H A N D S E W N F E LT
stuffed
farm cow
TOOLS M AT E R I A L S
Cricut Maker or Silhouette Cameo 4 (optional) Lia Griffith Wool Blend Felt — Terracotta, Oyster, Salmon, and
Detail Scissors Shady Grove
Embroidery Needle Embroidery Floss — DMC Medium Mahogany (301), Light Mocha
Clover Applique Sewing Pins Brown (3782), Black (310), Green Gray (3053), and Light
Stuffing Tool or Chopstick
Terracotta (3778)
Needle Threader (optional)
Black Safety Eyes — 6mm
Chenille Stems
Fabric Pen — Dritz Disappearing Ink
Small Gold or Brass Bell — about 9mm
Aleene’s Tacky Glue
The tools & materials can be found at FELT PAPERSCISSO R S.c o m
① Gather your tools and materials.
② Cut out felt according to template
using scissors or a cutting machine ③ Sew the legs to the underside piece
using 2 strands of brown embroidery
with a rotary blade. floss and a whip stitch, working from
what will be the inside of the legs.
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S TA R T
④ Repeat for all of the legs, ensuring that
they are all facing the right way. ⑤ Match up the edges of the underside
with one of the body pieces. Blanket ⑥ Flip over the body and pin the second
body piece to the underside. Continue
stitch with 2 strands of brown floss to blanket stitch, sewing around the
along the edge, starting at the back end of the underside piece to the other
leg, all the way up to the front chest. side of the body.
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S TA R T
⑦ Blanket stitch all the way to the back of
the back leg. ⑧ With a new length of floss, blanket
stitch from the chest where the ⑨ Match up the forehead piece as
indicated in the PDF and continue to
underside ends and up to the blanket stitch, attaching it to one side
underside of the muzzle. of the head.
⑩ Mark eye placement following the
PDF. Snip a small hole in the felt and ⑪ Continue to blanket stitch all the way
to the back of the head. ⑫ Flip the body over and blanket stitch
from the back of the head to the
insert the safety eye. Fasten on the muzzle to finish.
back and repeat for the second eye.
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⑬ Stuff the head firmly with fiber filling.
⑭ With a new length of floss, blanket
stitch the back together, stuffing the ⑮ Make about 5 loops out of the brown
floss, about 2” long. Use another piece
body and legs firmly as you sew. Leave of floss and tie it in a tight knot around
about the last 1” open for now. the loops to hold.
⑮ Glue the knotted end to one end of the
tail piece. Using 2 strands of brown ⑰ Place a chenille stem into the middle of
the tail as you continue to blanket ⑱ Snip off the end, leaving about 1”
sticking out.
floss, start to blanket stitch the long stitch the sides together.
sides of the tail together.
⑲ Trim the tail hairs to about 1” long.
⑳ Taper the tail, trimming the strands on
the outside a bit shorter than the ones 21 With the seam facing down, tuck the
wire end of the tail into the body at the
in the middle. rump. Continue to sew where you left
off, stitching through the tail.
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22 Stitch all the way back to where you
first started at the end of the underside 23 Bend the tail downward.
24 Blanket stitch the horns together using
2 strands of matching tan floss,
to finish. Add any additional stuffing leaving the base open. Stuff with a tiny
around the tail before stitching amount of filling.
completely closed.
25 Position the horns on the head, just
behind where the forehead piece starts 26 Blanket stitch around the edge of the
ears using 2 strands of floss. 27 With the same length of floss, fold the
ears in half and add another stitch
to taper in at the very top of the head. around the bottom to hold the shape.
Attach with a ladder stitch, sewing
around the base using 1 strand of floss.
28 Attach the ears to the head using a
ladder stitch, as indicated on the PDF, 29 Repeat with the second ear.
30 Using 3 strands of black floss and
coming in from a side seam, sew a
between the horns and the eyes. detached chain stitch to make a nostril
at the end of the muzzle.
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31 Sew a second detached chain stitch
for the other nostril. Before the last 32 Finish the detached chain stitch as
usual, gently pulling the knot inside to 33 Blanket stitch one of the side udder
pieces to the top-side using 2 strands
stitch the tacks down the loop, make a secure the stitches. Pass the needle of pink floss.
small knot. and thread out of the body nearby and
trim off the ends.
34 Blanket stitch the second side on the
same way to finish. Stuff the udder 35 Position and pin the udder just
between the back legs. 36 Using 1 strand of pink floss, attach the
udder securely by using a ladder stitch
with filling. all around the base of the udder.
37 Look at that cow!
38 To make the bell collar, attach the bell
to the center of the collar piece with a 39 Glue the ends of the floss to what will
be the inside of the collar.
couple of secure knots.
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40 Wrap the collar around the neck and
overlap the ends, gluing in place. 41 The bell should be positioned at the
front of the chest.
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