these summer strawberries can be enjoyed all year long…perfect in a play kitchen set or to be given as gifts to the crafters in your life as a perfect little pincushion.
*one “crazy 8” by sandy gervais turnover*filling (i used crushed clam shells, but you can use sand or crushed walnut shells or just polyfil fulff if you like)
*thread (mettler red, and green)
*needle (regular sewing size)
*pinking shears
*hot glue gun
take the reds, pinks, and greens out of the pack.
take the reds, pinks, and greens out of the pack.
the reds and pinks will be what we will be working with first.
on the wrong side of the fabric measure from middle “point” 4 inches and make a marking.
again from the middle “ponit” measure 4 inches up and make a mark on either side of your first mark in the middle. (you can make as little or as many marks, this is just a guideline to make your “arch”)
using your marks on the fabric make an “arch” by connecting the dots if you will.
cut out your arch
fold down like so, to match up your sides.
sew down (1/4 in seam allowance) your open side, make sure you back stitch at the top.
this is what you should have now.
from the bottom point, measure up 1 inch.
draw a line where your 1 inch mark is.
sew across your one inch line (make sure you back stitch)
turn inside out. and you should have the base of your strawberry now.
fill up your strawberry base with filling. (i used crushed clam shells because i wanted the option to maybe use these as pincushions) i filled mine up pretty full because i wanted a really tight and full strawberry. i left approx 1/2 inch off the top unfilled.
now with your red mettler thread you are going to seal off the top of your strawberry.
sew the top shut like so. sew around the whole strawberry top. and gently pull shut.
this is what your should end up having.
this is the template for your strawberry top.
cut it out.
fold your green triangle in half wrong sides together.
and trace your template of the top onto the right side of your fabric
with your green mettler thread in your sewing machine… using your drawn on strawberry top as a guideline, sew on top of your lines. make sure you back stitch
cut out with pinking shears just outside your sewn strawberry top.
fold your green triangle in half wrong sides together.
and trace your template of the top onto the right side of your fabric
with your green mettler thread in your sewing machine… using your drawn on strawberry top as a guideline, sew on top of your lines. make sure you back stitch
cut out with pinking shears just outside your sewn strawberry top.
with a hot glue gun you are going to put hot glue on your strawberry top
i made sure i put the hot glue on the side that i drew on so that my drawing would not show in the final product.
here’s my lovely finished strawberry.
a plateful of lovely fabric play strawberries (approx 12 from this particular line):
another idea for these strawberries would be making them into lovely little gifts for the crafters in your life:
as sweet little pincushions.
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