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| Egg pouch softies |
I have made a bunch of these egg pouch softies this Easter.
An original design that I would like to share with you
to make as gifts for and with your children.
These are very cuddly, as they have been made with thick felt
- from fulled blankets and wool garments.
You will need:
*around
an hour of time
*Felt (made or buy it here)
*a hand-sewing needle
*thread
*stuffing (If you have no fleece,
make a beanbag using sand, rice or lentils)
*and a pen.
Method:
1/ Cut out the paper templates carefully, then
trace around the template on to
your piece of felt, (ie; twice where it says 2x and once where it says
1x).
2/ Cut the shapes from the felt as carefully as you
can.
1x Egg pouch, 1x ‘back’, 2x small egg and 2x med egg.
3/ Thread a needle with a long piece of thread (try
the length of your arm
from wrist to shoulder), tying the ends of the thread
together with a knot.
4/ Start with an egg. Pass the needle through the (pen
line side of the)
felt and pull all of the way until the knot is secure in the
felt
and the thread is now anchored, ready to begin.
5/ Match the two same shapes together (pen lines on
the inside) and sew around
the entire outer edge, stopping to leave a hole to
stuff from.
You can use any stitch at all – make one up! As long as it joins
the two pieces
with minimum of space between stitches to avoid the stuffing
falling out.
6/ Fill with stuffing until spongy, not solid.
7/ Once filled with stuffing, sew up the hole.
Knot
the thread and pass the needle back through the egg
to hide the tail of the
thread.
Snip off any excess and your egg is now a soft toy/beanbag.
8/ Repeat with the Med egg pattern. Here you could stop
and just sew a piece of ribbon or thread to the top of your eggs,
to hang them on a
branch for a more traditional ‘Easter tree’.
9/ To make the pouch itself. You will need the 'Egg softie pouch' piece of felt
and the 'back' piece. Match the two egg shapes together
and fold the base up. This will give you three layers.
The base forms the pocket. Sew around these three layers,
making sure to stop and fill the 'back' with stuffing before finishing.
10/ Finally, place the small and medium eggs within the pocket of the pouch.
Now you have a 3-part soft toy.
You could of course put other treasures and surprises into the pocket.
What ideas do You have?
Happy Crafting!
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Labels: All things Felt, Autumn, Craft, Hand~sewing, How to...Tutorial, Spring, Waldorf
