Spring / Summer Acorn Gnome Tutorial

My children and I have been collecting acorns and designing outfits for our little Acorn Gnomes... We re-used materials we had from around our home and the garden...

Materials:

Scissors
Spare felt pieces
Small tack nails
Cork
Acorn
Needle and thread
Hammer

Attach the acorn to the cork with a metal pin / tack.

Cut a piece of felt the height of your cork and wrap it around before you cut it to make sure it fits all the way around.

I have sewed it on with blanket stitch.

Cut another wider piece for your gnomes jacket, also the height of your cork.

Sew along the top of the jacket / cape and then pull your sewing thread tight to gather the felt.

Sew on the cape.

Sew around the cape in blanket stitch.

Cut out little petal shapes from your felt pieces. (I always save my scraps of felt:)

Start sewing them together on the top.

  All sewn together with a green felt stem on the top.

Fold two petals back and sew them securely where the little gnomies face will be.

And there he is!

Enjoy!

Warmly
Linda
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