Graduation Cap for the Little Felt Owl

The Little Felt Owl sewing pattern now comes with patterns and instructions to make an optional graduation cap, designed especially for this wise bird! As you can see in the image above, the Little Felt Owl with the cap looks quite scholarly, making it a perfect handmade graduation gift or a teacher appreciation gift. It […]

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New Arrival: A Little Felt Owl

The Little Felt Owl

A Little Felt Owl has joined the Muumade family! A Little Felt Owl is a set of patterns & instructions for a hand-sewing project to make an adorable felt owl. The finished owl is approximately 9 cm (3 1/2″) tall and 6 cm (2 3/8″) wide. This downloadable item is available from my online shop, […]

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How to Cut Out Patterns from Felt

Cutting out patterns from felt is a little different from cutting them out of fabric. In this post, I will give some tips on how to transfer your patterns onto felt in order to cut them out neatly. The first step in the process of cutting out a pattern from felt is to transfer your […]

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Fulling Wool by Hand

Fulling wool by hand, Muumade.com

Fulling is a great way to upcycle old wool knitwear by shrinking the wool into felt. Finished felt has great texture, as you can see in the above image of a fuzzy grey Simply Simple Dog! The thicker the original piece, the chunkier the resulting felt will be. Also, the looser the knit, the more […]

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New Arrival: A Little Felt Hedgehog!

Little Felt Hedgehog sewing pattern from Muumade.com

One of the cutest small woodland animals, the hedgehog, has joined the Muumade clan! The Little Felt Hedgehog‘s sewing pattern & tutorial is now available from my online shop, Muumade.etsy.com. For more images of the Little Felt Hedgehog and to learn more about this adorable animal, please visit my blog page. Hurry before the little […]

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New Arrival: A Little Felt Duck

Little Felt Duck sewing pattern tutorial

The Little Felt Duck just joined the Muumade clan!  Its sewing pattern & tutorial is now available from my online shop, Muumade.etsy.com. Also, please visit my blog page for more details regarding the Little Felt Duck.  Included there are some adorable photos of two different kinds of ducks that you can make with the pattern […]

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New Arrival: A Little Felt Spider

Little Felt Spider - Muumade's sewing pattern & tutorial

The Little Felt Spider just joined the Muumade clan!  Its sewing pattern & tutorial is now available from my online shop, Muumade.etsy.com. Please also visit my blog page for more hauntingly cute images of the Little Felt Spider, as well as some curiosities about these creepy and yet beautiful crawlers. There is still time for […]

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How to Cut Out Detailed Designs from Felt

Cutting out detailed designs from felt - Grease Pink Ladies

Cutting out detailed designs from felt is not easy.  But with a few simple tricks, this daunting task becomes quite doable. I made the Grease-inspired Pink Ladies applique shown above by cutting out the black letters from felt. These instructions describe the process I used, and the same tricks can be used to cut out […]

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New Arrival: The Simply Simple Sheep

Simply Simple Sheep Sewing Pattern

  A family of fluffy sheep has just joined the Muumade clan! The Simply Simple Sheep sewing pattern & tutorial is now available from my online shop, Muumade.etsy.com. For more images of these woolly creatures (including a stop motion video of the Simply Simple Mother Sheep being philosophical), please visit my blog page. Muu

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