A Day At The Races

Technique: No Sew Fabric

Materials:
felt
fabric stiffener
styrofoam ball
rubber band
embellishments

Tools:
scissors

Cut a circle or oval from felt, approximately the size of a bread and butter plate.  I used an oval to get the hat you see in the photo, so it has wider brims at the side than it does at the front or back. Follow the manufacturers directions for using the fabric stiffener and drape over the styrofoam ball (imagine the ball is a head) and secure with a rubber band. Allow to dry thoroughly. Embellish with ribbon, feathers, flowers, beads etc.

Cupcake Ornament

Technique: Sewing

Materials:
pink and brown felt
matching thread
beads
ribbon
quilt batting

Tools:
scissors
sewing needles

Use the template below as a pattern and cut out two of the tops in pink, and two of the base in brown, and one of each from the quilt batting. Use your printer settings to resize for a larger or smaller cupcake.



Sew the beads onto one cupcake top. Sandwich together the bottom layer so that it is brown/batting/brown and whipstitch the three outside edges together. Repeat with the top so that it is pink/batting/pink and whipstitch together, leaving the scalloped edge free.

Nest together the base and the cupcake top, slipping the base in and under the scalloped edge. Secure with pins so it doesn't slip and whipstitch all the way around to secure. Attach a ribbon to the top to hang.