I have included a free download for my SVG files and the pattern templates in this post. Please note that the SVG files and pattern templates are for personal use only. Materials Craft Felt Embroidery Floss Assorted Beads and Sequins Embroidery and Beading Needles Scissors Butterfly and Moth Pattern Templates If you are going to use a cutting machine to cut your felt you will also need: Moth SVG Template Butterfly SVG Template Cricut Maker Cricut Rotary Blade Pink Fabric Grip Mat or Green Standard Grip Mat These are the felt colors and matching DMC embroidery floss (#’s) that I used to create my patches: 100% Wool felt in Natural (#ecru), Cream (#746), Petal (#3713) and Coral (#760) and Premium Wool Blend felt in Mint (#946) and Sky Blue (#3841). Steps 1. Cut out your felt using either the Cricut cutting machine or by printing out the provided template and cutting the felt manually. We'll go over both methods in this step. How to cut the felt using the Cricut Maker: Download the SVG files and save them on your computer. Upload the artwork to Cricut’s Design Space, separate the color layers so you cut only the shapes that you need for each color of felt.* Machine settings - Use the Cricut Rotary Blade and select the material “Felt, Wool Fabric”. *Note: I am not going to give instructions for how to use a Cricut Maker or Cricut Design Space in this post. If this is your first time using a Cricut Maker or Cricut Design Space for cutting felt, I recommend that you can go to the Cricut website to learn more. I also found it helpful to watch YouTube videos for how to cut felt and fabric when I was learning how to use my Cricut Maker. How to cut the felt using the pattern templates: Print out the pattern templates on standard 8.5 x 11” paper “size as is”. I recommend using a good pair of fabric scissors that will allow you to easily cut the small details. Project Tip: If you plan to make more than one of each of these patches, keep your cut felt pieces organized by storing them separately. 2. Use a blanket stitch to applique the body and wings to the backing using two strands of embroidery floss. The blanket stitch adds a decorative finish to the shapes but if you are new to embroidery or you just want to keep it simple, you can sew a straight stitch. To assemble the butterfly (and moth) you will hand sew the body and wings to the backing in the order as shown in the photo below. 3. Now to the fun part where you make these patches your own. Start by cutting out small shapes from your felt scraps that can be added the wings. Please note that these decorative shapes are not shown in the pattern. The shapes are totally up to you, just keep in mind you will need two of each shape so you can repeat the design on both wings. Get creative with your felt colors, beads and sequins. Plan out what you are going to do and once you have a design that you are happy with, use one strand of embroidery floss and a beading needle to sew them to the wings. You can also add tiny embroidery details to decorate the wings using two strands of embroidery floss in colors that will stand out and compliment your felt colors. Use my butterfly and moth patches as inspiration for how to decorate your wings but please keep in mind that there’s no right or wrong way to embellish these patches. So get creative with the bead supplies and embroidery skills that you have. You can sew your patches to just about anything. I recommend using the same color of embroidery floss as your background felt color. Here’s a few of the ways that I have used my felt patches. Made a tote bag a little more personal. Made a Me-Made quilt coat a little more “me”. Made another hoop art and of course framed it with a scallop circle felt frame. Made my gift wrapping a little extra special so that the bag will be reused. And that is it! I hope that this inspires you to make some of these butterfly and moth patches. If you enjoy having get togethers with creative friends, this is a great project idea that you can share. Just pre-cut all of the felt shapes and have everyone bring a stash of beads and sequins that can be shared. I would love to see your finished projects so please tag @the_felt_store and myself at @makeandmerryco so we can see your finished projects. If you have questions about this blog or any of our other DIY tutorials, send us an email at [email protected] or call us at 1-866-757-3358.
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Hey crafty friends! Welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Spring Plush Blog Hop! Woooooot Wooooooot! We are going to have big fun today with all these new dies and loads of inspiring projects from everyone. I'm the second stop today - right after the Simon Says Stamp blog. The full blog hop blogger list is at the bottom of my post. In true Simon fashion, there is a goody bag prize to be given away on every blog! Be sure to comment on all of them to increase your chances of winning some goodies. The names will be drawn on...
This felt snail would make a fun addition to a felt veggie garden for kids. Come explore all of our DIY crafts for pretend play!
Ahhh... That feeling when you finish a project that's been shelved for over six months. Wonderful. I started on this back in February while on leave from work. It was the only thing getting me out of bed some days. I'd wake up, trudge downstairs, settle on the couch, and stitch these birds while watching Lie to Me on Netflix for hours. I finished them quickly, but the little felt flock sat in my project basket for months while I pondered how to display them. The birch branch came home with me from Michael's in late March and waited in the living room corner for inspiration to strike. All summer, I mulled over various layouts in my head. Finally settling on the design and method of construction, I whipped it all together over the course of a week. The creative process simply cannot be rushed (is what all great procrastinators say). The bird designs are all available (for free!) from Downeast Thunder Farm. There are dozens of patterns available, but I selected my 9 favorites, which I resized on the computer, printed and traced onto freezer paper, ironed onto wool-blend felt sheets, and cut out. After assembling and embroidering, I attached a shiny black bead eye, stuffed lightly, and attached a loop of embroidery floss for hanging. I sawed the birch branch into three sections which I mounted together with eye hooks and jewelry chain. This project was fun and therapeutic, and I absolutely love how it turned out. It's currently hanging next to the door in our front hallway and will probably stay there until the Christmas wreath goes up!
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❥ THIS LISTING IS FOR THE PDF / DIGITAL PATTERN ONLY ❥ I DO NOT ISSUE REFUNDS ON MY DIGITAL PATTERNS! ❥ THIS IS A DIGITAL ITEM! NO POST OFFICE INVOLVED! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ Sew your own felt SPRING critters: DAISY, TULIP, BEE, BUTTERFLY, SUN and CLOUD. They are meant to be completely hand cut and hand sewn out of felt. The pattern has step-by-step instructions and plenty of pictures which make it very easy to follow even for beginners with basic sewing skills. The pattern includes: ➦ sketches of the stitches used (basic stitches like blanket stitch, whipstitch and backstitch); ➦ a list of materials and tools required, which are mainly felt, stuffing, threads, needles and scissors; ➦ links to useful websites and suppliers. The pattern consists 3 PDF files in A4 format, one with the instructions and two with the templates. The templates are ready to print, no need to resize or enlarge them. **ETSY's DIGITAL DOWNLOAD** The files are available for download IMMEDIATELY after completed order! Hurrah for Etsy! :-) PLEASE NOTE: the purchase of this pattern gives you the right to craft and sell items made from it, online (in your Etsy store, too) or at craft fairs. However, mass production, re-sale and distribution of pattern pieces and instructions are expressly prohibited. Please, give credit to Nuvolina Handmade as the original designer and add a link to our shop in any written description. Thanks! ATTENTION: the item made from this pattern is only meant as decoration. Do not wash. Finished items not suitable for children's play. Keep out of reach of small children. Read my shop policies before purchase. Thank you! ♥
Finishing up work on the apple pins for a custom order. They're made of felted wool sweater material and reclaimed leather for the stem. They're completely handsewn. The first one is finished and his buddies are waiting for their finishing touches. I think each of these little guys has taken me roughly 2 hours to complete, not including the time it took to felt the sweater material and dye the green wool.
Let me share how I made these cute little flowers. Anyone that has tried needle felting will tell you what a hugely satisfying craft it is. There's something strangely therapeutic about stabbing a big ball of fluff and watching it turn into a solid piece of sculpture. It's the perfect craft for letting off steam. My first attempt at needle felting resulted in these funny looking chaps. They were excellent fun to make and really, you can't go wrong when you're putting silly faces on pumpkins... One of the easiest techniques for creating needle felted shapes is using the cookie-cutter method. Basically, you just stuff a cutter shape with loose roving, tops, or carded wool and then keep prodding and poking it with a felting needle until all the fibres felt and mesh together into a solid shape. I'd still class myself as a novice needle felter, but you get pretty passable results even as a beginner. These flowers are the perfect starter project if you want to try out needle felting for the first time, as they combine both cookie-cutter needle felting and some simple sculptural needling techniques. Needle felting is pretty inexpensive to get started, and the supplies are becoming easier to find. Materials needed Wool tops, roving, sliver or shredded pure wool yarn. I buy mine from World of Wool in the UK. Felting needles. A lot of needle felters use thicker felting needles to begin with and then gradually reduce the width of the needles so that the holes become less prominent as the piece is finished. I tend to use just a size 38 triangular needle, but I use 4 or 5 at a time to start with. I then reduce it down so that I'm doing the final sculpting with just 1 needle. Thick foam or felting brush to felt on. I use an old memory foam pillow, (hence the unattractive towelling cover). Carders or wool combs are optional, but they do help with blending colours and seperating the fibres before you begin felting. Cutter shape. I use this sugar flower cutter as it's sturdy and there's a ridge of plastic to hold onto How to needle felt cookie cutter flowers Firstly you need to prepare your fibres for felting. I have a stash of dyed merino tops as I do quite a lot of spinning, however the fibres are a little too neatly lined up for felting, so I need to tease them and mix them up a bit. I hand card the fibres, but just separating the fibres with your hands will help in the felting process. I blended 2 colours together to get a more natural look. I've used a sugar flower cutter as opposed to a cookie-cutter as it's just a bit more comfortable to hold and the extra circle around the base of the cutter keeps your fingers a little further away from the felting needles - watch out, those needles are sharp! Stuff your combed fibres into the cutter, making sure that they all pass across the centre, so that all the petals are firmly attached. With practice it's possible to get a finished flower that has lighter outer petals and a darker centre (or vice versa). Now take your felting needles and just keep prodding inside the cutter until all the fibres have reduced down and are just filling the bottom of the cutter. Here's a short animated gif showing my needle felting technique. The felting needle has little tiny barbs on the edges causing the fibres to become tangled and compacted with each insertion. The more you poke and prod, the denser your wool will become and the more it will shrink or felt. I found that turning my flower and repeating the felting process when it appeared to be quite compacted at the base of the cutter helped to create a nice dense flower. Here it shows the flower becoming more and more felted with each turning. By the end of the 4th stabbing it was time to move onto the next stage. This process combines 3 steps in 1 - adding additional colour to the petals, creating a flower centre and further felting of the petals. I use just a single needle for the remainder of the flower. Pull out a thin wisp of fibres in a contrasting colour and lay it over one of the petals. I tend to place it so that one end is positioned just past the length of the petal I want to work on. Now insert the needle repeatedly at the base of the petal and gradually work your way up the petal until there is no more contrasting fibre left to secure into the petal. Secure the tail end of the contrasting fibre by needling it into the flower centre. Try to work it into a dense circle. To speed up the process of bringing the long, loose tail together I use a combination of gently swirling it around the needle end and prodding the loose fibres into a circle shape. The flower centre will become bigger, denser and higher as each petal is worked. Work your way around each petal, adding a thin layer of colour and needling the remainder into the centre. Keep working on the centre until it becomes quite dense with very few fibres sticking out. Once the centre has come together, the flower just needs a little neatening around the edges to get rid of its slight fuzziness. I tend to do this by lifting the loose fibres with the end of my needle and almost 'folding' the stray fibres in. Needle felting is not an exact science and everyone's style is different. Some people leave their pieces quite loose, while others keep working until it is very dense and solid. I tend to keep poking and prodding until it feels like a fairly durable piece, with very few fibres sticking out, but it's still fairly soft and squashy. I added this one to a headband for my daughter and I'm thinking of stringing a rainbow of pastel flowers into a garland to decorate her bedroom. If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy my post about making a Remembrance Day poppy. or my post on how to make a slightly more advanced layered flower using the same sugar flower cutter. ---------- Please be sweet and share the love. Leave a comment, subscribe to my YouTube channel, like my Facebook page for regular updates or follow me on Pinterest, Bloglovin' or Instagram
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This craft kit combines applique and embroidery to create a stunning felt craft brooch. Follow the detailed instructions designed for beginners and create your very own flower brooch, or get creative and turn it into a patch, keyring or magnet! Each kit contains: 10cm square sheets of wool mix felt in a mix of colors, DMC embroidery thread in a variety of colors, Embroidery needle, Pins, Brooch back, Re-usable templates, Stitching and color guides ‘Introduction to Felt Craft’ booklet. You will also need: A pair of sharp scissors. No previous craft experience needed! All of our kits are packed lovingly by hand in England and our small team are here to answer any questions you may have. We have been making awesome craft kits since 2013 and are a leading expert in what makes the perfect kit.
Learn how to make some adorable felt dolphins with our pattern and step-by-step tutorial! Craft one as a stuffie or make a few for an ocean-themed mobile.
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The perfect pop of yellow for your dining room table or a fun craft for pretend play — the choice is yours! Learn how to craft these cute lemons with our DIY template and tutorial.
Our felt baby bat stuffie is way too cute with his orange heart-shaped nose and sweet, little bow! Learn how to craft him with our step-by-step tutorial.
