This super easy candle mat is a great way to use up those fall colored felt scraps just add a pumpkin scented candle and it makes a great hostess gift this Thanksgiving.
You will need:
White felt 1/4 yard
Scraps of felt in fall colors
used here:
Gold Nugget
Fresh Cut Grass
Autumn Leaves
Beet
Courtyard
Hot Chocolate
Tomato Soup
Banana Cream Pie
coordinating thread
Brown embroidery thread
Step 1:
Cut 2- 12″ circles from the white felt. Feel free to adjust this to whatever size suits your needs or make it really easy and just trace a plate. Set one circle aside.
Step 2:
Begin cutting random blobs from scraps of fall colored felts. Place and pin at top, bottom and sides of one of your white felt circles. Try to make each “tree” a little different from the others. Fill in the rest of the space and pin when the placement looks right.
Step 3:
Using brown embroidery thread create tree trunks and branches with a quick running stitch along each tree.
Step 4:
Once all the branches and trunks have been stitched begin stitching down your trees with coordinating thread.
Step 5:
Once all the trees have been sewn into place, stack white felt circles together and trim any uneven edges before overcast stitching them together with white thread.
These no sew felt bows are super easy scrap busters.
If you are a Pintrest fan (and lets face it who isn’t) you have probably seen this floating around.
Source: cdn.duitang.com via Pinterest
Super cool right!? I immediately knew I needed to make a few billion of these for my newest niece.
The only problem, no templates!
I tried to remake theirs but in the end I just ended up starting from scratch.
Templates to make bows are at the end of this post
To make the hair bands I measured the “babies” head deducted about a 1/2″ and hot glued stretchy soft elastic together.
And then hot glued the bows to the seam on the headband.
To create the matching bow ties for I made the bow a larger size (templates below) and used Shoe Clips to attach them. Shoe clips ended up being perfect for this project because they hold tight on the thinnest fabric, don’t damage the fabric and have a smooth back so they won’t irritate little ones.
After I completed the bow I simply hot glued the open clip to the back of the larger bows.
Make sure the glue sets before you close them.
After making both a small and large size of every color I could think of I had to make some shoe clips too.
For these I used the small bow
Then I made small bows with some long ribbon shapes.
Wouldn’t they be a fun something blue?
A ton of these can be made in no time at all with whatever Felt scraps or ribbon you have on hand.
You will also need
Shoe clips
Hot Glue gun
Soft elastic for baby headbands, I prefer the lightweight lace elastic kind.
And of course the template!
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