MedARTation Project 2....A Festive Felt Penguin

Before I went away I was able to make a really cute Penguin which will look great hanging on the Christmas Tree...CHRISTMAS TREE!!!?? .....yes I know it's only August, but it's best to plan ahead.

MedARTation  and crafting take time....well...for beginners like me anyway.

The starting point for my Penguin was 2 Arches which I found on the shapes function of my word processor. The feet are a circle cut in half and the rest is pretty self explainatory.

To give a bit of extra sparkle and 'ice-magic' I bought some white felt with a glittery silver snowflake print on. I also bought some sequins and think they look great on my Penguin and give it that 'Christmassy' touch.



1. Sew the sequins onto the belly and then the belly onto the body using straight stitches
2. Straight stitch the white eyes onto the grey surround
3. Straight stitch the grey surround and beak onto the body
4. Sew the feet on the bottom using a Backstitch
5. Whip Stitch the 2 pieces of the body together - Don't forget to add the loop and leave a gap at the end to add the stuffing.
6. Stick on the eyes
7. Stand back and admire your handy work

I'm really enjoyed with this MedARTation project.....next: Gingerbread cookies!

MedARTation Project 1....A Felt heart

I decided to start with something simple.

Using my 'word processor' program on the computer I was able to draw some shapes and picked HEARTS as they seemed relatively straight forward.
Once printed out and cut out I pinned the templates onto the felt and I was away...I chose some bright colours for a bit of fun too.

I started by straight stitching the blue heart on to the pink one.....it's an easy stitch for a beginner like me.

Once completed, I attached one of the little felt shapes I picked up at the supermarket (a pink flower) using a chain stitch (being adventurous!).....

Oops!.....Would have been better to do this before attaching the blue heart to the pink one to make the sewing a little less hard going, but a simple mistake to make.

Next I had to stitch the two big pink hearts together and attach the Jute string to hang it up...I nearly forgot to do this as I got so carried away with my sewing! I used Blanket stitch for this bit.

Before getting to the end I stuffed the heart with ...well....stuffing, closed it up and Hey Presto! My Finished Felt Heart....chuffed!

This was such a simple MedARTation project and I loved it.... 

I'm thinking of using my felt crafts as Christmas Decorations this year to show them off so will do some more of these hearts in Festive colours.

Please let me know how you get on if you have a go at this project. 

Also, If any of you have any Tips & Tricks to share, I would genuinely love to hear them.

Tomorrows MedARTation project.....A Festive Penguin.