Post by ravish30 on Dec 28, 2009 11:33:30 GMT -5
Craft Project - Play Food - How To Make Felt Tea Bags
Every little girl loves having tea parties with her friends, family and of course...her doll babies! As a new grandmother, I have been on a mission to hand make faux food items for my grand daughter so that I can give them to her when I purchase her a little girls kitchen play set for one of her upcoming birthdays.
I have started my mission early as I want to present her with several bags of faux groceries at the same time. The following instructions are how I made my own 'faux' tea bags.
Supplies Needed:
Dark Brown Felt
Cream Colored Felt
Dark Brown Embroidery Floss
Cream Colored Embroidery Floss
Scissors
Sewing Needle
Ruler
Note: I prefer hand sewing with two strands of embroidery floss. I find that it holds up better and is stronger than regular sewing thread.
Pattern: 2 1/4" by 2" square (tea bag), 1 3/4 by 1 1/2" square (tea) and a 1 1/4" by 1 1/4" square (tag). Notice the first two measurements are not exactly square shapes. Cut these three shapes from paper to use as patterns.
Cutting Felt: You will need to cut one tea bag shape from cream colored felt, two tea shapes from dark brown felt and two tag shapes from cream colored felt.
Assembly: Using a sewing needle and small whip stitches, hand sew the 'tea' square shape to each side of the cream colored tea bag. If desired, you can add just a tad of poly fiber fill stuffing inside to add a tad of puffiness to your 'faux bag'. Cut a 12" long piece of cream colored embroidery floss from your hank (spool). Thread it slightly through the top section of one side of your tea bag (I have mine threaded through the dark tea square). Loop it around and knot at the top. Take your two pieces of cream colored felt squares (tag squares) and sandwich them over top of your knot. Using cream colored embroidery floss, hand sew around all four edges of your tag square.
Your faux felt tea bag is now complete. You can sit and hand sew several of these while watching television or a movie. It is a great take-along project for when you are traveling too!
Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys quick and easy craft projects. You can visit Shelly online at passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/ for free craft project ideas and more instructions on how to create your own faux food items. You can find a photo of the completed project at passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/12/play-food-how-to-make-felt-tea-bags.html
Every little girl loves having tea parties with her friends, family and of course...her doll babies! As a new grandmother, I have been on a mission to hand make faux food items for my grand daughter so that I can give them to her when I purchase her a little girls kitchen play set for one of her upcoming birthdays.
I have started my mission early as I want to present her with several bags of faux groceries at the same time. The following instructions are how I made my own 'faux' tea bags.
Supplies Needed:
Dark Brown Felt
Cream Colored Felt
Dark Brown Embroidery Floss
Cream Colored Embroidery Floss
Scissors
Sewing Needle
Ruler
Note: I prefer hand sewing with two strands of embroidery floss. I find that it holds up better and is stronger than regular sewing thread.
Pattern: 2 1/4" by 2" square (tea bag), 1 3/4 by 1 1/2" square (tea) and a 1 1/4" by 1 1/4" square (tag). Notice the first two measurements are not exactly square shapes. Cut these three shapes from paper to use as patterns.
Cutting Felt: You will need to cut one tea bag shape from cream colored felt, two tea shapes from dark brown felt and two tag shapes from cream colored felt.
Assembly: Using a sewing needle and small whip stitches, hand sew the 'tea' square shape to each side of the cream colored tea bag. If desired, you can add just a tad of poly fiber fill stuffing inside to add a tad of puffiness to your 'faux bag'. Cut a 12" long piece of cream colored embroidery floss from your hank (spool). Thread it slightly through the top section of one side of your tea bag (I have mine threaded through the dark tea square). Loop it around and knot at the top. Take your two pieces of cream colored felt squares (tag squares) and sandwich them over top of your knot. Using cream colored embroidery floss, hand sew around all four edges of your tag square.
Your faux felt tea bag is now complete. You can sit and hand sew several of these while watching television or a movie. It is a great take-along project for when you are traveling too!
Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in Pennsylvania who enjoys quick and easy craft projects. You can visit Shelly online at passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/ for free craft project ideas and more instructions on how to create your own faux food items. You can find a photo of the completed project at passionateaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/2009/12/play-food-how-to-make-felt-tea-bags.html
