Brooch owl of felt



Felt is a compliant and blessed material alreadyIt has long been used for various crafts: toys, brooches, appliqués and paintings. Before proceeding to work, we will determine the quality of the material. Recently, manufacturers of goods for needlework produce a lot of ideas for the use of materials, seemingly completely forgotten. We will not lag behind the trends, we offer a master class, how to make a funny brooch - an owl with our own hands, with step-by-step photos.







If you want your toy to lookvolume and plan to fill it with filler, choose a thick natural felt. It is more plastic and is suitable for volumetric toys. For the manufacture of flat applications we will use synthetic pressed felt, which is usually sold in sets for sewing.



Necessary materials:




  • Felt (5 sheets of different colors: beige, dark green, gray, orange, white);


  • Threads of a moulin in color;


  • A piece of colored fabric;


  • Thin finishing tape;


  • Beads № 10 (0,5 gr.);


  • Beads № 8 (2 pieces);


  • Decorative button;


  • Clasp;


  • Compass;


  • Scissors;


  • PVA glue;


  • Thin needles.


    Brooch owl of felt





Brooch owl with your own hands - step by step instruction




  1. Cut a circle of radius 4, 5 cm from a sheet of beige felt.


  2. Cut a circle of radius 4 cm from the sheet of dark green felt.


    Brooch owl of felt




  3. In a circle with a diameter of 4 cm, make a workpiece drawing. Separately draw details of the body, wings, muzzle.


    Brooch owl of felt




  4. We cut out the details. It is necessary to circle the body parts of the owl on felt sheets. Choose better contrasting colors, for example: body - gray, wings - orange, muzzle - white). Cut out details.


    Brooch owl of felt




  5. On a colored piece of cloth, place the wings.


    Brooch owl of felt




  6. Cut by stencil, making the cut out part smaller than the original by 0.1 - 0.2 mm.


    Brooch owl of felt




  7. To process edges of details from a fabric glue PVA.


    Brooch owl of felt




  8. To process the edge of the workpiece from the dark green felt with the beaded "Back needle" bead.



    Brooch owl of felt




  9. Billet from beige felt around the edge of the thread of a mulina green with a sewing suture.



    Brooch owl of felt




  10. Start assembling an owl figurine. Put a white muzzle on the body.


    Brooch owl of felt




  11. A simple seam sweep the muzzle to the body.


    Brooch owl of felt




  12. Attach the beak, sweep it to the muzzle.


    Brooch owl of felt




  13. Sew on eyes (bead No. 8).


    Brooch owl of felt




  14. With a stitching suture sweep the blanks from the colored fabric to the felt wings.


    Brooch owl of felt




  15. With a simple seam sweep the lower wing to the body of the owl.


    Brooch owl of felt




  16. Arrange the owl's body preparation on a dark green basis, sweep it with small stitches.


    Brooch owl of felt




  17. With a simple seam sweep the second wing to the body of the owl.


    Brooch owl of felt




  18. Fold the decorative tape with eyelets, take two to three stitches.


    Brooch owl of felt




  19. Lock with a decorative button.


    Brooch owl of felt




  20. To the beige base on the reverse side, sew the buckle.


  21. To make the volume pave a little filler between the two bases.


  22. By a simple seam, along the line of beads, to sew the bases together.


  23. Our product is ready!


    Brooch owl of felt





The technique of working with felt is entertaining and simple. It will be interesting and experienced masters, and schoolchildren, who are just beginning to perfect their skills in appliqués and sewing.

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