Owl pins

felt owl pin: a tutorial.

remember these little ones? 

well here's how i made them:

 materials:

 three colors of felt(eyes, belly, body), embroidery floss, scissors, needle and thread, pin back or alligator hair clip, and glue gun(not pictured).

directions:

• begin by printing and cutting out your owl template.
• use a pen to trace the eyes, belly, and body of your owl onto the felt and cut the pieces out.
• first, pick up your eyes! with your chosen eye color stitch the little circles for the eye(i used a back stitch). now sew the eyes onto the body.

• next step is to sew the belly onto the body, you're about halfway done now.
• beak! i just picked a spot i thought would be a good start and used a satin stitch, beginning at the top,   to form the triangular beak.
• with your third color of embroidery floss make 3-4 rows of little "x" stitches across the belly for feathers. 

• now, stitch the little owl feet with the same color used for the beak. they're just three quick little stitches on each side.
• almost done! since the back of your owl probably looks a little messy, we're going to take a piece of felt slightly larger than your owl in the same color as the body to use as the backing. with a simple straight stitch sew around the perimeter of the owl. 
• trim the excess felt around your owl. be careful not to cut any of your stitches!

• last step! use your glue gun to attach a little pin(or hair clip!) to the back of your owl. it's now ready to wear!