Sewing two pieces together

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Sewing two pieces together (and how to stitch around a corner)

(1) Place the wrong-sides of the felt layers together.

Take your knotted floss and go from the inside of the frontlayer through to the outside. The knot should be sandwiched

between the two layers with your floss coming out of the frontlayer.

(2) Insert the needle to the left of where the floss is coming outof the front piece.

(3) Pull the floss through most of the way, then put yourneedle through the loop from the back to the front.

Pull the first stitch so it is a little loose. You will need theloose floss to complete the last stitch. See next image for

reference.


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(4) Insert the needle to the left of your last stitch.

(5) Pull the floss through most of the way, then put yourneedle through the loop from the back to the front. Pull thisstitch (and all subsequent stitches) tight so the vertical bar is

straight up and down.

Continue across using step 4 and 5.

(Corner 1) Make the last stitch before the corner so yourneedle goes in right where the inner corner of a square wouldbe if you made a square from the corner. See inset in image

for clarification.


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(Corner 2) Insert needle into same place as last stitch.

(Corner 3) Complete stitch so that bar is diagonal from theneedle insertion point to the corner.

(Corner 4) Insert needle into the same place as the last twostitches.


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(Corner 5) Complete stitch so that the bar is perpendicular tothe first corner stitch.

Continue across using step 4 and 5.

(6) Finish the last stitch before you need to join to thebeginning.

(7) Place your needle under the vertical bar of the first stitch.


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(8) Insert your needle in the back piece of felt so the tip comesout between the pieces of felt at the top (see next image for

reference). Your needle should go in the back piece where thestitch would normally come out.

(9) This is the same step as the last one, just a different view toshow you how the needle is going in through the back piece

and coming out between the felt pieces at the top.

(10) Pull tight. This is why the first stitch needs to be a littleloose, because it becomes a right angle in this step. The

stitches should all look right now.

Place your needle under the back bar you just created andmake a knot.


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(11) This is the completed knot.

(12) Insert your needle between the felt pieces and have theend come out somewhere else on your piece. Pull the thread

through and tug a little to bury your knot between the feltpieces.

(13) You're done!

How to start if you aren't going all the way around


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(1) This is a technique I use when I'm doing just a little bit ofblanket stitch, such as the bottom edge of this jellyfish.

Place the wrong-sides of the felt layers together.

Take your knotted floss and go from the inside of the frontlayer through to the outside. The knot should be sandwiched

between the two layers with your floss coming out of the frontlayer.

(2) Insert your needle in the back piece of felt so the tip comesout between the pieces of felt at the top (see next image for

reference).

If you are stitching the edging on a single piece of felt, putyour needle through the starting knot in this stage.

(3) Pull the floss through to tighten stitch. The thread shouldbe coming out from between the felt layers to the left of the

stitch.


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(4) Put your needle under the first stitch on from right to left.

(5) Pull the needle through. There is now a loop around thetop of the first stitch.

(6) Continue blanket stitch according to instructions above(step 2). When you start the blanket stitch this way, the first

stitch stays vertical.

Sewing an edging (and tips for round objects)


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(1) Insert your needle from the back of the piece so it comesout the front.

(2) Insert the needle to the left of where the floss is coming outof the front piece.

(3) Pull the floss through most of the way, then put yourneedle through the loop from the back to the front.

Pull the first stitch so it is a little loose. You will need theloose floss to complete the last stitch.

If you are stitching around a circle, make this stitch VERYloose. You will need lots of extra floss to complete the last

stitch.


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(4) You will make your stitches following step 4 and 5above. When stitching around a circle keep your stitches

straight by holding the circle so your stitch is at the top andimagining your stitch continues down the circle through the

center. The red arrow is your imagination.

(5) Here is the next stitch and it's blue imaginary arrow. Seehow the red and blue arrows cross in the center of the

circle? All of your stitches should point toward the middle.

(6) Complete the edging by putting your needle under thevertical bar of the first stitch.


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(7) Pull tight.

(8) On the back, put your needle through the initial knot.

(9) Make your final knot.


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(10) You're done!

What to do if you run out of floss in the middle

(1) Knot your floss at the top of the last stitch.

(2) Insert your needle (threaded with knotted floss) into theknot you just made and pull until the new knot is against the

knot you just made. Both should be hidden between thepieces of felt.


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(3) Insert your needle into the felt to the left of your last stitch.

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