STRAWBERRY
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STRAWBERRY
a pattern by Alison Hogg
Materials
scraps of red cotton fabric
scraps of green felt
sewing machine
polyfil
sewing needle & thread
Instructions
1. Use the template on page 3 to cut out strawberry shape in red fabric. Place template along fold of fabric.
2. Fold so that right sides are touching. Sew with a sewing machine, the base and side seam, as indicated by the black line on the strawberry template. Sew a few reverse stitches at the beginning and end of the seam.
3. Turn right side out. Use something like the point of a knitting needle to ease out the corners of the seams. Fold the top raw edge over about ¼ inch.
4. With double thread in a matching colour, beginning with a double stitch, sew a line of running stitches close to the top edge.
©copyright Alison Hogg 2009. For personal use only.
2 5. Before gathering top edge, stuff with polyfil, push down with the blunt end of a knitting needle.
6. Gather the top of the strawberry by pulling thread tightly. Sew a few stitches to secure and loose end of thread inside strawberry.
7. Use the template on page 3, cut the sepals out of green felt.
8. With double thread in a matching colour, begin with a double stitch and sew a line of running stitches close to the straight edge of felt piece.
9. Pull thread tightly so that a circle is formed, sew a double stitch to secure.
10. Attach sepals to top of berry.
©copyright Alison Hogg 2009. For personal use only.
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TEMPLATES STRAWBERRY
FOLD
sew seam along black line
SEPALS