Making felt tags is a super simple and quick project that is great for busting those scraps and using leftover odds and ends. You have complete freedom here and can make them as simple or elaborate as you want. This project will satisfy your itch to create without taking months to complete. Plus, I love that these tags are versatile and can be used for more than just organizing!
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How to Add Felt Appliqué to a Hand Embroidery Pattern
Do you love felt appliqué and hand embroidery? Did you know that you can turn most hand embroidery patterns into felt appliqué projects? By making a few small adjustments and using the technique in this article, you can give a favorite embroidery pattern a completely different look. Read the simple step by step tutorial in this article for a look at how to do it.
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How to Add Reverse Appliqué to Your Felt Appliqué Projects
Incorporating reverse appliqué into your embroidered felt appliqué projects can be an interesting technique to try because it adds even more dimension to your layered felt. With reverse appliqué you layer two pieces of fabric with the bottom layer being visible through the top layer. This technique is done by cutting out a shape in the top piece of fabric to allow the fabric under it to show through.
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4 Ways to Add Appliquéd Details to Your Hand Embroidery
Hand appliqué isn’t just for quilting. You can use it to layer fabric in all sorts of hand embroidery projects. Plus it’s a great way to use up fabric scraps, try new stitches, and experiment with freehand embroidery. In this article, I’ll be walking you through a few different examples of hand appliqué in which the raw fabric edges become a part of your finished embroidered work.
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How to Transfer Embroidery Patterns onto Felt
Working with felt is a great way to dip your toes into the world of hand appliqué. But what if you want to transfer a more detailed embroidery pattern to felt? This process can be tougher to figure out because many of the traditional embroidery transfer methods don’t work well on felt’s fuzzy texture. Rather than scrapping felt for your stitching projects though, try one of these felt-friendly transfer methods to create some truly unique embroidery!
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