My first tutorial here on EtsyKids is for a felt fruit salad. I love fruit salads because they are so colourful and bright, but sadly I don't like a lot of the fruits that go in them (I am very picky!). So I decided to make a felt fruit salad! This way I can look at all the pretty colours and not have to eat any of it!! Perfect!!
First download this pattern sheet, it has the patterns for all the fruits on it.
How to make the apples pieces
2. Fold your cream felt circle in half, and mark two dots about 1/2cm down from the fold and away from the centre Pass your thread through the felt near the mark and back again but don't pull it tight.
3. About 1cm away from the dot bring the needle back up through the felt and through the loop we made in step 2. Sew back through the felt very close to where the needle came out, pull the threads tight. This makes a "pip" looking stitch. Repeat so you have 4 "pips".
4. Fold the cream circle in half, and starting at the top of the fold, line up with the top point of the green oval felt pieces. Sew around the circle using a whip stitch.
5. When you are nearly all the way around add some stuffing to the apple and then finish sewing it shut.
Your apple slice is all done, make a couple more for your fruit salad.
How to make the banana slices
1. Cut out the pattern pieces from the pattern pdf above, and use them to cut out your felt pieces.
2. On each of the small circles sew three lines with brown thread like shown.
3. Between each line add a French knot (also in brown thread)
4. Sew the long strip of felt around the edge of one circle using a simple whip stitch. When you are all the way around add a couple of stitches to the long strip of felt where the two ends overlap.
5. Whip stitch the other circle to the other side of the long strip of felt and add some stuffing before finishing off the stitching.
Your banana slice is all done, make a couple more for your fruit salad.
How to make the orange pieces
1. Cut out the pattern pieces from the pattern pdf above, and use them to cut out your felt pieces.
2. Sew around the edge of the circle to the oval felt piece using a whip stitch.
3. Add some stuffing to the orange before you finish sewing all the way around the circles edge.
4. When you finish sewing around the edge push the needle through the orange to come out 1/3 of the way along the bottom edge (the bit we just sewn up). Then pass the needle through the felt near the centre of the top folded edge.
5. Sew back through the orange 2/3 along the bottom edge, passing the needle through to the other side to repeat the steps for the other side. Pull the thread tight to give some shape to the felt orange before knotting the end of the thread.
Your orange slice is all done, make a couple more for your fruit salad.
3. Add some stuffing to the orange before you finish sewing all the way around the circles edge.
4. When you finish sewing around the edge push the needle through the orange to come out 1/3 of the way along the bottom edge (the bit we just sewn up). Then pass the needle through the felt near the centre of the top folded edge.
5. Sew back through the orange 2/3 along the bottom edge, passing the needle through to the other side to repeat the steps for the other side. Pull the thread tight to give some shape to the felt orange before knotting the end of the thread.
Your orange slice is all done, make a couple more for your fruit salad.
How to make the kiwi
1. Cut out the pattern pieces from the pattern pdf above, and use them to cut out your felt pieces.
2. Sew the little round circle onto the centre of the bigger green circle.
3. Going around the edge of the white circle, create little white stitches about 1cm apart all the way around.
4. Between each white stitch make a French knot with black thread.
5. Fold the kiwi in half and sew around the edge, leave a gap to add a little stuffing, then finish sewing closed the edge.
Your kiwi is all done, make a couple more for your fruit salad.
How to make the strawberries
Awhile ago I did a tutorial on my blog for making strawberry keychains. To make strawberries for this fruit salad you follow the same tutorial but use felt instead of fabric and leave out the ribbon loop bit. You can find the tutorial here.
And if you just love the fruit salad but don't have the time to make it yourself it is for sale in my Etsy shop.
Thank you for checking out this tutorial, and if anyone has a special request for my next tutorial please let me know in the comments!
3 comments:
Lovely, the color combos are fab!! Healthy too ;)
What a sweetheart you are to post this tute! I've been admiring your fruit salad bowl. Takes a special person to be patient enough to make all these tiny salad bits, I'll bet most will be heading over to your beautiful shop! xoxo-Loren
I' m hooked. I love your salade .i spent whole days making fruits
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