DIY Felt Strawberry
These adorable felt strawberries are a super cute hand sewing project for spring and summer.
Felt fruit make the cutest decor, ornaments, or even gift tags. Be sure to make the matching orange and lemon too!
These DIY felt strawberries are perfect to use for decorating your kitchen. Place them on a tiered tray, add a dowel rod to the bottom to display in a flower pot, fill a bowl with DIY plush felt fruit, or add a magnet to the back to use them as a super cute refrigerator magnet.
You can also add a ribbon or twine loop to the back of your strawberry to make a fun strawberry ornament to use at Christmas time, or year around!
Another great idea for this plush felt strawberry is adding a keychain to the ribbon or twine loop for a cute backpack charm or keychain.
How to Make a DIY Felt Strawberry
Supplies:
- Felt fabrics
- Needle
- Matching thread
- Cotton
- Pencil
- A pair of scissors
- Printed template
Instructions:
Download and print out the felt strawberry template. Cut out the pattern pieces.
Select red, green, white, and yellow colored felt fabrics for the strawberry pattern.
Use a pencil or fabric marker to trace the template patterns on the selected felt fabrics and cut them out using scissors.
Take a strawberry base cutout and use a pen to add dots for the seeds on the base.
Prepare a needle with white thread and stitch small cross stitches on the dots.
Once all dots are covered with small white crosses, draw the thread to the back of the strawberry and tie 2 knots to secure it.
Place the small flower cutout in the center of the big flower cutout.
Place the stem cutout on the top edge of the strawberry that you just sewed crosses on.
Place the leaf cutout over to a side on the other strawberry base, near the top.
Place the stitched strawberry on the top of the plain one, keeping the leaf cutout between the two strawberries.
Place the flower on the top of the strawberry, overlapping the stem and leaf.
Prepare a needle with yellow thread and work a cross stitch on the center of the flower, stitching through the leaf, stem, and both strawberry pieces.
Tie a knot at the back and cut off any extra thread.
Prepare a needle with red thread and work a flat blanket stitch around the side of the strawberries, leaving the top open.
Stuff the strawberry with batting.
Once the stuffing is done, close the opening with matching thread, and secure the thread by tying 2 or 3 knots. Cut off extra thread.
