DO NOT sew all the way around your design, if you want a plush felt bird ornament. You need to leave a large enough section for stuffing so I recommend sewing from the bottom middle to the beak. Step 4: Place both body shapes wrong sides together and sew blanket stitch all the way round, leaving around 3cm for stuffing. Don’t forget to sew in a loop of ribbon for hanging as you go! Folk Embroidered Felt Birds is a project book. The projects are small, three-dimensional birds made from felt, stuffed and embroidered. Thread: We used white for stitching around the bird, and different colors for the embroidering on the wings and tail. 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.

Step 5: Lightly stuff the bird using the blunt end of a pencil to push stuffing into the head and tail. This book is a delight from cover to cover. It starts by explaining what items are needed to complete the projects and then goes on, in simple terms, to talk about techniques from drawing templates to cutting out the felt, to embellishing with hand sewn embroidery. These stitches are clearly explained at the beginning of the book in easy to follow instructions and photos. There are even simple instructions for making birds feet. Like any good project book, Folk Embroidered Felt Birds begins with a section on materials. Theres nothing too out of the ordinary here felt (the author recommends a wool / viscose blend); embroidery floss; wire (for legs), filling, ribbon, sequins, wire tape, and other very regular stuff. 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). At this point, I've finished all the detail I want on the front of my bird. Because it is a small felt ornament design, I don't like to add too much to it else it risks looking too fancy for the size. You can add in beads, sequins, embroidery or anything else to make your design totally unique.Patterned fabric looks great mixed with felt and I opted for this blue and yellow floral design. The yellow flowers match with the yellow of the felt and the blue gives me another color that I can match up easily with other elements such as the button eye. Making felt birds has been on my crafting to do list for quite some time. So earlier this year, I made it a priority to design and make a set of printable felt bird patterns for our Etsy shop. I just love how these little birds turned out! Making Felt Birds with Printabe Patterns Place the other bird base pattern under your decorated one and start stitching them together using a matching thread, the same color as your felt. Step 8:

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!And if you like this project, why not have a look at our other needle felting posts, including needle felting projects for beginners, our felted cherry keyring tutorial and we love this needle felted teacup pin cushion (also by Gretel!). Most of the time, I can gently push pieces of stuffing in with my fingers. To help fill out narrow sections such as the tail and beak, you may find it helpful to use some blunt ended tweezers or an embossing stylus with a round ball head. If you use tools to help, just push gently so you don't ruin any stitching. You can see I've stitched to the end of the beak which just leaves one slightly curved area to sew up once stuffing is complete. Once this has all be laid out for you, there follows 20 easy to make colourful birds which are so pleasing to the eye! I particularly like the use of sequins on the pigeon to add texture and shimmer. Thread a needle with a contrasting color, and work a simple embroidered pattern along the traced vine/floral drawing on the wing.