Feltabet

Group size: Individual
Timescale: 1-2hrs
Where?: Indoors
 Gym hall/ similar

What you need Felt
Scissors
Needle
Thread
Pins
Printed out letters to trace onto your felt
Stuffing

Instructions:  Cut the letters out from the paper and trace them onto the felt. Make sure to make two of each letter for a front and back! Pin the letters together. Find some matching embroidery thread and thread your needle. Stitch around the edge of the pinned letters using a simple whip stitch (see below). Before finishing the letter stuff it with your stuffing (natural stuffing?). Sew up the remainder of the letter and tie it off.

Whipstitch-
Begin the whip stitch by tying a knot at the end of your thread. Then poke your needle up through the top layer of fabric about 1/8" in from between the two pieces.
Next poke the needle up through both layers of fabric so the needle and thread come up in almost the same place as in step 1. By doing this the thread should be wrapped around the edges of the fabric in one neat stitch. Once again poke the needle up through both layers of fabric. Poke the needle through the same hole as before so this next stitch will cover the first stitch. However this time you will angle the needle so that it comes up about 1/8" from the first stitch (as well as 1/8" from the edge of the fabric). Pull this stitch tight and you should have what still looks like one stitch but the thread is coming out of the fabric next to it. Now poke the needle up through the fabric directly under where the thread is coming up. But again angle the needle so that the end comes out next to this second stitch. It should be parallel to the first stitch.


Categories:  The Arts
Core outcomes:  Increase confidence
Start and finish
Achieve goals
Express themselves
Participate
Recognise achievement