Low sew fall leaf felt pillow

Bring fall indoors with these SUPER easy fall felt pillows. How easy you ask? You don’t even need a sewing machine to create a mountain of fall leaf pillows and there’s a good chance you have everything you need in your house right now.

These pillows make easy and fun fall crafts. It’s surprisingly easy to bring fall in your living room you’ll be jumping in piles of leaf pillows in no time.

You will need:

Standard size pillow case. I used an old standard size bed pillowcase.

Pillow insert, – these work better than stuffing because they create a smooth appearance for your pillows. You can buy them premade or simply chop a bed pillow to your desired size.

Felt scraps to cut leaves in fall colors the number you will need will depend on the design you choose. I used

Saddle Brown, Mustard, Egg Yolk, Hot Chocolate, Fresh Cut Grass, Autumn Leaves, Tangerine, Darkest Ruby, Chocolate, Poinsettia, Wine and Penny

Needle and thread.

First decide on a design you like, as you can see the options for this easy fall felt pillow are endless.

Cut the felt leaves from the leaf shaped pattern template. The number of leaves you will need depends upon the design you choose. If you need some tips on cutting small or difficult shapes check out THIS POST.

I am going to make the striped pillow case but they are all made in basically the same way.  Stuff pillowcase with pillow and fold extra fabric behind the pillow for now.

Mark out where you want your design to be. For the circle shape you can trace a plate if needed but the leaves on this DIY fall decor hack are very forgiving if you want to wing it. Measure out a 3.5″ – 4″  past the end of your pillow and trim off the extra fabric. Lay out your leaves where you’d like them to be. Pin down if desired. Sew felt leaves down with a  few stitches into each with a neutral color or consider using a few permanent markers.  You can attempt this with the pillow in place with small shallow stitches or you can remove the case and sew then sew the felt leaves to your pillowcase.

Small stitches are fine the leaves will flop naturally so there is no need to sew each felt leaf shape down completely.  Continue until your design is sewn down.

Fold cut edges of the pillow case  inward and pin folded ends together. Overcast stitch along the side of the pillow with matching thread to close. 

And that’s all it takes to make a pile of felt fall leaf throw pillows.

Happy Crafting

~Andie

Crinkly Crunchy Felt Leaves

Jumping into a pile of crunchy fall leaves is one of the time-honored traditions of fall. Bring the fall fun with you with these adorable crunchy crinkle leaves. This step by step pattern and tutorial will take you through the creation of the cutest trio of crunchy felt leaves you’ve ever had the pleasure of cavorting with.

You will need:

9″ x 12″ felt sheet for each of the leaves I used Lemongrass, Orange Juice and Poinsettia*

Black felt scrap for eyes*

Pink felt scrap for cheeks I used Paris Pink *

Crinkle Paper

*matching thread

Cut:

Two of each of the leaf shapes, 6 eye shapes and 6 cheek shapes.

Cut the crinkle material into a rectangle slightly larger than your leaf.

Stitch the crinkle to one side of each leaf-shaped as marked in grey on the template. A running stitch or a back stitch works well for this project for more on stitches see THIS POST.

Trim crinkle. Set aside.

Sew face to mirroring side of lead shape using matching thread and a running stitch. Stitch smile with black thread.

Sew face side to vein side using an overcast stitch.

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Print at full size. 

Happy Crafting!

Andie

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Felt Leaf Place-card settings.

Gather all the leaves of your family tree together this fall with fall leaf place settings. These easy DIY felt leaves will last the test of time and make a beautiful and timeless addition to any table setting. Best of all they sew up quick and easy.

You will need:

Felt scraps I used, Mustard Seed, Poinsettia, Tangerine, Chocolate, Autumn Leaves, Fresh Cut Grass and Hot Chocolate. You will need enough of each color to cut two matching shapes. Check the leaf template below. *

Scraps of clear vinyl

Names printed out- I used font called Perfume Classic at 36 point but you can customize the font and size to work with your style.

*Matching Thread

How to make leaf place settings:

Cut two of each leaf shape for each name card. Carefully cut a rectangle from the center of one of the leaves. Check to make sure the name will fit.

Place a larger scrap of vinyl over the rectangle and sew into place using a running stitch.

Cut away extra vinyl.

Place leaf sides together and sew along the edges with a running stitch and matching thread.

Slip name into rectangle before closing.

That’s all you need to whip up a big batch of felt foliage for your fall table.

Leaf template:

Happy Crafting!

Andie

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Felt Fall Quiet Book Page & Printables

Fall is here!  

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And if you weren’t already excited here’s a great felt fall project guaranteed to have you longing for crisp autumn days.

 Stephanie from Imagine Our Life not only has an amazing fall felt quiet book page perfect for the little leaf peeper in your life but she also has an entire home school unit devoted to the season. 

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As usual her attention to detail is stunning and her designs are always so inventive and kid friendly! Kids can practice sorting, sizing and counting.

 Her free felt patterns as well as printable leaf identification cards, color pages and instructions for a super fun sensory bin are available on the Imagine Our Life blog.

Happy Fall Y’all

~Andie

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