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OWL CUSHION TUTORIAL

the craft revival

OWL CUSHION TUTORIAL

the craft revival

OWL CUSHION TUTORIAL

the craft revival

don’t sew here

OWL CUSHION TUTORIAL
What you’ll need: • • A sewing machine – nothing fancy 3 x pieces of complimentary fabrics (fat quarters work best and are cheap) o 1 x front body o 1 x back body o 1 x belly 2 pieces of different coloured felt o 1 foreye mask o 1 for eyes o Optional – you can have a third colour if you choose to do the inner eye also Complimentary coloured sewing thread (for machine and hand stitching) At least one embroidery floss colour. You can use two different colours if you’d like a little more contrast Embroidery needle A piece of heavy-weight cut away stabiliser a little larger than the eye mask (cut-aways are permanentstabilisers that remain on the back of the fabric and keep it stable during and after embroidery. They prevent the designs from stretching out during embroidery) Clean toy and hobby fill – a 500gm bag will be plenty

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Let’s get started!

fabric pieces used to make owl
Firstly, print and cut out each template piece. Once you have them all cut out, pinthem to the wrong side of each fabric piece and trace around them using a fabric pencil. For this tutorial I have used a fabric pen so that it’s easier to see the outlines in the photos. You can use a fabric pen if you prefer as long as you can’t see it through the right side of the fabric (it won’t wash out).

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cut fabric pieces (wrong side)
Whencutting out the body and belly pieces, leave a 2cm allowance around the lines you’ve traced. These lines are going to be the ones you follow when sewing your pieces together. For the mask, eyes and nose cut along the lines.

stitches along felt mask
Take the front body fabric piece, stabiliser, felt mask piece and embroidery floss. Sandwich the body fabric between the felt (front) and stabiliser(back) making sure that they are in the right position (you don’t want your eye mask to end up too far down the body). Make a knot in the end of your embroidery floss and starting from the back (through the stabiliser) stitch the felt mask in place by making simple straight stitches ensuring you capture the stabiliser, body fabric and felt mask with each stitch.

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stitching the eyes on
Once your felt mask is attached, you need to follow the same process with each eye. Place both circle felt pieces over the mask to make sure you’re happy with how they’re going to look. The further apart the eyes are the better and cuter it will look in the finished product. With either the same colour embroidery floss or a different colour, start stitching oneeye on following the same straight stitch method which was used to stitch the eye mask on. Or if you want to do something different, you can use a running stitch around the inside rim of the felt eyes.

alternative stitch for attaching eyes
Remember to start stitching from the back so that you’re embroidery floss knot is hidden! Once you’ve attached one eye, attach the other. It should looksomething like this once you’ve finished this step.

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eye mask and eyes stitched on
To finish off the eyes you can stitch an asterisk onto the felt using embroidery floss, or you can add another smaller circle to create an inner eye, stitching it on in the same manner that you did for the larger eye piece.

a little “glimmer” to finish off the eyesNext, it’s time to attach the nose. Again, you can use whichever stitch you prefer. I’ve included photos of both options so that you can pick which you’d like to use.

nose stitch option 1

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nose stitch option 2
Once you’ve finished embroidering the felt pieces of the owls face, turn it over and the back should look something like this. Pretty!...