Carrots anyone? The latest felt food installment.
Tutorial
Instructions for one carrot (although some of the pictures in this entry show 2 carrots being stitched - it is much faster overall to make more than one carrot at a time).
Finished size approx 16cm long + wool leaves
Finished size approx 16cm long + wool leaves
Materials - orange felt (about 20cm square), green wool, needle, thread, stuffing, sewing machine (optional but faster!)
Mark out the triangle pattern shape onto the orange felt. I used my sewing machine freemotion embroidery setting to then stitch lots of straight 1cm - 3cm lines in dark orange thread randomly over the carrot but you could also hand stitch these on.
free motion sewing the lines on the carrot |
Two carrots shown here with sewn lines |
Now either cut out, fold right sides together & then stitch the seam to join side A to side B or,
I found it easier to get the carrot point looking better by folding, sewing first & then cutting away from the larger piece of felt (less fiddly at the pointy end I think)
sewing up the first carrot matching side A & side B & cutting once sewn together |
Turn carrot right side out & stuff.
Inside out carrot on left. Right side out carrot on right |
The Leaves - I used two different coloured wools to make the leaves, wrapping them around my thumb & little finger in a figure of 8 about 4 times before removing and poking one end of the wool into the carrot top.
Poke the wool into the hole at the top & then pull up the gathering thread to close the top. Reinforce the gather with another line of stitching & stitch through the wool a few times as well to secure in place.
pull up the gathering thread to close the top |
Now make a few more to get yourself a bunch of carrots!
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