Need a SUPER easy, goes with any outfit, super simple, felt DIY costume?
We got you boo (get it Halloween pun)
From Marie Antoinette to Anne Boleyn beheading is all the rage. But you don’t have to be a royal (or dead) to pull this look off in fact this look requires 3 easy to find items.
You will need
2″ x 12″ felt scrap in a deep red I used Darkest Ruby
Plain choker or 32″ of ribbon
Craft glue
The DIY is equally as simple. Cut one neck wound shape from dark red felt.
For more on cutting complex shapes from felt see this post
And glue to the choker and allow to dry.
No choker available? Make an easy tie on version, cut out shape and glue to center of ribbon allow to dry.
That’s it! 10 minutes and you’ve got a spooktacular addition to any outfit.
This creepy cute voodoo doll pincushion is a simple and spooky addition to your sewing basket. Able to hold all the pins you can possibly imagine yet always there with a goofy grin, he’s the ultimate frienemy! I wanted to give mine a bit of a vintage aged feel so I went with a wool blend chai felt, a milky grey beige tone but you can make this felt pincushion in any color of the rainbow. The same applies to buttons, any size or shape will do. This project is truly great for allowing you to use whatever you have on hand and is an easy project for even beginning sewers.
“For in this sleep of death what dreams may come…”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet
Even light sleepers can sleep like the dead with this easy to stitch and oh so kitsch sleep mask. This felt eye mask will block out this moral coil whether it’s a quick nap or long sleep. Make your Halloween dreams come true with this spooky cute sleep mask with just a touch of bling. Here’s how to make your own fun felt sugar skull sleep mask.
1″ x 1″ scrap felt for star shapes I used Royal Purple*
3.5″ square scrap felt for rose shape, I used Cream
4″ x 3″ Felt Scrap for flower shapes I used Lavender
4″x 4″ Felt scrap for scalloped eye pieces I used Mauve Taupe
Black embroidery thread
Sequins, I used lemon chiffon, Hot pink, Mermaid and Grape Soda
15″ Thin elastic – I used 1/3″ in red
Sleep Mask template at end of post.
*Matching Thread
1. Sew nose piece to the center of one mask piece.
2. Stack eye pieces on top of scalloped eye pieces and sew down with matching thread. Sew down heart and star shapes as shown.
3. Trace out areas to stitch with a pencil.
Using black embroidery thread stitch accents. Add french knots as shown. Place flowers into center of eye sockets and secure with sequins. For more on sewing sequins see our post on sewing sequins to felt, here.
Stitch sequins into areas marked on pattern.
Roll rose shape and secure. Sew rose to top center of mask.
Over cast stitch the two mask pieces together placing elastic into the sides to create a mask.
You know that feeling of being completely overwhelmed by the wonderfully endless possibilities of life, before you lies hundreds nay thousands of possible adventures just dying for you to pick which to take on first?
When there don’t seem to be any wrong choices, the euphoria of the sheer maze of wonderful possibilities is nearly audible making the decision of which avenue you’ll explore that much more difficult? Oh did I say life I meant Glo Felt.
That’s what happens when you stock or order Glo Felt.
What’s Glo Felt? Why it’s felt made from thousands of synthetic polyester fibers that absorb the sun and glow for nearly an hour with a charge of 10 minutes, that’s what. That’s right the felt is literally made of glowing fibers that won’t rub off or lose their glowing mojo. Yeah I know. I’ll let that one sink in for you.
So I sketched out at least 20 different plans for these awesome felt squares but this was one of my first and one of my favorites. Like all of our projects these ghost finger puppets are super easy to make and are made to be loved. Best of all you can whip these little guys up in no time flat.
Cut out 2 each of the ghost templates from the felt sheet. Save all the scraps they are great for gluing or sewing onto other projects for things like windows or spooky eyes.
Step 2:
Stitch faces onto one side of the ghost templates with about three strands of the black embroidery thread. It’s helpful to lightly trace them out in pencil first.
Leave the bottom open for fingers.
Step 3:
Place two pieces together and overcast stitch over the edges leaving the bottom open.
Step 4:
Be spooky.
*Pairs well with bed sheet forts and ghost stories.