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Felt Leaf Sewing Project

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lightly trace template onto felt

lightly dot a basic plan for veins

knot floss and begin (leaving knot on the wrong side)

keeping floss to the left, begin stitching

always with floss to the left, overlap your stitches a bit if you like

this first twisted vein is ready to end

use the wrong side to “jump” to a new spot to continue veins

I chose for my side veins to never cross over the central one

the wrong side will look ugly and that’s okay

veins complete! Maybe do the same for the second leaf so when we sew the 2 sides together, they will both have veins.

No one will ever see this because it will be between the 2 pretty layers of felt

knot some twine to form a small loop for hanging your leaf on a garland if you like

hot glue the twine loop to the wrong side of one of your felt leaves

begin blanket stitch: form knot and keep it on the wrong side of felt leaf

keeping floss to the left, make a second stitch in the same hole (or close to it)

always keeping floss to the left, make stitches around the edge

this will cause the floss to frame the outside edge of felt leaf

finished project should look something like this

Felt Mother’s Day Flower

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As with most of our felt projects, you will use the pattern pieces to trace and cut the center roll-up piece plus 3 different sizes of petal. I recommend 12 petals in each size, which will give you a full flower and will allow you to eliminate a petal here and there if you see fit. This flower looks great in a solid color or in a blend of colors. Different techniques will work as well – I made a purple one using only hot glue and also a yellow one that I hand stitched.

Curl felt and hot glue or stitch to the end
add a dot of hot glue to the base or fold sides together and stitch
each petal should look like this
all pieces are cut and shaped and now ready for assembly
begin gluing/stitching small petals to outer rim of center roll
continue adding medium and large petals
hot glue a magnet to back of piece