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Felt Bird | DIY Tutorial

05/07/2012 · Kelly Rowe · 27 Comments

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Crafters rejoice, I have a fun felt and fabric project for you. I LOVE felt.  So, I thought I would share a project that I’m super familiar with because I used to make and sell them in my store, House 129.  This little felt bird is super sweet and versatile.

Sweet felt bird tutorial. These are great for favors, gift embellishments or ornaments. Tutorial at livelaughrowe.comHang these felt birds on your Christmas tree, add as a gift embellishment or use as favors.  They can also be made in all shapes, sizes and colors. The sky is the limit!

Read to get started?

Supplies for Felt Bird:

Felt
Fabric
Embroidery Floss
Needle
Thread
Scissors
Glue Gun
Hemp Twine
Poly Fill

Grab a piece of paper and pen/pencil as well.  Let’s start by tracing out the bird and wing in the size of your choice.  Once you’ve done that, cut your patterns out.  Trace the bird outline on your felt and the wing outline on your fabric, then cut!

Sweet felt bird tutorial. Okay, now that we’ve cut out our pieces, first go ahead and hand stitch* the wing on one side of the felt bird.  You’ll also want to decide if you want your bird to face left or right. For me, the bird facing left seemed most natural.  Once you’ve stitched on the wing, you’ll also want to sew on an eye.  Use your creativity here as well — you can do a stitch, an X, a knot or whatever your most comfortable with.  I like to stitch mine so that they look like they have eyelashes…. sassy little birds {wink}.

*Side note: You could also sew the wing on with your sewing machine.  That’s what I typically do, but I didn’t want to assume everyone has a sewing machine.

Let’s cut our hemp twine, use a piece about 7-1/2″ in length, fold in half and knot at the one end.  Hot glue that knotted piece onto the inside of what would be the back of the bird.

Sweet felt bird tutorial. We’re now ready to sew our felt bird together.  Grab a needle and embroidery floss of choice. You’re going to want to start sewing from the inside to ensure you can hide your knot.  Then stitch all the way around the birdie.

Sweet felt bird tutorial. You’ll want to leave an approximate 1-inch opening to lightly stuff the bird.

Sweet felt bird tutorial.We’re almost done.  Once you finish stitching up the bird, add a dot of hot glue to seal where you started and finished and to be sure your knots are hidden and sealed.  A cute little felt bird is born!

Sweet felt bird tutorial. These are great for favors, gift embellishments or ornaments. Tutorial at livelaughrowe.comUse for gift embellishments, but used both felt for the body and wings. A few were used in my Get Your Kraft On post.  Like I said earlier, they’re super versatile — just let those creative juices flow.

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Sweet felt bird tutorial. These are great for favors, gift embellishments or ornaments. Tutorial at livelaughrowe.com
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  1. Belle says

    05/17/2012 at 12:15 am

    Thank you for linking up this sweet project!

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  2. Angie R says

    05/18/2012 at 3:02 pm

    So CUTE!!!! Thanks for sharing at C&I! 🙂

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    • Kelly says

      05/19/2012 at 11:11 am

      Thanks,Angie! Hugs.

  3. Erika says

    06/09/2012 at 6:44 pm

    I made today a felt bird for a necklace ! Embroidery

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/Sweetcreationss

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  4. Karen Farley says

    06/16/2012 at 11:45 am

    WOW – These birdies are GREAT!!!!! I am going to make some now. They seem to be easy enough even for a dummy like me. Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Kelly says

      06/16/2012 at 1:08 pm

      HaHa! Karen, you are too funny… and I’m sure you’re no dummy! Thanks for loving on my birdies. Have a super great day!

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