Hi, hope you are all as well as can be. I am so sorry for being so quiet on here, I have been quite up-and-down with my Sjogrens Syndrome these past few months which has been so frustrating! But with Remembrance Day coming up here in the UK I wanted to share with you this step-by-step tutorial to create a felt poppy.

I originally posted this step-by-step on the Hochanda Blog when I was a Blog Ambassador but as I will be posting some poppy makes and projects using this poppy design and templates I thought it might be helpful to share with you the templates and the step-by-steps in case you wanted to get involved and make your own poppies.

The poppy has become the symbol of remembrance for military members that died or suffered in war and the Poppy Appeal helps to raise awareness and funds for the Royal British Legion, a charity that supports past and present service members and their families. My Grandad, who was in the RAF, made me aware of the history and importance of Remembrance Day from an early age and we could never pass a poppy seller without him handing me his loose change to put in the collection tin. So, for this post I thought I’d try to find a way to show support for Remembrance Day and The Poppy Appeal. Feel free to share this tutorial and its templates with clubs, schools and of course feel free to use it for fundraising. The felt poppy is meant to compliment the paper poppies not replace them as poppies serve as a great way to raise money for the important work that the British Legion do.

I have made two different tutorials for the poppies, they both look similar and they are both made from felt, but one is made from cutting and sewing felt sheets and the other is made through the process of needle felting. The poppy made from felt sheets is the easiest one to make and is made from easily obtained materials, it would also be a great project to make with kids. Both poppies can be made from the same downloadable templates and both can be turned into brooches, hair clips or added to bags or key rings. I will post the needle felting version step-by-step tomorrow.

To make a poppy from felt sheets

You will need:

1 felt sheet in red

1 felt sheet in green

A black button

Needle and thread

Brooch pin (optional)

Templates

First, print the templates (see bottom of the post). Using the template, cut out three petals from the red felt sheet and cut out two leaves from the green felt sheet.

Lay-out the petals. Take one petal and overlap it with another one so that all the petals fit nicely together.

Take some thread and stitch the petals together around the centre, with the same thread stitch the leaves onto the back of the poppy. Next, take your button and stitch it onto the centre of the poppy. You can then add on a brooch pin, safety pin, hair clip, etc.

This is the JPEG of the templates, I apologise that I was unable to make it into a PDF. For an idea of scale I scanned in images on an A4 background, the white area represents an A4 sheet of paper, that’s the scale I used for these poppies but they can be enlarged or shrunk if you wanted to make different sizes.

I hope you have enjoyed this post, if you make any poppies please share them. I will post the needle felting step-by-step tomorrow. Thank you for popping by, Lore x