Felt Winter Cardinal

As you know.. I love to papercraft but that's not all I like to do! I've been crafting as long as I can remember and have dabbled a bit in just about everything.. crochet, cross stitch, jewelry making and even leaded glass. I'm excited about the stitchable dies from Spellbinders that make sewing felt super easy.

This is the new Felt Winter Cardinal. You use your die cut machine to cut felt, paper, faux leather or other flat material and then stitch as you like. The die even cuts the stitch holes to help you have perfectly even stitches and stay inside the lines. You should use a good quality (heavy) felt when you use the dies because the felt tears easily along the edges where the pierced stitch holes are.

I cheated a bit and I'll tell you how.... I knew the branch was too thin to hold itself in place, but it was too thin to stuff so I stitched a pipe cleaner inside! This supports the branch and now I can bend it if I like.

I used a glass bead for the eye and the center of the star on the cardinal's wing, but I think a french knot would be just as nice. You could also use real buttons for the berries, but I wanted to show you what was included in the die set.

I used felt from the Felt Pod, and DMC floss three strands in colors that coordinated with the felt colors.

I hot glued magnets on the back of my cardinal so I can dress up the fridge or the file cabinet in my craft space with my felt masterpiece!

Dies | Spellbinders Felt Winter Cardinal
Felt | The Felt Pod
Thread | DMC

SPB = Spellbinders
SCB = Scrapbook Dot Com
SSS = Simon Says Stamp


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