How to Make Handmade Felt Embellishments & Sew Them Onto Clothes

Tools and materials:

• Felt pieces
• Sharp scissors
• Erasable pen or marker
• Pins
• Needle and thread - you can use regular or embroidery thread
• Your garment to embellish

1. Draw your design

You can take inspiration from Pinterest or from your imagination. You can make letters or words that have meaning to you or the person you are gifting this to!

Draw your design directly onto the felt using a washable marker. Don’t use a Sharpie as it bleeds through the felt.

2. Cut out the designs

Use your sharpest scissors to cut out the designs.

If you are a perfectionist, fold the felt in half and just draw half of the design.

Then cut it so it is perfectly symmetrical.

3. Choose your garment

You can apply these felt appliqués to all of your clothes: jeans, t-shirts, jackets, and even sweaters.

4. Set up the design

Lay out the cut felt pieces directly onto the fabric.

Pin them into place. If you’re like me, and keep getting stuck by straight pins, you can use safety pins, or even better, the curved safety pins used for quilting.

5. Sew your design

Use a sewing needle and regular thread in a running stitch for an almost invisible stitch. Embroidery thread is thicker so use that only if you want your stitching to show.

Make sure not to sew too close to the edge.

To knot the end, push the needle to the back and do a backstitch. That’s where you pull the thread under an existing stitch a few times. Once the thread is secured in a knot, trim off the excess.

Handmade felt embellishments tutorial

I hope my tutorial on how to sew felt helped you sew handmade felt embellishments. This is super easy and so customizable! Please comment below on what you loved about this DIY!