Tutorial
Instructions for one bean pod with beans
Finished size approx 14cm long and 3-4cm wide
Finished size approx 14cm long and 3-4cm wide
Materials - dark green felt (about 15cm square), light or bright green felt (about 15cm square), scraps of brown wool, store bought pom pom (about 1.5cm diametre), needle, thread, stuffing, sewing machine (optional but faster!)
Fold a piece of light/bright green felt in half. Mark out one of each bean shape onto the doubled over felt (the picture below shows two of each shape marked out). Do this using a water soluble fabric marker as the beans won't be turned inside - way too fiddly!
Then cut out each bean a few millimeters outside the stitched line. Stuff the bean tightly and finally use a running stitch to close up the hole. The photo below shows these steps:
From top to bottom: roughly cut out stitched bean; neatly cut out bean; stuffed bean; completed bean stitched up. |
Here is a picture trying to demonstrate how I managed to get stuffing into the small hole in each bean using the blunt end of a closed pair of scissors (obviously I used my right hand to hold the scissors...but I needed to use my right hand at this point in time to take the photo!)
Making the bean pod
Double over a piece of dark green felt and then draw the pod template outline onto the felt. Again, use a water soluble fabric marker to mark this line as the pod won't be turned inside out so any non-vanishing line will be visible at the end of making the pod. Note that the line for stitching and the line for cutting are different for the left side 'A' of the bean as shown on the template.
doubled over felt with template ready for marking |
top pod - shown back to front before being cut out. bottom pod - neatly cut out with a 'tail ' on the left side 'A' |
top pod - piece of brown wool wound and tied around 'tail' at point 'A' . bottom pod - loose wool ends trimmed |
top - pom pom 'bean' before being stuffed into the pod. bottom - and then stuffed into the pod |
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