Folk Embroidered Felt Birds: 20 modern folk art designs to make & embellish

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Although we have plenty of printable felt flower patterns in our Etsy shop as well as some woodland themed animal patterns, ocean inspired patterns and even felt sloth patterns, these are the latest printable patterns to be added to the shop. Enjoy this beginner sewing project which makes up a small and simple bird design. I've turned this into an ornament which can be hung on a tree, a display stand or on the wall. Place the decorated bird base pattern piece onto of the plain bird base and stitch along the sides. Craft felt with one main color for the bird and another for the wing or, alternatively, use fabric for the wing This shows my bird as it looks right before I start stuffing it with polyester fiber fill. If you want, you can continue sewing right the way around and just have a flat hanging ornament instead. I really think the slight extra work involved in stuffing is worth it though.

Start to fill up the design gradually with your chosen stuffing. With this design, I like to start with the tail area and push a small amount of fiber fill in this area. Folk Embroidered Felt Birds is a project book. The projects are small, three-dimensional birds made from felt, stuffed and embroidered.

Needle felt birds: Sewing on a brooch pin (all patterns)

Or you can for a base and attach your bird to it like we did. I love the bright pop of color personally. Grab the Free Printable Felt Bird Pattern

From materials and tools, we move into techniques: transferring the template designs to felt, to sewing, filling, stuffing, making legs and feet, appliqué, and all the techniques necessary for creating a three dimensional bird. If you're a beginner at sewing plushies, you'll find it easier to cut the wing from felt which does not fray. Choose a different color for the wing or at least a lighter or darker shade so that it stands out well.I have a card template of the bird which I trace around onto the felt with a water soluble fabric marking pen.

Step 5: Lightly stuff the bird using the blunt end of a pencil to push stuffing into the head and tail.Once the wing is in place, you can position the button eye and sew that on as well. Other alternative options for the eye can include a bead, some stitching or a circle of felt. The square format of this beautiful book makes it feel different and inside it is filled with the enthusiasm of the author for her felt birds. Folk Embroidered Felt Birds is a beautiful book full of lovely birds to create. The techniques are clear with lots of pictures and step-by-step instructions to follow for the basic creating, then each bird has its own instructions that are easy to follow. I would recommend to anyone who wanted to have a go. Hooray - all patterns are full scale and easy to copy from the book, no upscaling, popping to the library, or giving up and leaving on the shelf. Search Press supports the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada (DAAC), and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA). If you’ve never tried needle felting before, we think you’ll find it a really satisfying technique. We have a complete beginner’s guide to needle felting right here on Gathered which is also written by Gretel and will teach you all the basic techniques.

Note that the pin needs to be on the outside of the felt though so you can remove it easily after sewing. If you don't want to make this into an ornament, skip this step. Finally, to make the tail, simply roll some wool on the needle (the part that has barbs). Slide the needle up and down to tangle the wool and bind them together. Be careful when you do this and don’t get your finger into the needle. The projects in the book are all darling! And the instructions are excellent and very accessible. If you enjoy making things and you like birds, folk art, and felt, this book would be right up your alley! Im pretty sure it will put a smile on your face!The main beginner issue is not adding in enough stuffing. You nearly always need more than you think. Just add in small sections at a time. Don't get impatient and try to stuff in a huge amount in one go because it won't look good. We’d love for you to become a Sustain My Craft Habit insider to receive fun freebies! Making Felt Birds There are twenty very attractive birds to make. Each of them a pleasing mix of well chosen felt colours and embroidery stitches. Next, draw a floral or vine pattern onto one of the wing pieces, and draw an eye onto your bird base. Step 3: