DIY Felt Cell Phone case

Hello, Everyone! It's Anna posting today.

Did you know that die-cutting felt with Bigz dies is easy and fast?! This week, I decided to make my new felt phone case, decorated with an amazing  flower shape.

 

It's so much fun to make! And here is the finish product:

 

 

Using wool felt, I can protect my screen from scratches.

 

 

Read on for tutorial…

 

 

Firstly cut two rectangles of felt to the size of your cell phone. Since they are all different, cut the pieces in the size of your phone + 1 cm all around.

Cut a strip of fabric and sew (using the zig zag stitch) in the high edges of the case.

Using the Bigz die Garden Flower cut out flowers, twig and circle from thin felt. Sew the elements on front case. I used the sewing machine, but you can sew by hand or use glue.

Finally, place the two pieces of felt casing, wrong sides together and sew around the edge leaving one end open to let you slip your phone out.

 

 

You can do this using colour combination of your choice. It’s also a perfect handmade gift for Christmas.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy sewing!

 

Items used:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine (660020)

Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Flower (660874)

lilac felt for the main cover

scraps of thin felts for flower

a strip of patterned fabric

scissor

thread

sewing machine (optional)

 

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Ciao, benvenuti ad una nuova ispirazione! Sono Anna ed oggi ho un nuovo progetto con il feltro da condividere con voi.

Sapete vero che fustellare il feltro con le fustelle Bigz è facile e veloce?! Questa settimana, infatti, ho deciso di realizzare il mio nuovo porta cellulare ed ho pensato, che il feltro fosse il materiale più adatto. Grazie alla Big Shot ho potuto decorarlo, proprio come piace a me.

 

E' piuttosto semplice e veloce da fare. Ecco i passaggi per la realizzazione:

In primo luogo tagliare due rettangoli di feltro delle dimensioni del vostro telefono cellulare. Dal momento che i modelli sono tutti diversi, tagliare i pezzi nella dimensione del telefono + 1 cm tutto intorno.

Tagliare una striscia di stoffa fantasia e cucirla sul bordo superiore di entrambi i pezzi.

Utilizzando la Big Shot e la fustella Bigz Garden Flower tagliare i due fiori, il ramoscello e il cerchio. Cucire gli elementi sul rettangolo da usare come fronte: cucire il gambo e le venature delle foglie ecc. Io ho preferito usare la macchina da cucire, ma voi potete anche cucire a mano oppure incollare.

Infine, possiamo assemblare il porta cellulare: posizionare i due rettangoli, rovescio contro rovescio e cucire intorno al bordo lasciando un'estremità aperta per il telefono.

 

Naturalmente, potete usare una combinazione di colori a vostra scelta. Può diventare anche un regalo handmade perfetto per il prossimo Natale.

Con lo stesso metodo si può realizzare anche una borsetta o un astuccio.

 

Ciao!

Grazie per la visita :)

 

Materiali:

Sizzix Big Shot Plus Machine (660020)

Sizzix Bigz Die - Garden Flower (660874)

feltro lilla

ritagli di feltro sottile per le decorazioni

una striscia di tessuto fantasia

forbici

filo

macchina da cucire (facoltativo)

Prancing Deer Cushion

Die used: Prancing Deer

I've been using the Prancing Deer die recently for a project that I can't blog about just yet but I really love this die and so have carried on using it to make something that I can post about! It's such a classic, stylish deer shape and perfect for some Christmas crafting - I have a plan to make some paper and card deer bunting nearer to the festive season with one in the chain sporting a mini red pompom on it's nose. For now though I've been using it to make an appliqué patch to embellish a cushion cover.

Applying a piece of iron-on adhesive (fusible web) that is slightly larger overall than the deer to the reverse of the appliqué fabric

and then positioning the adhesive-backed area over the cutting area of the die and cutting with a Big Shot

results in one perfectly cut out deer.

I cut out a simple cushion front and peeled off the backing paper from the die-cut deer and pressed it in place in the bottom right-hand corner of the cushion front. Then, with a scrap of fabric pinned behind the deer to support the patch, I sewed an outline all around the inside edge of the deer sewing twice around the body but just once over the antlers (just carrying on past them on the second circuit).

It is quite an ornate shape but a perfectly stitched outline isn't required just one that will hold it in place securely, a sketchy outline looks really effective especially over the antlers.

Once the appliqué was done it was just a case of sewing an envelope back onto the cushion front and turning it the right way out. Voila!

I think this die is going to see a lot of use over the next 2-3 months.

Happy sewing!