DIY FELT DECORATIONS

DIY FELT DECORATIONS

These little felt decorations are a cute and easy addition to make for hanging around your room/house. Little sets would be a great gift idea too. I’ve left the measurements up to you.

You will need:

• felt (colour of your choice- we went with 1. red and 2. brown)

• buttons (I used white but gold, silver or any colour look great too!)

• needle and thread

• short ribbon pieces

• stuffing

How to:

• Cut two red felt squares of the same size.

• Cut two brown felt hearts to your desired size. Once cut, sit them on top of your red squares to make sure you’re happy with the size of them.

• Start by working with one side. Place one heart on one red square and get them into place.

• Sew a button onto the middle of the heart. This will secure your pieces together loosely.

• Then stitch around the heart, starting from the back of the red square so you won’t see the loose thread when it’s finished.

• Repeat steps 4 and 5 with the remaining square, heart and button.

Now we are going to sew the decoration together.

• Line up both the sides, making sure the heart/button side is facing outwards.

• Stitch around the left, bottom and right side.

• Carefully hold or pin your ribbon into the top of the decoration so that it has a loop that it can be hung from (have the cut ends of the ribbon inside your little cushion decoration).

• Continue stitching and just before you finish, push in your desired amount of stuffing then stitch up and tie the thread off in a knot or two.

Of course you can mix up your design by switching the colours or keeping them flat without stuffing. Get creative!

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Happy crafting!

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