Hello, friends!
Last weekend I could have some relax time at home, so I didn’t want to miss any chances to make this cute little felt doll, it was adorable and ready to hugh you! I will share how I made it here.
Project Time: approximately 3 hours
Difficulty: Medium
Skills Needed:
• Basic sewing
• Running Stitch
• Back stitch
• French Knot
• Whipped Stitch
• Blanket Stitch
Materials & Things Needed:
• Unused thick paper or thin cardboard
• Pencil
• Scissors, I used two kind of the paper scissors and smaller craft scissors
• Felt fabrics in coffee brown, crème, red, black, red and pink
• Sewing Needle
• Embroidery floss, all the stitches and also sewing would used 2 strands of the floss
• Red ribbon in 0.5 cm width
• Dacron
How to make it:
I drew a bear on the thin cardboard I had then I cut it off. To make sure that both sides were same, I folded in the middle before I cut it off. I also drew and cut off both hands.
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I then copied transfer the pattern to my coffee felt with the pencil, also both hands (for hands I made 2 of each). Then I cut them off.
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Then I cut off a bit of crème fabrics for the near nose and mouth area, plus belly. I also cut the black small nose with black felt.
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Then I did the handsewing with running stitch for the black nose, then I did the back stitch for the mouth like below. After that I sew the pink circle small felt for the cheeks. I also did the French knots (4 wraps) for the eyes).
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Next, for the area near mouth, I did the back stitch around. Then the belly area, I joined it with the whipped stitch.
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After that, I prepared the bow with the red felt. First, I cut a bit of it in rectangular shape. Then I sew it in the middle then wrap around and then sew it upon the crème belly. I also sew both hands like below with the back stitch.
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Closed the hands with the front parts with blanket stitch, I also filled it with the Dacron before I closed it all. Then I also added the red ribbon and sew it behind the mouth area.
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Last, I did the blanket stitch around the body of the bear, also fill the Dacron inside.
Voila, here how the hugh bear looks!
Do you love him like I do?
Thanks for reading my article, hope you enjoy it and stay tune for more CRAFT things!
A bit about the author
She works in a bank but she interests in CRAFT (CRaft, Art, Food and Travel). To pursue her art passion she does the cross stitch, embroidery, handsewing, crafts, crochet and also draws. Find hers in https://www.redbubble.com/people/de-creartique/shop?asc=u and https://decreartique.threadless.com/designs . Also find her cute collectibles pixel cat pictures here https://opensea.io/collection/pixelcryptocat .