FELT APPLIQUE

PAD COSY
DRESS UP YOUR FAVOURITE GADGET FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THIS SUPER
SNUG COSY FEATURING A GREAT LITTLE RETRO DEER MOTIF. FELT IS ONE OF THE
EASIEST MATERIALS TO WORK WITH AND THIS SIMPLE-DESIGN CAN BE COMPLETELY
STITCHED BY HAND — NO SEWING MACHINE REQUIRED!

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HOW TO MAKE... PAD COSY
3 | ()] Use the templates to cut out the (5 To finish the embellishment of the
MATERIALS following pieces from your felt fabric: front of the iPad cosy, add a few
a red oval, beige deer, medium freehand snowflakes in opposite
TWO PIECES OF BABY BLUE FELT brown ear details, white eye, blue corners of the design using a single
MEASURING 33 x 21cm (13 x 8'/4in) collar and three pink baubles. You strand of white embroidery thread
will also need a small circle of dark and the opaque seed beads. Our
ONE PIECE EACH OF RED AND BEIGE FELT brown felt for the deers pupil and a design has a total of six, but you can
MEASURING 20 x 13cm (8 x 5in) slightly larger circle of dark brown add as many as you like for a more
felt for his nose. festive finish.
SCRAPS OF BABY BLUE, MEDIUM BROWN,
DARK BROWN, PINK AND WHITE FELT ()2 Take one of your baby blue felt (06 Before stitching together the back
FOR ACCENTS rectangles and pin the red felt oval and front pieces of your iPad cosy,
onto it Scr (2in) from the bottom. you need to strengthen the top edges
EMBROIDERY THREAD: RED, BLUE, BEIGE, Hand sew securely in place with of the felt. Simply fold over the top
WHITE AND BLACK small neat running stitches, using a edge of each piece by 5cm (2in)
sharp needle and a single strand of towards the right side of the fabric.
SIX SMALL OPAQUE SEED BEADS red embroidery thread. Using blue embroidery thread,
secure each flap by stitching down
SMALL PAIR OF SHARP, POINTED SCISSORS ()3 Pin the deer motif on top of the red the sides and along the bottom edge
oval and hand stitch in place, again with a neat running stitch.
FABRIC GLUE with running stitch, using a single
strand of beige embroidery thread ()7 Align the front and the back pieces
SHARP SEWING NEEDLE to match your felt colour. of your iPad cosy, wrong sides
together, and pin in place. With the
()4 Glue or stitch on the smaller felt deer motif facing you, blanket stitch
accents using the photograph on all the way around the edges using
p43 as your guide. When you all six strands of blue embroidery
are happy that all the felt layers thread to match.
are securely in place, use a sharp
needle and single strand of black
embroidery thread to add the
eyelashes to the eye and long
stitches to the hanging baubles.

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CHARLIE MOORBY
oko THE SAVVY CRAFTER

Charlie is a thrif y craft blogger and

incurable stitching addict with a
penchant for anything handmade.
Commissioning Editor by day and
crafter by night you'll find her
collecting buttons and hoarding
ribbons on a daily basis.
~ She’s a dab hand with a pencil and
loves a spot of cross stitching too.
Find her online at
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 POLAK PALS

FINGER PUPPETS
INSPIRED BY THE INHABITANTS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES, THESE LITTLE
FELT PUPPETS MAKE FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR KIDS. THERE ARE FIVE
TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT IF YOU CANT BEAR TO GIVE THEM AWAY, STUFF THEM WITH
COTTON WOOL TO MAKE SEASONAL DECORATIONS, AND KEEP THEM FOR YOURSELF.
HOW TO MAKE... FINGER PUPPETS
~~

(| To make the snow fox, use the (06 Glue the head to the top of the
MATERIALS = templates and a fabric pen to mark body, tipping it at a slight angle to
add extra interest and character to
then cut out the required pieces from
FELT: SMALL PIECES OF LIGHT GREY, DARK felt as follows: from grey felt — one the finished snow fox puppet.
GREY, WHITE, CREAM, BLACK, TEAL, MOSS upper head, one tail and two body
GREEN, LIGHT BROWN, DARK BROWN, RED, pieces; from white felt — one lower (7 To make the Inuit girl, use the
YELLOW, DARK PINK AND LIGHT PINK head, one stomach and one tail tip. templates to cut one face from cream
Also cut two shallow semi-circles from felt, one hood from teal felt, one
EMBROIDERY THREADS: BLACK, WHITE, CREAM, light pink felt for the cheeks and a sweater and two sleeves from moss
DARK GREY, LIGHT GREY, LIGHT BROWN small black felt circle for the nose. green felt and two body pieces from
AND TEAL black felt. Also cut two semi-circles
()2 Glue the stomach onto one of the from dark pink felt for her shoes and
SMALL SCRAP OF JERSEY FABRIC FOR INUIT body pieces and the tip onto the tail. two small light pink circles for her
GIRLS SCARF Stick the upper head onto the lower cheeks. Make up in the same way
head, then add one cheek to each as the snow fox, and use two beads
SMALL BLACK BEADS FOR EYES side of the lower head, and the nose for her eyes and a single strand of
on the centre tip of the upper head. black embroidery thread for her
SCISSORS nose and mouth. Cut scraps of jersey
(3 Mark on the eyes and stitch with a fabric and fringe the ends to make
WATER-ERASABLE FABRIC PEN AND single strand of black thread. her scart.
TAILORS CHALK
()4 To create the ‘fur’, sew short, (08 To make the penguin, use the
PVA OR FABRIC GLUE AND PAINTBRUSH straight stitches randomly over the templates to cut one face and one
grey felt using 2-3 strands of grey stomach from white felt, and one
EMBROIDERY NEEDLE embroidery thread. head, two flippers and two body
pieces from dark grey felt. Also cut
PINS (5 Pin the side and top edges of the two shallow semi-circles from light
body sections together, catching in pink felt for cheeks and two from
the tail at one side. Sew through all yellow felt for feet, and a triangle of
layers using a simple running stitch, yellow felt for the nose. Sew on two
removing the pins as you go. bead eyes to finish.

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TEMPLATES

()9 To make the polar bear, use the

templates to cut one head, one snout
and two body pieces from white felt.
Also cut a black felt triangle for the
nose and round off the edges. Sew
on bead eyes and embroider the leg
division and ‘claws’ with a single
strand of black embroidery thread.

10 To make the reindeer, use the

templates to cut one head and two
body pieces from light brown felk,
two dark brown antlers and a cream
stomach. Also cut a small red circle
for the nose. Embroider on the closed
eyes, and stitch small horizontal
running stitches on the stomach (in
grey) and head {in cream).

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 MACHINE-EMBROIDERED

CHRISTMAS PICTURE
FREEHAND MACHINE EMBROIDERY IS A GREAT WAY TO CREATE A FESTIVE PICTURE. SIMPLY
PLACE YOUR MOTIFS ON A BACKGROUND FABRIC AND USE YOUR MACHINE NEEDLE AS YOU
WOULD A PEN TO CREATE REALLY INTERESTING STITCHED DETAILS. YOU WILL NEED TO LOWER
THE FEED DOGS ON YOUR MACHINE AND USE A DARNING/EMBROIDERY FOOT.
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HOW TO MAKE.. CHRISTMAS PICTURE

MATERIALS
TWO PIECES OF CONTRASTING FABRIC FOR
7 ()] Pin the two pieces of background
fabric together horizontally, with right
sides facing, to make a square piece
of fabric. The ‘sky’ area will make up
THE BACKGROUND: APPROX 23 x 48cm the top twothirds of the piece and
(9 x 19in) FOR ‘GROUND AND 27cm x 48cm the ‘ground’ the bottom third.
(1O\4 x 191) FOR SKY’ fabric adhesive. Place in position
02 Machine stitch using a 1.5cm (in) with right sides facing up on the
APPROX 35 x 46cm (14 x 181) WADDING seam. Press open the seam, turn over background fabric.
(BATTING) to the right side and press the piece
well along the seam line. 06 Using a darning/embroidery foot
FABRIC SCRAPS OF YOUR CHOOSING FOR on your sewing machine and with
THE PICTURE MOTIFS (3 Cut a piece of wadding to the same the feed dogs in the down position,
size as the background and pin to freehand machine embroider the
SEWING THREADS: RED, BROWN AND YELLOW the wrong side of the fabric. Fix the motifs, using two lines fo outline
fabric in the hoop: place the inner each piece with red sewing thread.
FABRIC SPRAY ADHESIVE hoop under the background fabric on
the wrong side and the outer hoop ()7 Continue to add the detail to the
23cm (9in) EMBROIDERY HOOP over the top of the inner hoop on the picture: use brown thread for the
right side, ensuring that there isalitle reindeer's eye and collar, and the
WATER-ERASABLE FABRIC PEN more ‘sky’ than ‘ground’; attach with reins leading to the sleigh; use
the top screw piece. Remove any red thread for the reindeer's nose.
SEWING MACHINE pins from inside the hoop. Embroider red and yellow baubles
on the trees and red bows on the
DARNING/EMBROIDERY FOOT ()4 Enlarge the picture templates and cut parcels. Trim the loose ends of
out of paper. Pin the templates to the thread at the front and back of the
FABRIC SCISSORS AND SMALL EMBROIDERY wrong sides of your chosen fabric work after sewing each piece.
SCISSORS scraps, and cut out ensuring that the
shapes will be facing the right way 08 When all the picture pieces are
once placed with right sides facing stitched in place, trim the edges
on the background fabric. of the background fabric allowing
approx 5-10cm (2-4in) from the
Q)5 Spray the back (wrong side) of edge of the hoop. Add a loop
each picture piece with spray for hanging.

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NICKI TRENCH
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Nicki Trench is dedicated to the

revival and promotion of home
crafts. She is a prolific writer of
craft books as well as lecturing
and feature writing on patchwork,
quilting, crochet, sewing, knitting,
hen keeping and vegetable
gardening. To find out more see
www. nickitrench.com
or visit her blog
nickitrench.blogspot.co.uk
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ALL THE SHAPES FOR THE BOOK’S MAKES. ENLARGE ALL TEMPLATES
- BY 200% BY PHOTOCOPYING THE PAGES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
PAPER CUT
ORNAMENT
THE HEIRLOOM STOCKING WHICH SHOULD BE ENLARGED BY 400%.
YOU CAN ALSO FIND THE FULL-SIZE TEMPLATES READY TO DOWNLOAD
FROM WWW.LOVECRAFTS.CO.UK

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work. Thanks also to Leah at KraftyChicDesigns (www.etsy.com).
Project photography by Rachael Smith, as follows: p7, 11, 13, 21, 25, 29,
35, 39, 43, 47, 51, 59, 63, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89.
And of course, thanks must go to the fantastic team at Mollie Makes for all
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