Sugar and Christmas are hand in hand in my mind and so often my holiday crafting turns to sugary sweets. I love the look of these heart shaped lollipops. The added sequins create a little sparkle if you choose to hang them on a tree or add them to a gift. You don’t have to save these cuties for Christmas they also look super cute as is and are perfect for some valentines day love or just a sweet reminder that you’re loved.
You will need:
To make a felt lollipop
3″ x5″ scrap felt color or print of your choice, I used Lipstick and Sprout
Place stick into heart shape and adjust so it is centered. Sew to heart with a few small running stitches along the base and continue to close up heart shape as needed. Sew a loop to one side to hang or attach to a gift.
Happy Crafting!
~Andie
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No cottage experience would be complete without felt toadstools. These Diy felt toadstools could not be any cuter!
It can be a bit tricky to learn how to make these felt mushrooms, but once you get the hang of it you’ll be ready to make sew up dozens for wreaths, gift tags, imaginative play, keychains, mobiles, headbands and ornaments. Is there anything these felt mushrooms wouldn’t make cuter?
Other than our free felt mushroom pattern you’ll need red and white felt, stuffing and a small scrap of sturdy cardboard. Switch up the colors to change these felt toadstools to DIY felt button mushrooms for an adorable felt food.
So cute!! Felt toadstools are a must make craft!
To make 5 felt toadstool mushrooms you will need:
Please keep in mind this pattern is made for high quality wool blend felt.
Using a thinner, weaker or stiffer felt will not work as well if at all.
9″ x 12″ White felt – I used two whites for my felt mushrooms Fresh Linen for the base and ruffle and White for the spots. *
Ruffle and felt mushroom base from white of off white felt.
Free hand cut spot shapes from white felt
Center circle from cardboard
Sew spots randomly onto mushroom top, avoid the outside where the piece will be gathered.
Vary the size and location of the spots so each mushroom is unique. You may be tempted to glue these on but they just don’t sit as well when you gather the felt in the next step so it’s worth it to take the time and sew them down with a few stitches individually.
Run a gathering stitch around the outside of the felt toadstool top with a sturdy thread.
Pull slightly and begin to stuff with stuffing. It helps to roll the stuffing around in your hands to help it form a more solid shape.
Place cardboard circle onto top and hold with thumb while you pull the felt mushroom closed.
It can be tricky but do the best you can we will tighten it up in the next step.
Pull tightly then go back through the gather on section at a time to tighten it up, pull until you there is no slack and knot closed.
Insanely cute!
Repeat with all tops
Hiding the knot at the bottom randomly sew stitches along mushroom top with a single strand of white embroidery floss. Keep these stitches a bit irregular. Exit through bottom of mushroom head and hide the knot in the opening from the gather.
Repeat with remaining mushroom tops and set them aside. Doing this after we have gathered and stuffed the piece insures the stitched spots don’t get too loose and insures you get to place the “spots” where you want them.
Experiment with making the stem a little longer by or shorter so your mushrooms vary just a bit more if you want.
You can also cut the long end a but to create a thinner stem but you may need to trim down the ruffle as well.
Roll stem up and overcast stitch closed along the long edge.
Wrap ruffle around the stem and stitch closed along the seam with an overcast stitch.
Run needle all the way though the stem and back again making a stitch in front to hold.
You could also hot glue this into place but the ruffle won’t flare out as much.
Stick the finished stem onto the felt toadstool. Run a sew stitches through both the mushroom head and the stem several times in several directions to hold.
You CAN also use hot glue here! Place a healthy dollop of glue onto carboard through the gathered opening and stem in and down. Let glue set with head down.
And that’s all it takes to make dozens of felt toadstools!
Sweet little violet shortbread cookies make a charming addition to your cottage tea party. The stark purple tones of tiny wild violets look so cute against the scalloped “icing”. Creating a plate of these little felt shortbread cookies is super simple and the results are the bees knees.
We’ve shared a lot of free felt food cookie patterns over the years (chocolate chip, fortune cookies, rolled cookies) but these beauties are a real stand out! These easy to create felt tea party cookies are just so pretty. Read on for how to make these floral felt confections including the free pattern for the felt shortbread cookies of your cottage daydreams.
Embracing this months cottage cozy theme I knew if I was going to make a felt cake it would need to be chocolate and it would need to be a heart shape. A little felt cake that would be simple to make but would look right at home in a play picnic basket or tea party.
I experimented with adding some DIY felt roses as an added accent to this felt food cake pattern but it just lacked the simple rustic feel I was hoping for. I love the look of the felt daises against this fun felt dessert. If you are wondering how to make a felt heart cake, it really is surprisingly easy. Below you will find a tutorial for a simple heart shaped cake tutorial dripping with a dark chocolate felt “ganache” and accented with DIY felt daisies.
2 icing sides from icing color, top and bottom from icing felt
(you can create a bottom from light brown if accuracy is important to you)
Sew daisies to felt cake top, you can also glue these down with got glue if desired.
Sew icing drips to both sides of cake with matching thread and a running stitch.
Place cake sides outsides facing and sew sides together. This meeting point will the the dip at the top of the heart.
Sew the top to the side with and overcast stitch and matching thread.
Sew bottom the felt heart cake the same way as the top. Add filling, stuffing or foam before closing to help it hold structure. If you find it too lumpy try reinforcing the sides with a bit of thin cardboard (like a cereal box) before stuffing.
~American Felt & Craft ~ Blog 