The Felt Factory
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Shop
    • 100% Merino Wool Felt
      • Bundles
      • Single Sheets
      • By the Metre
    • Wool Blend Felt
    • Glitter Felt
    • Felt Balls
    • Spots and Stripes
    • Glitter Felt Balls
    • Felt Shapes
    • Colour Cards
    • Notions
    • Patterns
    • Kits
    • Books
    • DMC Thread
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Shop
    • 100% Merino Wool Felt
      • Bundles
      • Single Sheets
      • By the Metre
    • Wool Blend Felt
    • Glitter Felt
    • Felt Balls
    • Spots and Stripes
    • Glitter Felt Balls
    • Felt Shapes
    • Colour Cards
    • Notions
    • Patterns
    • Kits
    • Books
    • DMC Thread
  • Blog
  • Contact

The Felt Factory Blog

Sugar Skull Tutorial & Template

22/9/2017

1 Comment

 
Sugar Skull Tutorial The Felt Factory

If you follow me on social media you might have noticed the Sugar Skull project I’ve been working on. I absolutely LOVE sugar skulls. The perfect craft for the season.

Well, I’m finished! I made 8 of the cute we guys altogether and strung them up as a garland over the fire place. They are very cute and a little brighter than our usual orange, black and white for Halloween.

Anyway, it's my absolute pleasure to share my pattern and a wee tutorial about what you'll need and how to put them together.

So here goes.

You will need:
  • 100% Merino Wool Felt sheets – I used 4 colours per skull, but mixed and matched colours for different combinations.
  • Buttons or sequins for eyes.
  • Embroidery thread or cotton- no need to match colours.
  • Pins
  •  An Embroidery Needle
  • A Tapestry Needle- optional
  • Hobby fill stuffing
  • Sissors
  • The printed Sugar Skull Pattern
 
Let’s go!

Cut out the pattern and pin it to your felt. I’ve given you a couple of options for the forehead shapes, you will only need one per skull.

Cut carefully around the patterns.

Sugar Skull Pattern- The Felt Factory

Thread you embroidery needle with 3 strands of embroidery floss and sew the eye circles together, then fix the sequin or button.

Picture

Sew the eyes and forehead shapes on to one skull shape using pins to hold them in place.

Sugar Skull Tutorial The Felt Factory

Draw on the mouth lightly in pencil to stitch over, embellish around the temples. Use two lazy daisy stitches for the nose.

Pin the two skull shapes together and blanket stitch around the outside leaving a gap to stuff.

Sugar Skull Tutorial The Felt Factory

Stuff with hobby fill, then sew the gap closed.

From here you can sew a loop at the top to hang or thread them all together for a garland. I used twine and a tapestry needle to do this.
 
Finished.

Sugar Skull Tutorial The Felt Factory

Extra Tips:
You can hang these individually or thread them onto a garland.
Increase the pattern size to make an appliqué for a cushion or blanket, even a wall hanging.
These are totally customisable, choose bright contrasting colours or muted. Try out all your favourite embroidery stitches.
Due to buttons or sequins they may not be suitable as toys for small children.

Most of all have fun!

Happy Crafting,
Rebecca.

Picture
1 Comment
Steph
18/10/2017 11:43:38 am

Just found you via Maisie Moo. You have a fantastic selection of felt, including the metallics and sparkly felt, on your website. So good to know. The sugar skulls look great!

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Hi! I'm Rebecca.
    I LOVE to craft!
    I have two beautiful boys and a very understanding husband.

    Archives

    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    September 2017

    Categories

    All
    Christmas
    Easter
    Felt Balls
    Felt Flowers
    Halloween
    Mmmcraft
    Pattern
    Tutorial
    Twelve Days Ornaments
    Wool Blend Felt
    Wool Felt

    RSS Feed

    Sign up for our updates

All the Updates
Contact Us
Returns & Exchanges
Shipping
The Felt Factory
New Zealand.

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Shop
    • 100% Merino Wool Felt
      • Bundles
      • Single Sheets
      • By the Metre
    • Wool Blend Felt
    • Glitter Felt
    • Felt Balls
    • Spots and Stripes
    • Glitter Felt Balls
    • Felt Shapes
    • Colour Cards
    • Notions
    • Patterns
    • Kits
    • Books
    • DMC Thread
  • Blog
  • Contact